Briefing Book

List of Briefing Book articles

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VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images

Losing at the IMF

The Obama administration set out to reform the international financial system, but now finds itself on the defensive. What went wrong?

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Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Eight Ways to Deal With Iran

The Iranian nuclear program is a complex threat to international peace and stability. In this ambitious paper, former national security advisor Stephen J. Hadley says that stopping it requires an equally complex and sophisticated strategy.

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SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/Getty Images

Are We Focusing on the Wrong Nuclear Threat?

Americans are wringing their hands about the grave threat that a nuclear Iran would pose to the United States. But the numbers tell a different story.

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Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

How Obama Missed an Opportunity for Middle East Peace

Why did the president ignore the only part of the "peace process" that was working?

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JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)

Japan Awakens

The Japanese military is emerging from decades of pacifism. But do the country's political leaders have the vision and the will to make the country strong again?

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ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images

The American Pivot to Asia

Why President Obama's turn to the East is easier said than done.

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Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Follow the Money

A simple reform created for stopping terrorist financiers could dramatically strengthen international sanctions, and cut off the flow of funds to some of the world’s worst regimes.

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RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images

Is Pakistan’s Army as Islamist as We Think?

New data suggest it may be even more liberal than Pakistani society as a whole.

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QASSEM ZEIN/AFP/Getty Images

Bridges to Somewhere

More austerity won't save the global economy. Building infrastructure just might.

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Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Slouching Toward 2011

President Obama's Afghanistan withdrawal timetable is running up against a hard reality: Afghan forces are nowhere near ready to take responsibility for their country's security.

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JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Nukes Forever

Barack Obama is spending billions to maintain and upgrade America's nuclear weapons. But his opponents say it's not enough. Will they ever be satisfied?

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Why the Iran Sanctions Matter

It's easy to criticize the U.N. Security Council's new resolution targeting Iran. But it might prove a surprisingly effective tool in tightening the noose on the regime in Tehran.

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