Michael Hirsh

Bush's efforts to negotiate a long-term U.S-Iraq pact may remove troops as an '08 election issue for Obama, Clinton.

Can the president go from 'warmonger' to 'peacemaker'?  What he's learning in the Holy Land.

Scenes from George W. Bush's legacy tour.

Obama, Huckabee make the case for change.

Exclusive: Benazir Bhutto's will names her 19-year-old son as her successor.

Washington moves to anoint a Bhutto 'successor' and push for an immediate vote after the assassination

As Pakistan threatens to fall into chaos, the martyred Benazir Bhutto may become in death what she never achieved in life

A unilateral military strike against Iran is much more likely following the latest intel report about Tehran's nuke program.

The White House is the place to battle global warming.

The new NEWSWEEK poll shows the former Arkansas governor now has a two-to-one lead over Romney, while Barack improves against Hillary.

That's the main implication of the startling new intelligence estimate that Tehran isn't working on a bomb. But the long-term impact is just as significant. A look at the winners and losers.

Why news of loose nukes isn't as scary as it seems.

Waiting for Godot—a.k.a. Mideast peace—in Annapolis

The plunging greenback threatens to cripple U.S. power. Why are the candidates ignoring this critical issue?

The secretary of State draws on her personal history to push Israelis and Palestinians together.

For Rice--and for Bush--so much is riding on what happens at the Annapolis conference.

How Bush's tight relationship with Pakistan's Musharraf has compromised the war on terror.

Why doesn't the U.S. have a Mideast peace envoy?

Washington levies drastic new sanctions on Tehran. Is the diplomacy dead?

With new unilateral U.S. sanctions announced Thursday, America and Iran may now be headed for unavoidable hostilities.

Condi Rice raises Palestinian hopes—to the Israelis' chagrin.

The champions of democracy often share an overly romantic view of how quickly it can flower in hostile soil.

Neocons can't help but slink around Washington, D.C. The Iraq War has given the neoconservatives—who favor the assertive use of American power abroad to spread American values—something of a bad name, and several of the Republican candidates seem less than eager to hire them as advisers.

The State Department deal is what negotiation is all about. Why not apply it to Iran?

Donald Rumsfeld had little stomach for talking to members of Congress, Democrat or Republican. But his successor as Defense secretary, Robert Gates, can't seem to get enough of them—especially Democrats.

To little notice, the Defense secretary  has gotten his way on Iraq, and possibly on Iran. Now, Gates is about to appoint a former top Clinton official to prove he means business.

What's really driving the Iranian president's Western charm offensive?

How Bush has created a moral vacuum in Iraq in which Americans can kill for free.

Obama's campaign is peeling off former advisers to Bill Clinton, and Hillary's folks are none too happy.

Not surprisingly, Petraeus performed smoothly in his testimony to Congress. But an internal Pentagon report is expected to 'differ substantially' from his recommendations on withdrawal from Iraq, NEWSWEEK has learned.