Europe

Immunizing the Body Politic

Want to promote democracy in Burma? Start by making sure people are well enough to vote.

BY JACK C. CHOW | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Why It Won't Be a Tragedy if Greece Defaults

European leaders are working around the clock to prevent a Greek default -- as if they had a choice.

BY MARK S. SHEETZ | FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Freezing in the Dark

Europe's energy demands exceed what Russia can produce, and this latest cold front proves the continent has no strategy for fixing the problem. Is shale gas the solution?

BY ROBIN M. MILLS | FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Upping the Ante

With 100,000 protesters -- young, old, and everything in between -- out in the freezing streets of Moscow, the heat is being turned up on Vladimir Putin's drive for the presidency.

BY JULIA IOFFE | FEBRUARY 5, 2012

This Week at War: What Is NATO Good For?

The U.S. pivot to Asia could give the military alliance a chance to find a new identity.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Revenge of Montozy

Is Italy's "Super Mario" prime minister poisoning the love affair between Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy?

BY AARON WIENER | FEBRUARY 2, 2012

On a Knife's Edge

The global economy is balanced precariously between total collapse and salvation. Here are four tipping points toward disaster and four things that could get it back on track.

BY MOHAMED EL-ERIAN | JANUARY 30, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

The Chinese New Year, the anniversary of the Arab Spring, and Angela Merkel's golden goose.

JANUARY 27, 2012

'We've Got Bigger Problems Right Now'

Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer reveal the surprising winners and losers of the coming year, and debate whether the big brains at Davos can rescue a global economy in crisis.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | JANUARY 25, 2012

The End of the Win-Win World

Why China’s rise really is bad for America -- and other dark forces at work.

BY GIDEON RACHMAN | JANUARY 24, 2012

Forest Bump

The global economic crisis is good news for trees, but how can we make sure the gains keep coming?

BY CHARLES KENNY | JANUARY 23, 2012

Best Friends with Benefits

How Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy got their groove on.

BY KAREN LEIGH | JANUARY 19, 2012

The Top 10 Trends in Global Freedom

One might expect, given last year's headlines across the Middle East -- as well as promising political developments in authoritarian countries from Myanmar to Cuba -- that 2011 was a banner year for freedom. The reality is more complicated.

BY ARCH PUDDINGTON | JANUARY 18, 2012

How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis

And why it matters today.

BY HELEEN MEES | JANUARY 17, 2012

Budapest Winter

Can anyone stop the Putinization of Hungary?

BY MICHAEL J. JORDAN | JANUARY 17, 2012

From Paris with Love

Dear Mitt: What's this European socialist nightmare you're so afraid of? Trust me, la belle vie ain't that bad.

BY ERIC PAPE | JANUARY 13, 2012

Nothing to Celebrate

Think 2011 was a bad year for Europe? 2012 could be a whole lot worse -- if EU leaders don't get serious and deal with these 6 problems.

BY CHARLES GRANT | JANUARY 4, 2012

A Watchful Eye

Promises of fiscal discipline by European countries could prove empty without effective surveillance from the International Monetary Fund. Here's how to make sure they don't slip.

BY MARTIN S. EDWARDS | JANUARY 4, 2012

China to the Rescue?

The hard truth of the European debt crisis is that Europe needs Asia … and Asia needs Europe.

BY JEAN PISANI-FERRY | DECEMBER 29, 2011

In Praise of Brain Drain

Want to help the developing world? Hire away its best minds.

BY ROBERT GUEST | DECEMBER 29, 2011

War Dogs, Boomtowns, and Dead Dictators

Foreign Policy’s most popular photo essays of 2011.

DECEMBER 28, 2011

The Turkish Roundabout

Why Turkey is the biggest winner of 2011 -- and will soon be a significant power.

BY ASHRAF GHANI | DECEMBER 27, 2011

Turkey's War on Journalists

As Prime Minister Erdogan's government grows increasingly intolerant of dissent, the media is bearing the brunt of its effort to silence its critics.

BY ALIA MALEK | DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Reluctant Firewall

Can the Obama administration afford to sit on the sidelines while the European economic crisis worsens?

BY DAVID BOSCO | DECEMBER 16, 2011

Bitter Medicine

Bailing out the banks may be hard to stomach, but it's the only way to prevent a global economy predicated on financial institutions from plunging into recession.

BY KARL SMITH | DECEMBER 16, 2011

It's the Politics, Stupid

The eurozone crisis isn't about debt or deficits -- it's about a dysfunctional political system.

BY KATHLEEN R. MCNAMARA | DECEMBER 16, 2011

A Bridge to Nowhere

The Brussels plan is a decent stopgap. But if Europe's countries in crisis can't hold out long enough to start growing their economies again, it won't matter.

BY BARRY EICHENGREEN | DECEMBER 16, 2011

Interview: Larry Summers

Foreign Policy speaks with President Barack Obama's former top economic advisor about how European leaders can break their cycle of crisis summits -- and how vulnerable America is if it all spirals out of control.

INTERVIEW BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 15, 2011

Keeping Markets Happy

It's not public-sector deficits that are at fault for the euro crisis -- it's the policies that have enabled the financial sector to wield so much power.

BY RICK ROWDEN | DECEMBER 15, 2011

The Last Hope for Redemption

If European policymakers really do care about saving the monetary union, they're going to have to stop talking -- and start issuing Eurobonds.

BY JOHN MUELLBAUER | DECEMBER 15, 2011