Editors' Picks
If China is going to build on its growth, it's going to need an industrial policy that backs it up instead of holding it back.
What to Watch for in Copenhagen
Carbon targets, money honeys, watchdogs, and protests -- welcome to Climate-palooza 2009!
It's a problem that was supposed to be solved by now. But, as Christian Caryl reveals, these deadly little devices are only growing more lethal as the costs of combating them mounts.
The former president tells Foreign Policy what to read, who to watch, and why there really is a chance of Middle East peace in 2010.
The danger of focusing on Al Qaeda in Afghanistan
So what does Sarah Palin have against polar bears anyway?

BY ANNIE LOWREY
Keeping score at the Afghanistan hearings

BY THOMAS E. RICKS
Oh right, North Korea's problem is that it's not socialist enough
How can we tell what they're actually doing in Copenhagen?
BY PHIL LEVY
Stop picking on Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
BY JOHAN BERGENAS
The 'everyone hates Starbucks' theory of international relations
Iran's Hard-liners Turn on Each Other
BY GENEIVE ABDO
The World's Biggest Political Junket?
BY JOSHUA KEATING
The FP Interview: Vaclav Havel
SUSAN GLASSER
The playwright, dissident, and former Czech president speaks about the fall of the Berlin Wall, Barack Obama, and the hidden costs of moral compromise.
12/09/2009
PHIL RADFORD
Why is the World Bank subsidizing one of the planet's dirtiest fuels?
12/09/2009
GENEIVE ABDO
A series of political defections and a new poll provesthat Ahmadinejad is losing support among the conservatives who once made up his base.
12/08/2009
BERNARDO ALVAREZ HERRERA, CAROLINA BARCO
Venezuela's and Colombia's ambassadors to the United States tell their sides of an increasingly tense story.
12/08/2009
ALEXANDRA HARNEY
If China is going to build on its growth, it's going to need an industrial policy that backs it up instead of holding it back.
12/08/2009
What to Watch for in Copenhagen
CHRISTINA LARSON
Carbon targets, money honeys, watchdogs, and protests -- welcome to Climate-palooza 2009!
12/07/2009
KEN ADELMAN
Words of empathy from one former negotiator to another -- big summits are a bear. Best of luck in Copenhagen.
12/07/2009
The Curious Case of Indonesia's "Democracy"
EVAN A. LAKSMANA
Indonesians have democracy, but some still miss the old authoritarian days.
12/07/2009
JOHAN BERGENÄS
The Nobel Peace Prize has long been about vision and aspiration, as much as concrete accomplishment. In Oslo, let the U.S. president accept his prize in peace.
12/07/2009