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The Migrant Money Machine

The developed world could make a big difference to the global economy simply by helping migrants to do what comes naturally: send money home.

BY PETER PASSELL | DECEMBER 4, 2012

Obama Can’t Get No Respect

World leaders don't lose any sleep after snubbing the president. Here's why.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 4, 2012

Obama's Moment

How the president can seize back the initiative on foreign policy.

BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI | DECEMBER 3, 2012

The Unfortunate Rise of Retrenchment Chic

Why President Barack Obama's second-term national security team can't shy away from getting involved in the world's difficult conflicts.

BY JAMES JEFFREY | DECEMBER 3, 2012

Quagmire on the Potomac

The Pentagon is a hot mess of known unknowns.

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Art of the Deal

Why the CIA needs a diplomat, not a spy, to lead it.

BY ANDY JOHNSON | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The Ties That Bind

Economic talks this week represent a new chapter in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.

BY THOMAS R. NIDES, ABDUL HAFEEZ SHAIKH | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Rwandan Ghosts

Benghazi isn't the biggest blight on Susan Rice's record.

BY JASON K. STEARNS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The Self-Driving Economy

Will we even need central bankers in a few more years?

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Armageddon on a Budget

Don't worry, we can still nuke Russia even if we go over the fiscal cliff.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

State of Confusion

Why Mahmoud Abbas’s U.N. statehood bid is great for Israel -- and the United States.

BY EPHRAIM SNEH | NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Twice As Rice

Who said it: Condoleezza or Susan?

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

It's His Prerogative

Let Obama pick his secretary of state. Even if it's Susan Rice. 

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Four More Years … in Exile

Can Republicans find their way out of the foreign-policy wilderness?

BY JOHN NORRIS | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Pork Will Find a Way

How Congress can fund its pet projects -- even without earmarks.

BY LAURA PETERSON | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Can You Save Diplomacy From Itself?

Carne Ross's quixotic crusade to help emerging nations get their seat at the table.

BY CRISTINA ODONE | NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The Global Thinkers' Book Club

From psychology to biography, economics to tech, see what some of the world’s top minds are reading.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The FP Survey: The Wisdom of the Smart Crowd

FP's Global Thinkers weigh in on the year gone by and what's on the horizon for 2013.

DECEMBER 2012

The 'Grexits' of 2013

The four geopolitical buzzwords that could be just around the corner.

BY IAN BREMMER | DECEMBER 2012

Yes, Congress Is That Bad

America's unprecedented political paralysis is undermining the country at home and abroad.

BY THOMAS MANN, NORMAN ORNSTEIN | DECEMBER 2012

Homeland Insecurity

The new Red Dawn movie is really just a throwback to the ‘80s ... the 1880s.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Thanksgiving is Un-American

Seriously. What you need to know about the international origins of the most American of holidays.

BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 21, 2012

King David

Why generals shouldn't run the CIA.

BY AMY B. ZEGART | NOVEMBER 21, 2012

American Anxiety

The numbers say the stumbling U.S. economy is picking up steam. But there’s good reason to worry.

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Rockets' Red Glare

No, Iron Dome does not prove that "Star Wars" was right.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Everything You Need to Know About Susan Rice

The lowdown on America's maybe-next secretary of state.

BY COLUM LYNCH | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The $68 Billion Question

Sen. Coburn’s plan to save the Pentagon.

BY GORDON ADAMS | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Hell Week

What Pentagon insiders think about the Petraeus scandal.

BY GORDON LUBOLD, KEVIN BARON, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Squeal Team Six

Why punish seven SEALs for the Pentagon's love affair with Hollywood?

BY MICHAEL PECK | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Throwing Rice

Barack Obama was right to defend Susan Rice from the GOP attacks. She's got the chops to be secretary of state.

BY SEAN KAY | NOVEMBER 16, 2012