Matthew Yglesias

To succeed in putting forth a progressive foreign policy, Obama will need to reach out to moderate Republicans.

New Pentagon spending estimates for the next five years fly in the face of progressive priorities — the likely incoming majority shouldn’t stand for it.

The focus is on our unstable credit markets — but we shouldn’t forget that Bush’s foreign policy has exacted its own costs on our economy.

Nouri Al-Maliki’s endorsement of Obama’s withdrawal timeline was a coup for the candidate. And even though economic issues have elbowed foreign policy out of the headlines, Obama shouldn’t forget it.

Wednesday night, Kerry moved beyond his failed presidential bid and offered the critique of John McCain that Democrats long needed to make.

The conflict between Russian and Georgia is certainly important — but the majority of the rhetoric in the United States has been overheated.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s endorsement of Barack Obama’s plan for U.S. troop withdrawal shows us the real shape of the debate to come.

Conservatives say reasoning with foreign dictators is pointless because it grants bad actors legitimacy. In doing so, they fail to understand the usefulness of diplomacy and the limits of American power.