Why did Israel keep a prisoner’s arrest, name and death secret, and will we ever know for sure?
America and the World
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Game of Drones
Explaining what role unmanned aerial vehicles play in our foreign policy—and the rest of the world’s—in six charts.
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Crowdsourcing Sexual-Assault Prevention
Egypt’s HarassMap and its efforts to end sexual violence
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Austerity’s Unintended Consequences
In Spain and Italy, fiscal belt-tightening has improved public finances, but at what political cost?
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Checks and Balances on the Western Front
The president’s domain in the realm of foreign policy has ballooned for decades, but especially since the War on Terror started. Will Congress reassert its authority?
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Tinkering with the Obama Doctrine
As his second term kicks off, what are the roads the president is likely to pursue abroad?
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Labor Wins—in China
Foxconn, China’s biggest private employer, allows its workers to go union—which is more than any American employer has done in decades.
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Libya’s Spheres of Bad Influence
Time is running short for the U.S. and NATO to help Libya restore order and security—and to keep jihadi groups in check.
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The Senate-Hearing Circus Is in Session
Republican senators asked all the wrong questions, and the defense secretary nominee evaded all the right answers.
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A More Perfect European Union
David Cameron’s speech has its fair share of detractors, but it should be embraced as an impetus to take Europe’s governance to the next level.
