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What's the worst foreign policy/national security mistake that Barack Obama has made? By "worst" I mean the one with the most ...

Happy Birthday to Felicia Day , 34. And quickly to the good stuff: 1. Dan Drezner wishes everyone would go on vacation . 2. Scott Lemi...

Happy Birthday to Ken Howard , 69. Do people even know about the White Shadow? A little good stuff: 1. Doug Ahler, Jack Citrin, and Gabr...

In which direction, if any, is the GOP moving on foreign policy and national security? In the next presidential nomination fight, what kinds...

Remember, most people do not have strong opinions about most policy options. Therefore, the way they answer survey questions about issue pos...

Norm! Happy Birthday to George Wendt , 64. Morning-after good stuff: 1. Tim Carney has good fun with Barack Obama's foolish lobbyist...

Three things today. My column at Salon for the weekend is already up. I looked at Paul Ryan's assertion that Barack Obama's foreign...

I said yesterday that Republicans don't appear to read political scientists on the subject of the effect of the economy on elections. Bu...

Still thinking State. If Barack Obama is re-elected, he'll presumably have to fill an opening for Secretary of State. Do you have a cand...

Let's talk Secretary of State, should Mitt Romney be elected. Who would you like to see at State? Who do you want him to avoid?

Happy Birthday to Santiago Casilla , 32. I've always thought he was a good pitcher, although as with most of us I didn't always thin...

Mitt Romney gave a speech billed as a major foreign policy address today, just before he embarks on a quick world tour. I may get around to...

What, if anything, are you hoping for out of Mitt Romney's overseas trip?

Dan Drezner and Dan Larison have been going back and forth  and back about Mitt Romney's announced plan to take a prestige-building fo...

How do you think Barack Obama has done with regard to the uprisings and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa over the last year p...

A variation of the question for conservatives: what foreign policy or national security policies are you most concerned about if Republicans...

Can I call it a CotD if it catches something that hasn't quite happened yet? I don't see why not, especially if it's good enough...

Do you have a good sense of the differences, if any, between what Rick Perry and Mitt Romney would do as president on foreign policy?

Jonathan Chait is right that regardless of what Republican rank-and-file voters say now, they'll almost certainly support the next for...

Andrew Sullivan finds Barack Obama's "new" wording on 1967 borders -- you know, the wording that throws Israel under a bus or...