Editors' Picks
From Washington to Beijing, relations are looking more tense than ever. John Lee has the guide to which disputes matter -- and which are likely to blow over fast.
They're Here, They're Queer, It's No Big Deal
Gay Israelis have been serving openly in the military for 17 years, and their country is safer for it.
These People Don't Agree on Anything!
David Kenner reads 627 pages of Gaza war reports so you don't have to.
Foreign Policy's Academy Awards
The scandals, dramas, farces, and romantic comedies of 2009. Send in your vote on who deserves to take home the Oscar.
Russia's most overlooked hot spot

BY GREGORY ZALASKY
The White House should go "green" on Thursday

BY WILL INBODEN
Do ships purposely risk pirate attack?

BY THOMAS E. RICKS
Why are we so obsessed with
weather news?

BY JOSHUA KEATING
Will the U.S. punish France for selling warships to Russia?
BY JOSH ROGIN
The latest Afghanistan offensive is a mistake
BY NORINE MCDONALD
Why shrinking NASA is great for space travel
BY ESTHER DYSON
DIRECTORY
CHRISTINA LARSON
How global-warming deniers are running circles around the U.N.'s top climate body.
02/09/2010
KATE MERKEL-HESS, JEFFREY N. WASSERSTROM
A new report on the 1937-1938 massacre doesn't settle the contested issue of how many people died -- but it points to a much more significant new consensus between Japan and China.
02/09/2010
Dagestan: Russia's Most Overlooked Hot Spot
GREGORY ZALASKY
Why the coming weeks will only get more dangerous for the troubled North Caucasus Republic.
02/09/2010
How Washington Can Really Help the Greens in Tehran
ALIREZA NADER, TRITA PARSI
For the Obama administration, there are dangers in doing too much and too little to help the pro-democracy movement in Iran. Here is how to chart a safe, effective third way.
02/09/2010
This Is What Victory Looks Like
ABRAHAM M. DENMARK
How Aaron David Miller romanticizes the past and underestimates the future.
02/09/2010
CHRISTIAN CARYL
Ukraine has cast its vote for the guy who was on the wrong side of the barricades in the Orange Revolution five years ago. The end of civilization as we know it? Not likely.
02/08/2010
DAVID KENNER
Meet the men calling on Barack Obama to launch airstrikes against the Islamic Republic.
02/08/2010
ESTHER DYSON
The future of space exploration will be driven by private markets, not government spending.
02/08/2010
MARC A. THIESSEN
Is Barack Obama killing too many bad guys before the U.S. can interrogate them?
02/08/2010