The full text of President Obama's speech at Cairo University
Jun 4, 2009
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They like him, they really like him! Well, maybe not so much in Egypt. But they're willing to give him a chance.
By Juan Cole
June 3, 2009
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Responding to threats from the Taliban, at least 10 girls' schools have shut down in northern Afghanistan.
By Matthias Gebauer and Shoib Najafizada
May 29, 2009
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George W. Bush may have started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but it's up to the new president to resolve them.
By Gene Lyons
May 14, 2009
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Out of office, he continues to push his tortured version of reality -- and his vision of an imperial presidency -- and there are signs he is succeeding.
By Juan Cole
May 13, 2009
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Private messages reveal a dispute at the highest levels about the proper role of psychologists in interrogation, and whether cooperating with the Bush administration was unethical.
By Sheri Fink
May 8, 2009
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Leaders from both countries, vital to the administration's counter-terror strategy, came to Washington for a series of meetings Wednesday.
By Alex Koppelman
May 6, 2009
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Prior to his meeting with Obama, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari discusses his country's nuclear arsenal, failed peace talks with the Taliban and the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.
By Susanne Koelbl
May 6, 2009
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Americans have perpetuated a mythic version of the past that never even approximated reality and today has become downright malignant.
By Andrew Bacevich
April 30, 2009
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Obama is a better foreign-policy president than domestic-policy president. Unfortunately, so was Jimmy Carter. Time to be bold.
By Michael Lind
April 21, 2009
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Matthew Marino was sent back to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty after the Army diagnosed him with "anxiety disorder" instead of post-traumatic stress disorder.
By Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna
April 10, 2009
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If Congress approves the president's request, the total cost of the two wars will reach almost $1 trillion.
By Alex Koppelman
April 9, 2009
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Rival Islamic militant groups are joining forces to make Pakistan into a stronghold -- and are receiving support from Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency.
By Susanne Koelbl and Britta Sandberg
April 9, 2009
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The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan.
By Juan Cole
March 30, 2009
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What will Obama do with Guantanamo's single largest group of detainees? One hundred Yemenis wait to go home -- but those who've already returned to Yemen didn't find a warm welcome.
By Letta Tayler
March 29, 2009
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An administration white paper argues that the core goal of the U.S. must be to uproot al-Qaida from its safe havens in Pakistan.
March 27, 2009
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So far, most reactions to the president's announcement have been positive -- even Bill Kristol likes it.
By Alex Koppelman
March 27, 2009
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The president announces he's sending an additional 4,000 troops and trainers to what's now being dubbed "Obama's war."
By Alex Koppelman
March 27, 2009
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Our military endeavor and unevenly distributed foreign aid have left the nation divided, not one country, but three.
By Pratap Chatterjee
March 23, 2009
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But a tepid Senate hearing on Wednesday, with no testimony from lower-ranking combat troops from Iraq or Afghanistan, does little to explain why.
By Mark Benjamin
March 19, 2009
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His diplomatic moves are a good start. But does he have the will to challenge Israel?
By Gary Kamiya
March 17, 2009
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Ex-Petraeus advisor David Kilcullen warns that if Western forces aren't willing to stick around in Iraq and Afghanistan, extremists will continue turning the locals into weapons.
By Laura Miller
March 11, 2009
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It's common knowledge by now that the security situation in the country has been deteriorating, but the scale of the problem is staggering.
By Mark Benjamin
March 10, 2009
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The president needs to end Bush's disastrous policies at the Bagram Air Base prison in Afghanistan.
By Karen Greenberg
March 9, 2009
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai discovered the importance of adhering to his country's constitution at an awfully convenient political moment.
By Matthias Gebauer and Shoib Najafizada
March 2, 2009
"This cycle of suspicion and discord must end"
Obama, Muslim-world rock star
"If we kill schoolgirls, you shouldn't be surprised"
They're Obama's wars now
The hidden hand of Dick Cheney
A secret e-mail argument among psychologists about torture
The White House's full-court press on Afghanistan and Pakistan
"Nuclear weapons are not Kalashnikovs"
Farewell to the American Century
The two Obamas
"I believe that I did have PTSD"
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban vows to strike America
Obama's domino theory
You can't go home (to Yemen) again
Obama's new way forward in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Afghanistan's uncertain future
Soldier suicides skyrocket
Obama's Middle East moment of truth
Meet the accidental guerrillas
Obama's Guantánamo?
Karzai won't leave
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald