Caucasus

Are We Focusing on the Wrong Nuclear Threat?

Americans are wringing their hands about the grave threat that a nuclear Iran would pose to the United States. But the numbers tell a different story.

BY VICTOR ASAL AND BRYAN EARLY | MAY 24, 2012

Russia's Surprisingly Liberal New Cabinet

Vladimir Putin may have reclaimed the presidency, but his sidekick Dmitry Medvedev is winning the appointments game. Are liberal reforms finally possible?

BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | MAY 21, 2012

Portrait of The Hague as a Young Court

As Ratko Mladic goes on trial for war crimes at The Hague today, graphic artist Joe Sacco takes us back to the international tribunal's early days.

BY JOE SACCO | MAY 16, 2012

Anatomy of a Massacre

Investigating the worst war crime in modern Europe.

BY MICHAEL DOBBS | MAY 15, 2012

Kick Russia Out of the G-8

If Putin doesn't want to come to Camp David, fine. He doesn't belong there anyway.

BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | MAY 15, 2012

The FP Survey: The Future of NATO

Does the 63-year-old alliance still matter today? We asked politicians, scholars, and other observers from both sides of the Atlantic to weigh in.

MAY 14, 2012

The Brothel Next Door

Turkey is cracking down on the sex trade. What's next?

BY ANNA LOUIE SUSSMAN | MAY 14, 2012

Welcome to the New World Disorder

The G-8 is not about to save the world. It's time the United States started planning for the G-Zero.

BY IAN BREMMER | MAY 14, 2012

Medvedev the Phony

Russia's outgoing president was never the liberal reformer he claimed to be. But don't just take our word for it -- he said so himself.

BY LILIA SHEVTSOVA, DAVID J. KRAMER | MAY 7, 2012

A Kremlin Made of Sand

Vladimir Putin may not be as secure as he thinks.

BY LEON ARON | MAY 4, 2012

The Work of All Nations

President Barack Obama's creation of an Atrocities Prevention Board is an important step, but America can't prevent genocide alone.

BY HASHIM THACI | APRIL 27, 2012

Saving Somalia

Turkey may just be able to fix this war-torn east African nation -- if it doesn't fall into the same traps of would-be saviors who came before it.

BY LAURA HEATON | APRIL 24, 2012

The Most Powerful Women You've Never Heard Of

The Angela Merkels and Dilma Rousseffs get all the attention. But they're not the only female leaders running the world.

BY FP STAFF | MAY/JUNE 2012

Smart Sanctions: A Short History

How a blunt diplomatic tool morphed into the precision-guided measures we know today.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY/JUNE 2012

Occupy This!

An Occupy Wall Street leader highlights the global reach of his movement.

MAY/JUNE 2012

Georgia on My Mind

The Georgian ambassador pushes back against Thomas de Waal's portrayal of his country.

MAY/JUNE 2012

Finish What You Start

Getting rid of a dictator is a great achievement. But it's only the beginning of a successful transition to democracy.

BY SRDJA POPOVIC, ROBERT HELVEY | APRIL 6, 2012

Bowing to the Kremlin

Why Obama's "hot mic" diplomacy is endangering America.

BY MITT ROMNEY | MARCH 27, 2012

Heroes of Their Time

In Russia’s hinterlands, a small group of disgruntled villagers are staging an odd protest against the government -- but not quite against Putin.

BY SHAUN WALKER | MARCH 2, 2012

Tightening the Screws

It might be just coincidence that Moscow is messing with opposition media as a shaky Putin looks toward the elections, but it’s beginning to look a lot like a nasty pattern.

BY JULIA IOFFE | FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The Georgian Paradox

As Georgia's recent experience demonstrates, fighting corruption and building democracy are two different things.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2012

War Dogs, Boomtowns, and Dead Dictators

Foreign Policy’s most popular photo essays of 2011.

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Northern Distribution Nightmare

Tensions in Pakistan are running high. So, to resupply U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Washington’s having to cut deals with some very unsavory regimes.

BY DAVID TRILLING | DECEMBER 6, 2011

The Titan of Tbilisi

Is Georgia's elfin billionaire and new political phenomenon big enough to take down President Mikheil Saakashvili?

BY THOMAS DE WAAL | NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Russia's Big Backyard

A grand tour of the stunningly diverse former Soviet states.

CAPTIONS BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | AUGUST 19, 2011

After the Fall

The 15 countries of the former Soviet Union have taken radically different political paths over the last two decades.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 24, 2011

Postcards from Hell, 2011

Images from the world's most failed states.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 20, 2011

Gorby, the Man Who Changed the World

Life in the limelight for the West's favorite Soviet.

BY EDMUND DOWNIE, SOPHIA JONES | JUNE 20, 2011

The Deadliest Village in Russia

At journey's end, reaching the heart of the North Caucasus's Islamist insurgency -- and getting arrested.

BY TOM PARFITT | APRIL 1, 2011

Dangerous Graft

As the journey nears its end, a look at how samovar politics, mixed with rampant corruption, have helped turn Dagestan into the most deadly of Russia's North Caucasus republics.

BY TOM PARFITT | MARCH 23, 2011