Argument
Indonesia has been coasting on its natural wealth for too long. Now it's time to start investing in the country's people.
January 9
Feature
Why 2013 eerily looks like the world of 1913, on the cusp of the Great War.
January 4
David Rothkopf
America is on the verge of an energy boom. But will abundant shale gas create more problems than it fixes?
January 1
The Optimist
The oft-predicted "clash of civilizations" has not materialized. If anything, values are converging across cultures.
January 1
Stephen M. Walt
December 28
Terms of Engagement
Is the United States really the impediment to a universal compact on global warming?
December 7
December 7
FP Passport
December 5
Argument
Why isn’t the Golden State at the climate talks in Doha?
December 4
Argument
China's Xi Jinping faces a host of challenges: a slowing economy, stagnating political reform. But the country's black skies and red rivers ought to be his top priority.
November 15
Christian Caryl
Why corruption is set to become one of the defining political issues of the 21st century.
November 8
Stephen M. Walt
November 7
Argument
The world has spent two decades developing policies to combat global warming -- and we have little to show for it.
November 5
Terms of Engagement
Still think climate change is a joke?
November 2
Slide Show
10 major world cities that could end up underwater.
October 31
Turtle Bay
October 31
Argument
Are the world's major cities ready for the rising waters and freak storms of tomorrow?
October 31
Argument
The Arctic is the Mediterranean of the 21st century.
October 29
Stephen M. Walt
October 29
Argument
With efforts to halt climate change on life support, scientists are looking at some radical options to save our planet. But could the cure be worse than the disease?
October 24