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Cloud of Uncertainty Lingers Over Business in Russia

The Ukraine crisis is still seen as holding back investment.

Obama's Big, New Counterterrorism Plan Is a Hot Mess

The White House is promising to give allies around the world $5 billion to fight terrorists. But America’s been doing that for years -- and no one seems to know what this new program is.

Spies Say They're Confused and Outraged by Restrictions on Talking to Journalists

With Shinseki Out, Who Will Obama Tap Next to Lead the Department of Veterans Affairs?

The next VA Secretary will need to press reset on an entrenched bureaucracy with surging demand.

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

Why Libyans Hoped for More from Obama's Speech

Green Day

The Obama administration's ambitious new clean energy policy has the coal industry on the warpath.

Obama, Bowing to Political Reality, Accepts the Resignation of Embattled VA Secretary Shinseki

The 2013 Failed States Index - Interactive Map and Rankings

The Strategy Killer

Rising global
violence threatens more than humanity's collective conscience. In 2014, America
should seize two critical opportunities to address it.