Think Again

Six myths about President Obama's greatest foreign-policy success.

Together, their GDP now nearly equals the United States. But are they really the future of the global economy?

Burma is open for business, and foreign investors are champing at the bit. Time for a reality check.

The president's Republican critics are dead wrong. The stimulus worked.

Markets are crashing. The euro is hurting. Here's why the continent's financial crisis is even messier than it appears, and how the blowback could hit the United States in the face.

Yes, oil and gas made in the USA is surging. But does that really liberate us from the Middle East?

A year after Osama bin Laden's death, the obituaries for his terrorist group are still way too premature.

Don't fear the digital bogeyman. Virtual conflict is still more hype than reality.

Small loans probably won't lift people out of poverty or empower women. But that doesn't mean they're useless.

I served in the CIA for 28 years and I can tell you: America's screw-ups come from bad leaders, not lousy spies.

Japan melted down, but that doesn't mean the end of the atomic age.

Everyone knows an independent Palestine, side by side with Israel, is unworkable right now. But it's even more hopeless than they think.