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Japan Has Enough Plutonium to Make Thousands of Nukes

Tokyo doesn't want the bomb, but it doesn't know what to do with the fuel stockpile.

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10 Things World Leaders Are Thankful For

Why Angela Merkel is thinking of France, Khamenei is grateful for Lindsey Graham, and why China isn’t disappointed the United States is back in Iraq.

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Photo by Joerg Koch/Getty Images

The Doormat Gets Shown the Door

Chuck Hagel wasn't a genius. But he got a bum rap for being exactly the secretary of defense that Obama wanted -- until he wasn't.

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Alex Wong/Staff

Budget Blunders and Funding Follies

Hagel's push from the Pentagon was about more than just ISIS and White House politics.

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Indians Don’t Hate Foreigners and Their Money Anymore

But can Prime Minister Modi capitalize on the changing winds and let foreign firms help build his “Make in India” economy?

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Joe Klamar/AFP

The Iran Nuke Extension Is a Death Sentence

With an angry GOP Congress ready to levy new sanctions and a new generation of Iranian centrifuges spinning up, we can't wait another four months.

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LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images

Can China’s Central Bank Ever Be Independent?

Why Beijing's interest rate cut is a red flag for economists.

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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Fall Guy

Getting rid of Hagel is not a cure for what ails Obama's national security team -- it's a symptom of the disease.

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RONALD ZAK/AFP/Getty Images

4 Big Reasons the Iranian Nuclear Deal Didn’t Happen

Washington would like to believe it has a lot more leverage over Tehran than it really does.

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SAUL LOEB/AFP

Exaggeration Nation

The threat posed by the Islamic State to the United States is being overblown to a dangerous -- and untruthful -- degree. So why are we letting our government officials get away with it?

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Photo by Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images

The Catch-22 of Barack Obama

Dealing with Congress could drive anyone nuts, but with his immigration move, Obama is crazy like a fox.

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Apply the Rigor of Investing to Foreign Aid

There's a reason Americans are confused about the value of overseas development assistance. And there's also a fix -- if the State Department gets serious about the next QDDR.

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Photo by RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images

It’s Time to Start Giving a Shit About Toilets

Don't snicker: Open defecation is one of the world's most stubborn problems. And the inability to adopt even Victorian-era sanitation is keeping India from being a superpower.

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Mark Wilson/Getty Images

I’m Back From Liberia and Under a (Self-Imposed) Quarantine in Brooklyn

Going from Monrovia to Belgium to New York meant enduring power outages, fever checks, Ebola questionnaires, and the hallway from hell.

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Jewel Samad, AFP

Vladimir Putin Hates the TTIP

Which is exactly why Europe and America need to get it done.

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