On Proliferation, Climate, and Oil: Solving for Pattern

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Jan 21, 2010
Length: 17 minutes (4,466 words)

Langley Won’t Tell Us’

How I fought the intelligence turf wars — and lost.

Author: Ron Capps
Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Jan 11, 2010
Length: 25 minutes (6,396 words)

The End of Influence

Excerpt: For as long as many can remember, the United States has been the country with money, influence, and power. But all that is changing, write Brad DeLong and Stephen Cohen in their new book, The End of Influence.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Dec 23, 2009
Length: 21 minutes (5,401 words)

Dead Men Walking

Why 2009’s truly top thinkers are yesterday’s news.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Dec 1, 2009
Length: 22 minutes (5,648 words)

The Terrorists Among Us

Why an al Qaeda attack on U.S. soil is still a real threat.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Nov 19, 2009
Length: 23 minutes (5,794 words)

Destroying al Qaeda Is Not an Option (Yet)

If the world’s most notorious network goes down, terrorism will get a whole lot messier.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Nov 10, 2009
Length: 4 minutes (1,017 words)

Missile Defense Didn’t Win the Cold War

The real doomsday machine, the Russian response to Star Wars, and other Soviet-era mysteries finally decoded.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Sep 22, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,410 words)

It’s Still the One

Oil’s very future is now being seriously questioned, debated, and challenged. The author of an acclaimed history explains why, just as we need more oil than ever, it is changing faster than we can keep up with.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Sep 1, 2009
Length: 18 minutes (4,691 words)

Is a Green World a Safer World?

A guide to the coming green geopolitical crises.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Sep 1, 2009
Length: 31 minutes (7,898 words)

Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for the American Primacy Debate

Author: Marc Lynch
Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Jul 13, 2009
Length: 8 minutes (2,049 words)