Research and Commentary

President Obama’s Confused Logic on Syria

September 10, 2013, Shibley Telhami

No Way To Launch a War in Syria...or a Punitive Action

September 3, 2013, Steven Pifer

Is President Obama on the Road to War Against Syria?

September 3, 2013, Fred Dews

U.S. Intervention in Syria: Obama’s Incoherent Strategy

August 30, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

Two Thoughts On Syria and Kosovo

August 27, 2013, Wells C. Bennett

American Foreign Policy: Obama Should Summon His Own "Project Solarium"

July 18, 2013, Marvin Kalb

President Obama’s Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution

June 25, 2013, Charles K. Ebinger

President Barack Obama’s Counterterrorism Speech Nails it on Drone Strikes

May 24, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Free Trade Is Not Quite President Obama's Neglected Stepchild, But...

May 1, 2013, Bill Frenzel

President Obama’s Visit to Mexico: Key Anti-Crime Issues

April 26, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Syria's Use of Chemical Weapons: The Ball’s in Your Court, Mr. President

April 26, 2013, Bruce Riedel

Palestinian Politics Do Matter

March 24, 2013, Khaled Elgindy

Back to the Beginning in the Middle East

February 19, 2013, Marvin Kalb

President Obama’s Second Term: Staffing Challenges and Opportunities

February 2013, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Fairness: How President Obama Found His Voice

February 13, 2013, Darrell M. West

President Obama's Pragmatically Progressive SOTU Speech

February 13, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Reaction and Analysis to President Obama's 2013 State of the Union

February 12, 2013, William A. Galston

Obama Should Use the State of the Union to Refocus Economic Policy on Equitable Growth and Full Employment, Not Deficits

February 8, 2013, Elisabeth Jacobs

Re-Betting on Turkey

February 8, 2013, Kemal Kirişci

What to Expect in Obama's State of the Union Address

February 7, 2013, Thomas E. Mann

Should President Obama’s SOTU Mirror His Second Inaugural?

February 7, 2013, William A. Galston

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s State of the Union Priorities

February 7, 2013, Sarah A. Binder, William A. Galston, Ron Haskins and Thomas E. Mann

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The Black Swan: The Big Thaw

February 6, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

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Hagel’s Misreading of How to Treat an Ally

January 31, 2013, Michael Doran

How Should President Obama Change U.S. Policy in the Middle East?

January 2013, Shadi Hamid