Jim Hoagland
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Jim Hoagland is a weekly columnist for The Post, writing on foreign affairs. His column appears on Sundays.
Hoagland joined The Post in 1966 as a metropolitan reporter. He was assigned in 1969 to Nairobi as The Post's Africa correspondent and in 1972 to Beirut as Middle East correspondent. A tour in Paris as West Europe correspondent preceded his becoming The Post's foreign editor in 1979. He began writing his column in 1986 in Europe, chronicling the gradual fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
In 2002, the editors of The Times of London, Le Figaro, Die Welt, and four other leading European newspapers headed a jury that awarded Hoagland the Cernobbio-Europa Prize. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for International Reporting and in 1991 for Commentary.
Articles by Jim Hoagland
New Allies In Asia? (May 11, 2008)
Bush's Rescuers (May 4, 2008)
Try 'Pakistan First' (April 27, 2008)
Best-Selling Global Fictions (April 20, 2008)
War at the Pentagon (April 13, 2008)
No Cushion Against Hubris (April 6, 2008)
NATO's Middling Agenda (March 28, 2008)
Obama's Promise -- And Its Limits (March 23, 2008)
Needed: Honesty on Iraq (March 16, 2008)
How to Make an Exit (March 9, 2008)
Long Winter for the Media (March 2, 2008)
Long Winter for the Media (March 2, 2008)
A Russian Moderate? (February 24, 2008)
A Russian Moderate? (February 24, 2008)
Candidates on Message (February 17, 2008)
Candidates on Message (February 17, 2008)
Promises They Can't Keep (February 10, 2008)
Promises They Can't Keep (February 10, 2008)
A Pair of Allies, Self-Destructing (February 3, 2008)
A Pair of Allies, Self-Destructing (February 3, 2008)
Bush Hits a Wall in the Mideast (January 27, 2008)
Bush Hits a Wall in the Mideast (January 27, 2008)
An Establishment Teeters, in Kenya and Beyond (January 20, 2008)
An Establishment Teeters, in Kenya and Beyond (January 20, 2008)
A Global Fervor (December 30, 2007)
A Global Fervor (December 30, 2007)
Poppies vs. Power in Afghanistan (December 23, 2007)
Poppies vs. Power in Afghanistan (December 23, 2007)
A Gates-Style Thaw (December 16, 2007)
A Gates-Style Thaw (December 16, 2007)
The Spies Strike Back (December 9, 2007)
The Spies Strike Back (December 9, 2007)
Sarkozy's Grand Bargain (December 2, 2007)
Sarkozy's Grand Bargain (December 2, 2007)
Republican Role Reversal (November 25, 2007)
Republican Role Reversal (November 25, 2007)
Outsmarted by Sudan (November 18, 2007)
Outsmarted by Sudan (November 18, 2007)
Musharraf Goes Splat (November 11, 2007)
Musharraf Goes Splat (November 11, 2007)
How to Rein in Iran Without War (November 4, 2007)
How to Rein in Iran Without War (November 4, 2007)
Putin's Guessing Games (October 28, 2007)
Putin's Guessing Games (October 28, 2007)
Deploying for 'The New Normal' (October 21, 2007)
Deploying for 'The New Normal' (October 21, 2007)
Britain's Lost Sunshine (October 14, 2007)
Britain's Lost Sunshine (October 14, 2007)
North Korean Mystery (October 7, 2007)
North Korean Mystery (October 7, 2007)
A Small Outbreak of Mideast Hope (September 30, 2007)
A Small Outbreak of Mideast Hope (September 30, 2007)
The Candidates' World of Myopia (September 23, 2007)
The Candidates' World of Myopia (September 23, 2007)
From Hope to Fear in Iraq (September 16, 2007)
From Hope to Fear in Iraq (September 16, 2007)
Tony Blair Vs. History (September 9, 2007)
Tony Blair Vs. History (September 9, 2007)
With Russia, Pray for Cynicism (September 2, 2007)
With Russia, Pray for Cynicism (September 2, 2007)
Bush's Vietnam Blunder (August 24, 2007)
Bush's Vietnam Blunder (August 24, 2007)
The Model That India Offers (August 19, 2007)
The Model That India Offers (August 19, 2007)
Waiting for Petraeus (August 12, 2007)
Waiting for Petraeus (August 12, 2007)
Musharraf's Obsolete Way (August 5, 2007)
Musharraf's Obsolete Way (August 5, 2007)
The Summer of Skepticism (July 29, 2007)
The Summer of Skepticism (July 29, 2007)
The Conference Bush Needs (July 22, 2007)
The Conference Bush Needs (July 22, 2007)
A Matter of Execution (July 15, 2007)
A Matter of Execution (July 15, 2007)
The Next Battle in Iraq? (July 8, 2007)
Corleone Diplomacy (July 1, 2007)
For Bush, a Gift From Paris (June 24, 2007)
The Wrong Way to Challenge China (June 17, 2007)
Fading Echoes in Tiananmen Square (June 10, 2007)
Watching Our Welcome Mat (June 3, 2007)
Dealing With Putin (May 27, 2007)
Beyond Saber Rattling (May 20, 2007)
Two Leaders, Two Uses of Power (May 13, 2007)
Sarkozy's Dangerous Strengths (May 7, 2007)
Gender Bash in France (April 29, 2007)
France's Two-Week Referendum (April 23, 2007)
From Blacksburg to Algiers (April 22, 2007)
In Iran, Feeling the Heat (April 15, 2007)
A Korean Strategy For Iraq (April 8, 2007)
A Bubbling Stew in Iraq (April 1, 2007)
Bush's Royal Trouble (March 28, 2007)
Test Time For Europe's Fragile Unity (March 25, 2007)
Democracy's Welcome 'Clamor' (March 18, 2007)
'What Has Happened to Dick Cheney?' (March 8, 2007)
Desperation Helps Out In Baghdad (March 4, 2007)
Fighting Iran -- With Patience (February 25, 2007)
A Reality Check on Our Fears (February 18, 2007)
The Diplomats on Capitol Hill (February 11, 2007)
Twisting in Their Own Windiness (February 4, 2007)
A Useful Rebuke on Rights (January 28, 2007)
Impatience on Iran Carries a Price (January 21, 2007)
In Baghdad, a Test Of the Petraeus Principles (January 14, 2007)
Clarity on Iraq, and Beyond (January 7, 2007)
The Voices on the Gallows (January 4, 2007)
What the Dictators Can't Stop (December 31, 2006)
An Age of Anxiety, Through Artists' Eyes (December 24, 2006)
America, MIA in The Gulf (December 17, 2006)
Meanwhile, Reality In Iraq (December 10, 2006)
Kofi Annan's Legacy (December 3, 2006)
Realism, and Values, in Lebanon (November 26, 2006)
Don't Give Up On Russia (November 17, 2006)
Right Vision, Wrong Policy -- and a Mideast Price to Pay (November 12, 2006)
Ping-Pong Diplomacy For Iran (November 5, 2006)
. . . But a U.S. Policy Czar Might Help (October 29, 2006)
Stark Lessons From Iraq (October 22, 2006)
The Squeeze on North Korea (October 12, 2006)
Germany's Comeback (October 8, 2006)
Risky Wishes at the U.N. (September 28, 2006)