As much as we may love them on one level, presidential campaigns are awful enterprises. Candidates from both parties subject themselves to a seemingly endless series of bad chicken dinners at Holiday Inns, trudge through hundreds of rallies in rain and shine, and embrace a travel schedule that looks as if it was set by [...]
Foreign policy has long been one of the last great bastions of sexism. But as glass ceiling after glass ceiling is shattered in Washington, the time has come to ask when one of the last great barriers will be overcome: Is America ready for a male secretary of state?
The games of the XXX Olympiad are complete. Londoners can return to their natural state of dourness. NBC can go back to offering other programming on a maddening tape delay, and pundits can argue whether it makes sense to spend $14 billion to host the games or not. With all 302 medal events completed, it [...]
The Pentagon has taken on more and more activities that have very little to do with traditional definitions of national security, writes John Norris.
John Norris explains how a new plan represents a seismic shift in how American foreign aid programs are conducted.
An open letter from John Norris to the leaders of Eritrea, Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, and other countries with deplorable track records.
John Norris explains why President Obama should enhance and expand his policy strategy for Africa.
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John Norris sees if countries receiving U.S. economic and security assistance are good places to invest increasingly scarce development dollars.
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John Norris and Connie Veillette offer a bipartisan report trying to determine how we can make the most efficient and effective use of scarce resources, reform our foreign affairs institutions, and defend our core national interests amid major budget uncertainty.
John Norris shares a story in Foreign Policy about an afternoon with the former Liberian president 10 years ago.
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John Norris looks at U.S. foreign assistance spending for the past fiscal year and whether it was wisely appropriated.
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John Norris, Abigail Long, Sarah Margon, and David Abramowitz explain why the United States should invest more in conflict prevention training.
John Norris argues in U.S. News and World Report that foreign aid can be cut without harming national security.
John Norris explains how much the collapse of Somalia has cost the world.
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John Norris talks about why we need to move beyond crisis response to crisis prevention in failed states.