Editors' Picks
Paulo Coelho on How to Sell Books in Africa
One of the world's most popular novelists shares the secret of his success.
Abbas Milani on prison life with Ali Hossein Montazeri.
Five lessons for would-be James Bonds and Bond girls -- and the men and women who would resist them.
Why the South African president's polygamy is about more than womanizing.

BY PETER FEAVER
Sorry bloggers, I didn't indoctrinate David Petraeus
Is this the week Mexico lost the drug war?

BY ROBERT HADDICK
A walking tour of Afghanistan's most dangerous province
BY NICK HORNE
How far along were talks with the Taliban?
BY JOSH ROGIN
Why is Canada adopting George W. Bush's aid policies?

BY JOSHUA KEATING
A foreign policy run by Mad Men
DIRECTORY
This Week at War: Is This the Week Mexico Lost the Drug War?
ROBERT HADDICK
What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.
03/19/2010
STEVE KETTMANN
Is it still possible for a country to be neutral?
03/19/2010
NICK HORNE
A trek through the Wakhan corridor.
03/19/2010
The Marriage Crisis That Wasn't
URSULA LINDSEY
Reading a new book about Egypt's overblown "marriage crisis" at the beginning of the 20th century suggests that similar fears today may also be ungrounded.
03/19/2010
The LWOT: Holder Argues for Civilian Trials, 'JihadJane' Pleads Not Guilty
ANDREW LEBOVICH
Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a new weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox -- just sign up here.
03/18/2010
DANIEL FREIFELD
Why Hugo Chávez's friends can't save his petrostate.
03/18/2010
The Message Obama Should Send to Iran
KARIM SADJADPOUR
Last March, Barack Obama extended a hand to the Iranian government on the occassion of the country's New Year. This time, he should speak straight to the people.
03/18/2010
ANDREW SWIFT, PETER WILLIAMS
The United States prepares its troops and its allies for the coming offensive in Kandahar, the Taliban's spiritual home.
03/17/2010
How Iraqi Oil Is Changing the World
STEPHEN GLAIN
OPEC could be in for a serious shake-up.
03/17/2010