Fun Stuff
Thanksgiving is Un-American
Seriously. What you need to know about the international origins of the most American of holidays.
BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Israel 2012 vs. London 1944
What the buzz bomb can tell us about Iron Dome.
BY MICHAEL PECK | NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Unsolicited Advice
Vladimir Putin's secret (fake) letter of congratulations to Xi Jinping.
BY SIMON SHUSTER | NOVEMBER 16, 2012
No, Mr. Bond. I Expect You to Die...
7 real people who would make good 007 villains.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Worst Predictions: Election Edition
The 10 dumbest calls of the campaign.
BY JOSHUA KEATING | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
How Ancient Plankton Elected Obama
And other crazy tales from the world's electoral maps.
BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Going Out Gracelessly
The six worst concessions in recent political history.
BY DAVID KENNER | NOVEMBER 6, 2012
A Short History of World War III
I lost the Cuban Missile Crisis and nuked the world from my couch ... and you can too.
BY MICHAEL PECK | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Choose Your Own Adventure for Policy Wonks
Gaming out a military strike on Iran.
BY MARK JACOBSON | OCTOBER 19, 2012
The 10 Best McDonald's Meals You Won't Find in the U.S.
From French breakfast sandwiches to Japanese shrimp burgers, the international creations that helped McDonald's win the Great Recession.
BY SULOME ANDERSON | OCTOBER 8, 2012
Open Mouth, Insert Foot
Classic presidential foreign policy campaign gaffes.
BY JOHN NORRIS | OCTOBER 3, 2012
Aircraft Carriers in Space
Naval analyst Chris Weuve talks to Foreign Policy about what Battlestar Galactica gets right about space warfare.
BY MICHAEL PECK | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
The Gangnam Phenom
A South Korean video is making waves on the Web. But the West is actually late to the party.
BY MARK JAMES RUSSELL | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Sex and Scandal in the Holy Land
Washington went into crisis mode over news of a GOP congressman skinny-dipping in the Sea of Galilee. Israelis can barely stifle a yawn.
BY RON KAMPEAS | AUGUST 24, 2012
Liberté, Egalité, Hilarité
The best political cartoons of the French Revolution.
BY ADRIENNE KLASA | JULY 13, 2012
Fortress America
Playing the new Cold War board game is a trip back to the 1980s. So why is the theme of an America being invaded still so popular?
BY MICHAEL PECK | JULY 3, 2012
The FP Summer Reading List
Twelve books that are shaping the conversation this season.
BY MARGARET SLATTERY | MAY 27, 2012
Romney: Year One
What would happen if you took Mitt Romney's foreign-policy promises extremely literally?
BY DANIEL DREZNER | MAY 25, 2012
The 7 Worst Songs of Eurovision 2012
The lowlights of Europe's annual tribute to trashy Europop.
BY LOIS PARSHLEY | MAY 24, 2012
Power Ballad
What happens when you mix a trashy Europop spectacle with an oil-soaked Caspian dictator?
BY HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS | MAY 24, 2012
The 10 TED Talks They Should Have Censored
Some ideas aren't worth spreading.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 17, 2012
Rock Like a Yemeni
Backstage with the hottest ticket on the Arabian Peninsula.
BY GAAR ADAMS | APRIL 13, 2012
Campaign Manager
Can a board game really simulate the grueling twists and turns of the campaign trail?
BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 14, 2012
Moscow's Merry Pranksters
Big public demonstrations may be a new development in Russia, but protests in the streets have been around for a while. Just ask the artists.
BY ALEXIS ZIMBERG | MARCH 3, 2012
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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