Stories by Robert Dreyfuss

Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power pushed Obama into accepting the demands of neoconservatives and enter the civil war in Libya.

Seemingly half of the Tunisian business community can claim a Ben Ali connection through marriage, and many of these relations are reported to have made the most of their lineage.

Marine Gen. James Mattis, darling of the right, is now stepping into David Petraeus' shoes.

Like McChrystal, Petraeus has taken every chance to downplay and scoff at Obama's deadline for withdrawal.

Whether the person behind the bungled Times Square bomb was Taliban or Tea Partier, all we have to fear is fear itself.

You'd never know that the prime minister of a nation occupied by 130,000 U.S. troops is in the United States, but he is.

Things are ugly now. But they could rapidly get a lot uglier, more violent, and more civil war-like. Will opposition maintain its momentum?

President Obama hit almost all the right notes today in his possibly game-changing speech aimed at repairing America's rift with the Muslim world.

If Obama decides to get tough with Israel over the Palestinians, he'll have the support of his base, and much opposition from conservatives.

After sinking intel chief Chas Freeman, pro-Israel hardliners are celebrating. But they may have overplayed their hand on this round.

A surge of nationalism during a recent election provides a perfect opportunity for Obama to accelerate the withdrawal of US forces.

A guide to Iraq's first election since 2005.

Assertions by the Obama team that we can both "surge" and negotiate overlook a harsh reality. If Obama's not careful, he could make the crisis worse.

The story of the sweeping, and secretive, arrests, in Iraq's national security apparatus is getting curiouser and curiouser.

Obama's presidential victory softened Iran's opposition to the security deal -- an important sign that Tehran may be willing to work with the U.S.

If standard U.S. military doctrine claims any country can be declared "criminal" and lose its sovereignty, the answer is yes.

In his demands for a U.S. troop withdrawal, the Iraqi PM is hardly the tough negotiator the media makes him out to be.

With Iraq's internal politics a ticking time bomb -- and Iran wielding its influence -- neither John McCain nor Barack Obama have a realistic plan.

The U.S. is currently spending between $55 and $66 billion a year on intelligence. So why can't we find Osama bin Laden?