Ideas

Is the CIA Ready for the Age of Cyberwar?

Behind the most sweeping reforms in the agency’s history—and their limits

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Ideas

Genocide, Empty Threats, and a Warning to Obama, Clinton, and Trump

I watched America’s broken promise fuel Radovan Karadzic's terror in Bosnia.

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

Mullah Omar’s Death Could Be a Nightmare for Afghanistan and NATO

Who is left among the Taliban leadership to conduct peace talks?

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Policy

The UN Still Can't Stop Genocide

A failure to recognize the 1995 massacre at Srebenica as genocide sent the world body decades into the past.

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

Warren Weinstein's Death Should Help End US 'Signature' Drone Strikes

The civilian casualties from this botched operation lay bare the immense cost of failure.

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

America's $28 Billion Failure in Pakistan

The U.S. has never convinced the Pakistanis to confront militants. Could that change after the Taliban's school attack? By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Policy

How the U.S. and Europe Failed James Foley

The different U.S. and European approaches to abductions reflect a particularly grim fact confronting American citizens abroad. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

The Russian Double Game Continues in Ukraine

Despite a pubic pledge to help de-escalate tensions, Vladimir Putin's unwillingness or inability to stop Russian weapons from flowing into the hands of separatists is only prolonging an already very deadly crisis. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

The Rise and Fall of Our Man in Baghdad

How Washington made Nouri al-Maliki, then lost control of it's Middle East strongman. By David Rohde, Warren Strobel, Missy Ryan and Ned Parker

  • David Rohde, Warren Strobel, Missy Ryan and Ned Parker, The Atlantic
Ideas

Bergdahl and the Impossible Choices Hostages Face

A former Taliban captive explains how to stop the spread of an increasingly successful militant tactic. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

How Obama Thinks About Counterterrorism

Fewer U.S. troops and the rise of the partnership-alliance model of beating back terrorists. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Ideas

The Unraveling of Kerry’s Bid for Mideast Peace

Will the secretary of state's "strategic patience" with Israeli and Palestinian leaders pay off? By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

How America Lost Russia

The rupture between Russia and the West has been 14 years in the making. By David Rohde and Arshad Mohammed

  • David Rohde and Arshad Mohammed, The Atlantic
Threats

Afghan Election Was a 'Real Defeat' to the Taliban

To the surprise of both Afghan and foreign observers, the Taliban failed to carry out a single large-scale assault during the election. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

Can the U.S. Still Confront Autocrats?

The U.S. is ‘kind of confused as a country’ about how to respond to threats from leaders like Putin and Assad. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

Ukraine Is the Greatest Challenge to Geopolitics Since the Cold War

As Russia confronts Ukraine, the definition of modern military intervention hangs in the balance. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

How Should the U.S. Deal With Putin?

Russia's wily president has outmaneuvered Western leaders for years. Is President Obama next? By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

Has Intervention Helped or Hurt Bosnia?

The answer matters for world leaders faced with conflicts in countries like Syria and Ukraine. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Threats

Is Syria Now a Direct Threat to United States?

The militancy nurtured by the civil war appears to be spreading—just as diplomacy falters. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
Policy

The Syria Talks Are Doomed Without Iran

Why Washington must make harder choices and include Iran to save Syria. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
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