Eastern Europe
Think Again: The BRICS
Together, their GDP now nearly equals the United States. But are they really the future of the global economy?
BY ANTOINE VAN AGTMAEL | NOVEMBER 2012
These 7 Countries
The rise of China and India has long since become a cliche. In fact, neither country has done all that well since the crash of 2008 -- but these emerging powerhouses have cleaned up.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2012
The Myth That Screwed Up 50 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy
It's time to set the record straight about John F. Kennedy's handling of the Cuban missile crisis.
BY LESLIE H. GELB | NOVEMBER 2012
Putin's Miscalculation
It was a big mistake to pick on a pregnant human rights activist. The world must hold whoever was responsible to account.
BY KENNETH ROTH | OCTOBER 5, 2012
The New Titan of Tbilisi
Eccentric billionaire (and exotic-pet enthusiast) Bidzina Ivanishvili just won a shock election in Georgia. But is he too crazy to actually govern?
BY SHAUN WALKER | OCTOBER 2, 2012
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
Upset
No one really expected Georgia's opposition to win this election. So, what now?
BY THOMAS DE WAAL | 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
Georgia Holds Its Breath
Rocked by a prison scandal and allegations from all sides over illicit campaigning, this tiny country's election has become a brawl between political heavyweights.
BY THOMAS DE WAAL | SEPTEMBER 26, 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
He's With the Band
An interview with the first man of Pussy Riot.
INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Yes, Russia Is Our Top Geopolitical Foe
Why Mitt Romney is right about Moscow.
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
America's Other Army
Interviews with diplomats in the line of fire -- an exclusive excerpt from the new book America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy.
BY NICHOLAS KRALEV | SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Paul Krugman's Baltic Problem
Why is the Nobel Prize-winning economist mocking the countries that have escaped the eurocrisis?
BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Russia’s Bridge to Nowhere
A facelift ahead of this year's Asia-Pacific summit can't mask the fact that Vladivostok, Russia's easternmost city, is slowly dying.
BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Building a Better Bear
Can Russia reform its outmoded military without scaring the United States?
BY DMITRI TRENIN | SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Bullish on the Bear
It’s hard to find people who are optimistic about the future of Russian democracy. Leon Aron explains why he’s one of them.
BY PAUL STAROBIN | SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Leftist Planet
Why do so many travel guides make excuses for dictators?
BY MICHAEL MOYNIHAN | SEPT/OCT 2012
You Say You Want a Revolution
Before there was Pussy Riot, there were the Plastic People of the Universe. An FP List of musicians who took on their governments -- and became historical icons.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | AUGUST 3, 2012
Smokeless Stoves, Girl-Friendly Schools, and the Bloc That Wasn’t
Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.
BY PETER PASSELL | AUGUST 3, 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
The Last Free Oligarch
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Fridman thought he could get away with crossing Vladimir Putin. He miscalculated -- badly.
BY STEVE LEVINE | JULY 25, 2012
July in Focus
The events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis as the Soviet military buildup in Cuba gathered momentum exactly half a century ago.
BY RACHEL DOBBS | JULY 17, 2012
Dark Soldiers of the New Order
The Soviet Union's spies haven't disappeared, they're just wearing new clothes. An exclusive excerpt from Edward Lucas's new book, Deception.
BY EDWARD LUCAS | JULY 13, 2012
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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