Europe
Why Libya Matters
If the international community doesn't help Libya build a democratic society now, it'll have no one but itself to blame for the consequences of failure.
BY GIULIO TERZI | MAY 22, 2012
Europe's Big Fat Greek Heart Attack
A diet can't save them now. Time to get that defibrillator ready.
BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | MAY 21, 2012
Mr. Normal's Odd Government
François Hollande's trip to America was a quiet success. But did he just appoint an unruly team of rivals as his ministers back home?
BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 21, 2012
The Return of Los Indignados
The movement that birthed the global Occupy Movement returns to the streets of Spain.
MAY 18, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
France fetes a new president, Spanish activists take to the streets, and Ratko Mladic finally goes to trial.
MAY 18, 2012
5 Easy Ways to Solve the Greek Crisis
If, that is, the economists were in charge.
BY DANIEL ALTMAN | MAY 17, 2012
The Goldilocks Arsenal
How many nukes is the "just right" amount?
BY J. PETER SCOBLIC | MAY 17, 2012
Accounts and Accountability and Sea Monsters
How The Avengers explains the world.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 16, 2012
The Rise of Europe's Private Internet Police
Activists are fighting to rein them in.
BY REBECCA MACKINNON | MAY 16, 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
The Global Middle Class Is Bigger Than We Thought
A new way of measuring prosperity has enormous implications for geopolitics and economics.
BY SHIMELSE ALI, URI DADUSH | MAY 16, 2012
Never Say Never
Remember when breaking up the eurozone was unthinkable? That was then.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 14, 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
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
Burma Can Bring It
It’s true: Burma faces an uphill climb in its transition to democracy. But the odds may be better than you think.
BY MICHAEL ALBERTUS, VICTOR MENALDO | MAY 14, 2012
Dictators With Mommy Issues
Some of the world's most ruthless leaders have had surprisingly close -- if deeply troubled -- relationships with their mothers.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 11, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
France gets a new president, neo-Nazis make gains in Greece, and Putin hits the ice.
MAY 11, 2012
Countries That Love Their Moms More Than America Does
A global guilt trip in honor of Mother's Day.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 11, 2012
Where in the World Is Same-Sex Marriage Legal?
It's not just those liberal Northern Europeans who have embraced homosexual unions.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 10, 2012
A Land Without a Rudder
Greeks are clearly relieved to have crushed a corroded old political system, but now there's nothing workable to replace it.
BY JOANNA KAKISSIS | MAY 9, 2012
The Queen's Speech
Britain's Parliament begins its new session like no other legislature.
MAY 9, 2012
Auf Wiedersehen, Mon Ami
As her buddy, Nicolas Sarkozy, leaves office, Angela Merkel is now left all alone. Can she still steer the European ship without a first mate?
BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | MAY 7, 2012
Mr. Nice Guy
France has chosen François Hollande, but can she fall in love with a man who lacks the passion of leaders past?
BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 7, 2012
Putin Forever
He's the president of Russia. He's a race-car driver. He's a blackbelt in judo. He's Vladimir Putin.
MAY 4, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Chen Guangcheng became an icon, demonstrators rallied for May Day, and Newt Gingrich bowed out.
MAY 4, 2012
President Sarkozy's Desperate Mayday
With friends and foes ganging up on him, Nicolas Sarkozy's run for a second term is looking bleak.
BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 1, 2012
The New Math of Geopolitics: Does It All Add Up to G-Zero?
A conversation between Ian Bremmer and David Rothkopf.
INTERVIEW BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 30, 2012
Congratulations and Condolences
The conviction of Charles Taylor is welcome news. But don’t be fooled: The international criminal justice system is in deep trouble.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | APRIL 30, 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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