Caucasus
In Defeat, Georgia's President Confounds his Critics
Mikheil Saakashvili's conciliatory reaction to his party's loss in the election seems to prove his critics wrong. Now let's see if the winner can do as well.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 2, 2012
Georgia's Electoral Showdown
Emotions are running high as Georgians vote in a watershed parliamentary election.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 1, 2012
Rebooting the Bureaucracy in Georgia
As Georgian voters prepare to vote in a crucial parliamentary election, a look back at one of the signature programs of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
BY RICHARD BENNET | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
In Georgia, Two Machines Are Better Than One
The run-up to Georgia's October 1 election has been dirty, demeaning, and rife with abuses of power and allegations of corruption. It’s also the best thing to happen to Georgia in a long time.
BY SCOTT RADNITZ | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Finding the Right Take-Off Speed
There's no one-size-fits-all approach to transition economies. But slow and steady often wins the race.
BY JUSTIN YIFU LIN | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
Turkish Dilemma
Turkey's voluble prime minister has talked himself into a corner on Syria. Will the spiraling unrest next door finally force him to back up his words?
BY KAREN LEIGH | SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
The Teddy Bear Bombers
Foreign Policy speaks with the Swedish activists who dropped a planeload of stuffed animals into Belarus, Europe's last dictatorship.
INTERVIEW BY ELIAS GROLL | AUGUST 2, 2012
Who Cares How Many Women Are in Parliament?
There are plenty of good yardsticks for the state of women’s rights around the world. Parliamentary representation isn’t one of them.
BY JOSHUA FOUST, MELINDA HARING | JUNE 25, 2012
The Caspian's New Sea Monsters
The post-Soviet region has begun a high-stakes arms race, fueled by competition for recently discovered oil fields.
JUNE 22, 2012
Putin's Waiting Game
Russia's savvy president isn't trying to start a new Cold War, he's just waiting to see what happens in November.
BY ANDREW S. WEISS | JUNE 19, 2012
The Science of Ballot-Box Stuffing
What's the best way to detect electoral fraud? You may want to follow the numbers.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2012
Blood in the Caucasus
Scenes from the war zone in Russia's backyard.
BY DIANA MARKOSIAN | JUNE 8, 2012
Putin's Secret War
The bloody Islamic insurgency in Russia's backyard.
BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | JUNE 8, 2012
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
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
Everything you need to know about the Eurovision final
BY ELIAS GROLL
Inside Saudi Arabia's new crackdown on dissent
British Foreign Office to drunk Britons everywhere: No, we can't translate that tattoo for you
BY ELIAS GROLL
5 great reads for your weekend
BY RACHEL WILKINSON
Why do some groups choose nonviolence?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
The Army is looking for a few good drone backhoes
BY JOHN REED
Meet the movement standing up to Libya's extremists
BY MOHAMED ELJARH
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