John Barry

How quickly can the afghan army stand up, so American troops can stand down? It's a question that could determine the success or failure of President Obama's "surge" in Afghanistan.

The Obama administration and congressional Democrats have multiple views on Afghanistan.

Analysis: the leak of Gen. McChrystal's report shows the Obama administration is mishandling Afghanistan.

President Obama's decision to scrap the missile interceptor planned for Central Europe doesn't mean Europeans will be unprotected from Iran. They'll just be protected from a system that actually exists—and works.

It seems absurd to send U.S. officials—even a retired one—to collect Americans imprisoned abroad. But often enough, it makes good sense.

As a candidate, Barack Obama declared war on nukes, but now he's calling a tactical truce. To encourage tougher international action against proliferation, he hopes to ratify the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Why Iran's latest excuses make no sense.

Even the Coalition commanders in Afghanistan wonder if they can win the war.

Obama, like Reagan, is speaking directly to foreign populations and ignoring their leaders.

Rumsfeld didn't want to share his predecessor's fate. He may anyway.

As the Taliban battles Pakistan's military just 96 kilometers from Islamabad, one question frightens experts around the world: what about the country's nukes?

A look at the defense secretary's new commander in Afghanistan, and his strategy for success.

In his farewell address in January 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the military-industrial complex, the cozy relationship between the Pentagon, Congress and defense contractors.

Forget the protesters. The real anger at America this week is coming from European governments.

Despite Obama's announcement of a plan to withdraw U.S. soldiers from Iraq, troops are likely to remain in the country for years.

Why Obama is sending more troops to Afghanistan now, and a look at the possible end game.

What a deceased British politician can teach George Mitchell about diplomacy.

The analogy isn't exact. But the war in Afghanistan is starting to look disturbingly familiar.

The attack on Gaza shows that the Olmert government feels it may be running out of options

What Obama's team needs to understand.

In Washington, the truism of the moment is that President-elect Barack Obama has cleverly set out to create a "team of rivals." He is said to be filling out the top ranks of his administration with strong-minded, hard-headed policy warriors—Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates—who will be encouraged to disagree with each other and even with Obama.

A civil servant, not an action hero, the Bond of Ian Fleming's books revealed a surprising amount about the inner workings of secret ops.

Relax, Obama—foreign policy's stalled at the moment.

Robert Gates dueled with the Soviets, but even he's daunted by today's challenges.

The lessons of Rabin for the next Israeli leader.

It's time for the United States to push for limits to what China and other countries can do in earth orbit.

U.S. officials tried to build a force that could not stand up to Russia, but now they may have to.

Since Russia's rout of the Georgian armed forces in August, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suggested that Washington secretly provoked the conflict. But the Americans wanted no such thing, according to Lt.

The political perils of the No. 2.

Behind Defense Secretary Gates's Air Force shake-up.