South Asia
We Can't Drone Our Way to Victory in Afghanistan
It’s time for the United States to think of new ways to combat terrorism in Southwest Asia.
BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 27, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
A tragedy in Toulouse, spring has sprung, and a general testifies.
MARCH 23, 2012
Lessons for America from the Global War on Sleaze
When it comes to fighting corruption, it turns out there’s a lot that the U.S. can learn from developing countries.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 20, 2012
Failure 2.0
India's big, new foreign policy idea is even worse than its last one. And that's saying something.
BY SADANAND DHUME | MARCH 16, 2012
Fire on the Mountain
How many Tibetans have to burn themselves before the Chinese care?
BY TSERING WOESER | MARCH 13, 2012
The Politics of Sorry
Six stations on the road to forgiveness -- and why there's no harm in President Obama apologizing to Afghanistan.
BY KARL E. MEYER | MARCH 12, 2012
Onward and Upward
Why economics -- the dismal science -- is far too pessimistic when it comes to analyzing the amazing gains in poverty eradication.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 5, 2012
Hoping Against All Hope
Tibetans are setting themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule. So is there anything the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile can do about it?
BY SUDIP MAZUMDAR | MARCH 5, 2012
Mind the Gap
Inequality is an increasing problem around the world. But there are cures.
BY PETER PASSELL | MARCH 1, 2012
'The Juice Ain’t Worth the Squeeze'
Lies, damn lies, and the war in Afghanistan.
BY DOUGLAS WISSING | FEBRUARY 23, 2012
The Cult of Mayawati
Love her or hate her, India's polarizing political superstar is a force to be reckoned with.
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
The World in Photos this Week
Soccer riots in Egypt, Merkel heads to China, and an anniversary in Tehran.
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
The Diaspora's Conscience
Does the National Iranian American Council have a moral obligation to speak out against the ayatollahs?
BY PETER KOHANLOO, SOHRAB AHMARI | FEBRUARY 1, 2012
The Battle for Bihar
Sleaze still plagues India. But one place is fighting back.
BY SUDIP MAZUMDAR | JANUARY 25, 2012
All Silk Roads Lead to Tehran
Sanctions aren't the answer. If Washington is serious about building a new economic and security architecture across South and Central Asia, it can’t avoid working with Iran.
BY NEIL PADUKONE | JANUARY 23, 2012
Inside a Changing Myanmar
As the United States restores diplomatic relations, photos from a country in transition.
BY CORNELIU CAZACU | JANUARY 13, 2012
Pakistan's Slow-Motion Coup
Islamabad’s generals are out to destroy Pakistani democracy. Obama should try to stop them.
BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | JANUARY 5, 2012
Pakistan the Unreal
A son's tale of a death ripped from the headlines -- and the novel that foretold it.
BY AATISH TASEER | JAN/FEB 2012
8 Geopolitically Endangered Species
Meet the weaker countries that will suffer from American decline.
BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI | JAN/FEB 2012
War Dogs, Boomtowns, and Dead Dictators
Foreign Policy’s most popular photo essays of 2011.
DECEMBER 28, 2011
The Bioterrorist Next Door
Man-made killer bird flu is here. Can -- should -- governments try to stop it?
BY LAURIE GARRETT | DECEMBER 15, 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
Change Afghanistan Can Believe In
10 years later, life isn't just better -- it's much better.
BY CHARLES KENNY | DECEMBER 12, 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
The Sick Man of Pakistan
In Dubai for medical treatment with coup rumors swirling back home, Asif Ali Zardari's presidency appears to be on its last legs. So what else is new?
BY SHAMILA N. CHAUDHARY | DECEMBER 8, 2011
Afghanistan's Bloody Tuesday
The annual Shiite holiday, Ashura, is a self-flagellatory festival of blood. But the shocking bombing in Kabul is anything but holy. Warning: graphic images.
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Rise of the TIMBIs
Forget the BRICs. The real economies that will shake up the world over the next few decades need a new acronym.
BY JACK A. GOLDSTONE | DECEMBER 2, 2011
The General's Luck Runs Out
Does the killing of the notorious guerrilla leader Kishenji mean the end of India's four-decade Maoist insurgency, or the beginning of its next chapter?
BY JASON MIKLIAN | NOVEMBER 30, 2011
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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