The dilemmas of cold fish diplomacy - In the *New York Times*, Mark Landler and Peter Baker review Barack Obama's personal diplomacy with other world leaders, and finds it wanting. They make a...

The evolution of Arab public opinion research - How reliable is public opinion survey research in the Arab world? What lessons should we draw from its findings for policy or for academic hypothesis te...

The Best Defense Interview: Armitage on Pakistan's Tactical Nukes, Afghanistan's Future, and Why We Should Withdraw Now - *Best Defense: Do you think Pakistan turned against the United States in Afghanistan in 2005? What makes you think that?* Richard Armitage: "When I was ...

Another Opportunity to Squander - I've been in France for the past three days, attending a conference on "The Internet and International Politics." I plan on blogging about that event lat...

The Atlantic's 2nd Annual Economy Summit - President Bill Clinton's winning catchphrase "It's the economy, stupid!" still resonates in consequential political debates today -- with both sides of the p...