Benjamin PaukerSenior Editor
Ben Pauker is senior editor at Foreign Policy. Ben came to FP in May 2010 from World Policy Journal, where he was managing editor from 2007-2010. A native of New York, he grew up in Brazil, Australia, and Thailand and has written for Harper's, the Economist, and the Chicago Tribune, among other publications. He is the co-founder of the Gastronauts, the world’s largest adventurous-eating club, and, in the course of reporting but mainly to see if it was possible, has smuggled small arms out of Central Africa.
Latest Articles
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Interview
Epiphanies from Chris Anderson
The entrepreneur and technology theorist weighs in on drones, surveillance, and what's coming next.
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In Box
The Things They Carried: The Third Amiga
What rising GOP star Kelly Ayotte takes with her to the Senate.
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Interview
Burning Questions
What Martha Raddatz would ask the presidential candidates at Monday's foreign-policy debate.
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Interview
Epiphanies from Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The "Black Swan" theorist reflects on the most stable country in human history and the folly of the European Union.
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Interview
Fear Premium
An exclusive conversation with Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer on the hidden economic risks as geopolitical tensions bubble over in the Middle East and China.
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In Box
The Generals' General
What Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno takes with him to the war zone.
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Interview
Epiphanies from Salman Rushdie
The Midnight's Children author reflects on life under fatwa, the Arab Spring, and his one-night stand with Twitter.
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Interview
Really, Really Big Oil
Steve Coll's global tour of how ExxonMobil, the international "supermajor" and world's most profitable company, still rules.
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In Box
The Things They Carried: The War Reporter
ABC News senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz reveals what's inside her carry-on bag.
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Interview
Epiphanies from Abdullah Gul
Turkey can be a democratic model for the Middle East, its president says.
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