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Diplomacy
August 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump is starting to realize that North Korea isn’t going to back down.
May 19, 2017
Daniel Benaim
What We Know About Donald Trump’s Middle East Policy
He faces numerous possible pitfalls in his first official trip to the region—as well as opportunities.
April 7, 2017
MagazineTony Horwitz
The Spy Who Loved Me
What I learned from my own contacts with Russian intelligence agents.
December 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
John Kerry’s Israel speech was good. It would have been great if he gave it years ago.
September 28, 2016
Anakwa Dwamena
Congress’s first override of an Obama veto is a victory for 9/11 families.
August 4, 2015
Patrick Iber
Arguing Against Evil
Liberal hawks and neocons' Congress for Cultural Freedom delusion
July 14, 2015
Matthew Duss
The Iran Deal Is a Victory for Obama Diplomacy Over Bush Warmongering
January 22, 2015
Casey Michel
This Professor Refuses to Disclose Her Work for an Autocratic Regime. Here's What Happened When I Confronted Her.
October 18, 2014
Cristina Ruiz
Curators as Kissingers: Can Museums Repair Diplomatic Relations?
July 28, 2014
Uzodinma Iweala
A Book By Jimmy Carter Led Me to Work for Richard Branson
'Talking Peace' provided a perspective on leadership as a combination of stubbornness, a moral compass, and an appetite for risk
July 20, 2014
Ben Birnbaum, Amir Tibon
The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan—and Watched It Crumble
July 9, 2014
John Shiffman
This Offensive Memo from the 1970s Could Be Key to U.S.-Iran Negotiations
June 13, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Just What Are America's Options in Iraq?
Obama got dealt a bad hand—and is playing it badly.
May 12, 2014
Ehud Yaari
John Kerry Doomed the Israeli-Palestinian Talks by Refusing to Consider a Transition Agreement
April 2, 2014
Oliver Bullough
This Tiny Pacific Island Nation Just Gave Russia a Big Bruise
March 28, 2014
Eve Fairbanks
Sending a Bunch of Fulbright Scholars Overseas Is Not 'Soft Diplomacy.'
But there are better reasons not to axe the program
February 14, 2014
Sagittarius
My Soviet Valentine
January 31, 2014
Noreen Malone
Undercover at the U.N. Lounge, Where Diplomats Get Drunk and Handsy
January 21, 2014
Fred Hof
America Must Stand Firm on Syria at the Geneva II Conference
October 29, 2013
Luke Jerod Kummer
The Secular Syrian Opposition May Be Imploding
Fallout from the U.S.-Russia deal

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