Pacific

How to Outsmart China

In its naval clash with Beijing, Manila seems to be taking its cues from a third-century Roman dictator.

BY JAMES HOLMES | MAY 15, 2012

Doing Right by the World's Women

A conversation with the first female head of the U.N. Development Program on the most pressing issues for women in the developing world.

BY MARGARET SLATTERY | APRIL 23, 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

Drama on the High Seas

The ongoing showdown between China and the Philippines is an opportunity for the United States to strengthen the Asian pivot.

BY SHEENA CHESTNUT GREITENS | APRIL 12, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

The Pope dons a sombrero, French police hunt suspected Islamists, and a Tongan king is laid to rest.

MARCH 30, 2012

Combat Camera

The year's best military photography.

MARCH 23, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

A tragedy in Toulouse, spring has sprung, and a general testifies.

MARCH 23, 2012

Off the Beaten Path

Some of the best economic innovations come from places you wouldn't expect.

BY JEFFREY FRANKEL | FEBRUARY 16, 2012

War Dogs, Boomtowns, and Dead Dictators

Foreign Policy’s most popular photo essays of 2011.

DECEMBER 28, 2011

To the Barricades

From Tahrir Square to Wall Street to the Kremlin, 2011 was a year when politics was conducted in the street.

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Next Year, in Review

From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011

Head of the Class?

From Harvard to Pacific Western, a look at the sometimes surprising U.S. universities that have educated today’s new crop of world leaders.

BY URI FRIEDMAN, KEDAR PAVGI | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Buildup Down Under

The American president insisted his historic visit to Australia was not about China. But, of course, that's exactly what it was about.

BY RORY MEDCALF | NOVEMBER 17, 2011

All Quiet on the Northern Front

In banning innocuous tourism websites, "seditious" anti-capitalist books, and information about Pyongyang, South Korea's intelligence service is acting a lot like its brother to the north.

BY CULLEN THOMAS | AUGUST 25, 2011

Postcards from Hell, 2011

Images from the world's most failed states.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 20, 2011

A Bad Trade

Obama has swapped smart policy for the same-old job-crushing trade deals.

BY TODD TUCKER | APRIL 18, 2011

Nuclear Nation

Japan's unlikely love affair with atomic energy.

BY YUKI TANAKA | MARCH 22, 2011

Fiber Cons

You don't need to be superfast to be super-competitive -- but try telling that to the governments sinking billions into fiber-optic networks.

BY CHARLES KENNY, ROBERT KENNY | JANUARY 31, 2011

Down Under … Water

Scenes of Australia's "Inland Tsunami."

JANUARY 12, 2011

Next Christmas in Chernobyl

Nuclear blast zones, floating landfills, volcanic moonscapes, and other must-visit destinations for the disaster tourist.

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | DECEMBER 23, 2010

Will Facebook Friend China?

Mark Zuckerberg's meeting this week in Beijing with Baidu CEO Robin Li set off another round of speculation that the social-media giant may be coming to the Middle Kingdom.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | DECEMBER 23, 2010

The Nobel Crackdown

Beijing's far-reaching efforts to keep Chinese supporters of Liu Xiaobo from attending the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo reveal an increasingly anxious undercurrent in China.

BY NICHOLAS BEQUELIN | DECEMBER 8, 2010

Robert Kaplan's Journey to the New Center of the Universe

The Indian Ocean is our future: An exclusive FP photo essay and interview with the author of Monsoon.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | OCTOBER 27, 2010

The End of the Charm Offensive

China's neighbors welcome a strong China, just not a dominant one -- and that's where the United States comes in.

BY JOHN LEE | OCTOBER 26, 2010

Swoons Over Miami

A conversation with author Saskia Sassen, who coined the term "global city." As she tells FP: Don't focus only on London and New York. The rest of the world should want to be the next Miami.

INTERVIEW BY CHRISTINA LARSON | AUGUST 27, 2010

Soccer Explains Nothing

Stop looking to the World Cup for history lessons. It’s just a game and, frankly, that’s good enough.

BY SIMON KUPER | JULY 21, 2010

Location, Location, Location

The curse of distance isn’t going anywhere.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2010

They’re Not Brainwashed, They’re Just Miserable

What North Koreans really want.

BY MARCUS NOLAND | MARCH 30, 2010

Japan's Hunt For Whaling Rights

Is Tokyo buying support for its right to catch whales?

BY CHRISTIAN DIPPEL | MARCH 4, 2010

How Locavores Could Save the World

The latest yuppie craze could do more than just cut emissions -- it might also help feed the poor.

BY FELIX SALMON | FEBRUARY 26, 2010