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Obama's Real Afghanistan Decision
It's not how many troops to send; it's what those troops will do.  
Fred Kaplan   Nov 12, 2009   Politics  
Why Berlin Mattered
How could one city mean so much?  
Fred Kaplan   Nov 06, 2009   War Stories  
Friend or Foe?
The worst thing about President Karzai's brother's CIA gig.  
Fred Kaplan   Oct 28, 2009   War Stories  
Fill in the Numbers
How the Pentagon sowed confusion with an incomplete recruitment report.  
Fred Kaplan   Oct 22, 2009   War Stories  
Karzai Salesman
How John Kerry got the Afghan leader to see sense.  
Fred Kaplan   Oct 21, 2009   Politics  
Count Off
The Army says it exceeded its 2009 recruiting goals. But the numbers are very fishy.  
Fred Kaplan   Oct 16, 2009   War Stories  
Obama's Middle Course
There's a way to solve the Afghanistan mess without sending a lot more troops or leaving the country entirely.  
Fred Kaplan   Oct 13, 2009   War Stories  
Insubordination?
Should Gen. McChrystal stop speaking publicly about Afghan war strategy?  
Fred Kaplan   Oct 06, 2009   War Stories  
Iran's Friendly Nuke Talk
Is it a genuine breakthrough, or is Tehran just stringing us along?  
Fred Kaplan   Oct 02, 2009   War Stories  
Two Questions Obama Must Ask Before Sending More Troops to Afghanistan
And how to judge the responses.  
Fred Kaplan   Sep 30, 2009   War Stories  
It's Not About the Troops
Only a legitimate Afghan government can beat the Taliban.  
Fred Kaplan   Sep 22, 2009   War Stories  
Shielded
Obama's smart decision to scuttle Bush's European missile-defense plan.  
Fred Kaplan   Sep 17, 2009   War Stories  
Can We Bribe Our Way to Victory?
How distributing cash—to Karzai, Abdullah, and other bigwigs—could help us win in Afghanistan.  
Fred Kaplan   Sep 15, 2009   War Stories  
Caution! Quagmire Ahead!
The United States can't win in Afghanistan unless its new president makes major reforms, and quickly.  
Fred Kaplan   Aug 27, 2009   War Stories  
Kind of Blue
Why the best-selling jazz album of all time is so great.  
Fred Kaplan   Aug 17, 2009   Music Box  
Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum
Fifty years after its opening, has the art finally caught up with the architecture?  
Fred Kaplan   Aug 12, 2009   Art  
Clinton in Pyongyang
What's behind the former president's "private" trip to North Korea?  
Fred Kaplan   Aug 04, 2009   War Stories  
Are We Done Yet?
We're planning to be out of Iraq in 2011. Is that crazy?  
Fred Kaplan   Jul 31, 2009   War Stories  
They Scrapped the F-22!
The remarkable vote to kill the plane and what it means for America's military future.  
Fred Kaplan   Jul 21, 2009   War Stories  
So Happy Together
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been a harmonious team. So far.  
Fred Kaplan   Jul 17, 2009   War Stories  
Nukes Are Easy
Obama's deal on weapons could win Russia's cooperation on tougher issues later.  
Fred Kaplan   Jul 07, 2009   War Stories  
Death of the Whiz Kid
Robert Strange McNamara, 1916-2009.  
Fred Kaplan   Jul 06, 2009   Obit  
Leaving Iraq
What will happen when U.S. combat troops withdraw?  
Fred Kaplan   Jun 26, 2009   War Stories  
1959
I swear, it really is the year everything changed.  
Fred Kaplan   Jun 18, 2009   Books  
When America First Met the Microchip
At the time, few knew it would change the world.  
Fred Kaplan   Jun 18, 2009   Books  
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