Carlos Barria / ReutersObama’s Former Middle East Adviser: We Should Have Bombed AssadPhilip Gordon says the administration did just enough in Syria to perpetuate the conflict without resolving it.Jeffrey GoldbergApril 20, 2016
Kai Pfaffenbach / ReutersObama Promised to End America’s Wars—Has He?The president’s military record, by the numbersEdward DelmanMarch 30, 2016
Rebecca Cook / ReutersObama on What Trump and Cruz Get Wrong About IslamThe struggle against jihadist terrorism isn’t the same as the struggle against communism—and it’s dangerous to conflate them.Jeffrey GoldbergMarch 29, 2016
Jonathan Ernst / ReutersAre European Countries Really ‘Free Riders’?Obama’s recent comments on the trans-Atlantic alliance neglect what it has achieved recently—and what it still needs to do.Simond de GalbertMarch 24, 2016
Michael Kappeler / ReutersHow Obama Views the Men and Women Who (Also) Rule the WorldA rough guide to the president’s relationships with other leadersJeffrey GoldbergMarch 18, 2016
Lucas Jackson / ReutersThe Obama Administration's Drone-Strike DissemblingDebunking John Brennan’s claim that “the president requires near-certainty of no collateral damage” to allow a drone killing to go forward.Conor FriedersdorfMarch 14, 2016
Jonathan Ernst / ReutersWhy Credibility MattersIt’s not just a Washington fetish, as Obama suggests.Stephen SestanovichMarch 14, 2016
Tim Wimborne / ReutersObama: Fighting Wars He Believes UnwinnableWhat’s behind the president’s inaction?Kori SchakeMarch 14, 2016
Chris Helgren / ReutersThe End of the U.S.-Dominated Order in the Middle EastObama has prioritized global goals over regional ones.Martin IndykMarch 13, 2016
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / APBarack Obama’s Revolution in Foreign PolicyWhen you think you’re the smartest person in the room, it’s tempting to make up your own grand strategy.Niall FergusonMarch 13, 2016
Ammar Abdullah / ReutersThe Slipperiest Slope of Them AllAn American president who rejected the notion of a “global war on terror” has now launched one.Tamara Cofman WittesMarch 12, 2016
How to Get the President to Open UpJeffrey Goldberg on Obama’s on-the-record bluntness in The Atlantic’s April 2016 cover storyGreyson KorhonenMarch 11, 2016
ReutersHow Russia Saw the ‘Red Line’ CrisisDid Obama’s refusal to strike Syria really give Putin the green light in Ukraine?Julia IoffeMarch 11, 2016
Carlos Barria / ReutersHow Iraq Warped Obama’s WorldviewThe president is certain he’s right. Is that what we want in a leader?Shadi HamidMarch 11, 2016
Amr Dalsh / ReutersThe Middle East Is Unraveling—and Obama Offers WordsAn accounting of the president’s actions and inactionsHisham MelhemMarch 11, 2016
Carlos Barria / ReutersThe Disappointment of Barack ObamaHe admits one major mistake: not making sufficient allowances for how unreasonable other people are.David FrumMarch 10, 2016
Jonathan Ernst / ReutersObama’s Biggest GambleHint: It doesn’t involve Syria.Andrew J. BacevichMarch 10, 2016
Noor Khamis / ReutersObama Is Not a RealistHe’s an isolationist with drones and special-operations forces.Josef JoffeMarch 10, 2016
Reuters / Pete Souza / White HouseOne President’s Stand Against the Washington HerdObama is seeking to redefine “strength” and “power.”Derek CholletMarch 10, 2016
Ben Rhodes Explains Where Obama Stands on CubaThe Deputy National-Security Advisor speaks about the United States’ new ties with Cuba and its impact on American foreign policy.Daniel LombrosoMarch 10, 2016
Carlos Barria / ReutersHow the Kobayashi Maru Explains Obama's Foreign PolicyYoni AppelbaumMarch 10, 2016
Obama's 'Red Line' That Wasn'tInside the president’s last-minute decision not to bomb Syria in 2013Daniel Lombroso and Jeffrey GoldbergMarch 10, 2016
Ian Langsdon / Reuters / The AtlanticObama on the WorldHow the president thinks about foreign policy, in his own wordsAndrew McGillMarch 10, 2016
Ruven AfanadorPortrait of a Presidential MindReflections on Jeffrey Goldberg’s interview with President Obama and our April issueJames BennetMarch 10, 2016