Southeast Asia
Burma's Tightrope
Burma's mysterious president insists that he wants democracy. But can he deliver?
BY AUNG ZAW | JANUARY 12, 2012
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 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
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
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
Justice Denied
The U.N.-sponsored tribunal established to prosecute those responsible for the Khmer Rouge’s crimes is in shambles, and the United Nations doesn’t have a clue how to fix it.
BY DOUGLAS GILLISON | NOVEMBER 23, 2011
America's Unsavory Allies
A look at the some of the bad guys the U.S. still supports.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 28, 2011
The Burma Spring
Myanmar's new rulers seem to be serious about change we can all believe in. So what can the West do now to end decades of isolation?
BY JIM DELLA-GIACOMA | OCTOBER 13, 2011
America's Pacific Century
The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action.
BY HILLARY CLINTON | NOVEMBER 2011
Sea Change
The Cato Institute's Ted Galen Carpenter asks whether the United States can afford the naval confrontation with China envisioned by Robert Kaplan.
NOVEMBER 2011
Eastern Promises
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a long history with Asia and, like the country she represents, a long future.
OCTOBER 11, 2011
Atomic Dogs
Why can't the world's nuclear energy watchdog do anything about Fukushima or Iran's weapons program? I went to find out.
BY KONSTANTIN KAKAES | SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Asia's New Great Game
China and India are both hungry for Burma's vast natural riches. But will Burma's people pay the price or can this Southeast Asian backwater finally enter the 21st century?
BY THANT MYINT-U | SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Gandhi's Revenge
Is India's middle class finally fed up with its dysfunctional government?
BY SADANAND DHUME | AUGUST 22, 2011
Two Plus Two Equals Five
What numbers can we trust? A second look at the death toll from some of the world's worst disasters.
BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 17, 2011
Tour the South China Sea
A visual guide to understanding the conflict.
BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 15, 2011
The South China Sea Is the Future of Conflict
The 21st century's defining battleground is going to be on water.
BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN | SEPT/OCT 2011
Cambodia's Kangaroo Court
Why isn't the U.N. tribunal to prosecute genocidal Khmer Rouge war criminals going after more bad guys?
BY MIKE ECKEL | JULY 20, 2011
Cambodia's Moment of Truth
Thirty-two years after the fall of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia finally confronts its horrific past.
BY PHILIP WALKER | JULY 20, 2011
The South China Sea's Georgia Scenario
The U.S. can't risk overplaying its hand in China's disputes with its neighbors.
BY LYLE GOLDSTEIN | JULY 11, 2011
A Thousand Points of Light
When it comes to bringing electricity to the developing world, small is beautiful.
BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY 11, 2011
Red Shirts and Rowdy Royals
The secret WikiLeaks cables that explain how Thailand went from paradise to political mayhem.
BY ANDREW MACGREGOR MARSHALL | JUNE 29, 2011
Postcards from Hell, 2011
Images from the world's most failed states.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 20, 2011
Interview: Ehsan ul-Haq
Pakistan's former head of Inter-Services Intelligence discusses 9/11, bin Laden and Pakistani security.
INTERVIEW BY CHARLES HOMANS | JUNE 8, 2011
Crowded Waters
The superpower battle for regional supremacy in the South China Sea is heating up once again.
BY ABRAHAM M. DENMARK | JUNE 7, 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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