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Mrs. Ballarin's War
The improbable tale of a West Virginia heiress the Pentagon hired to take on Somalia's jihadists.
BY MARK MAZZETTI | APRIL 15, 2013
The Trillion-Dollar Bureaucrat
He may be the most important central banker in the world. But is China's Zhou Xiaochuan really in charge?
BY NEIL IRWIN | APRIL 2, 2013
Lies, Damned Lies, and Chinese Statistics
Who’s cooking Beijing’s books?
BY TOM ORLIK | MARCH 20, 2013
An Army of None
Why the Pentagon is failing to keep its best and brightest.
BY TIM KANE | JANUARY 10, 2013
The Slab
One soldier's quest to honor a fallen comrade he didn't even know.
BY JAKE TAPPER | DECEMBER 27, 2012
Losing Yemen
How this forgotten corner of the Arabian Peninsula became the most dangerous country in the world.
BY GREGORY JOHNSEN | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Finding the Right Take-Off Speed
There's no one-size-fits-all approach to transition economies. But slow and steady often wins the race.
BY JUSTIN YIFU LIN | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
America's Other Army
Interviews with diplomats in the line of fire -- an exclusive excerpt from the new book America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy.
BY NICHOLAS KRALEV | SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Dark Soldiers of the New Order
The Soviet Union's spies haven't disappeared, they're just wearing new clothes. An exclusive excerpt from Edward Lucas's new book, Deception.
BY EDWARD LUCAS | JULY 13, 2012
Deadwood
Forget the best and brightest. Why did America send its C team to Afghanistan? An exclusive excerpt from the new book Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan.
BY RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN | JUNE 26, 2012
State of Disrepair
If the State Department really wants to lead U.S. foreign policy, it needs to stop complaining about the military and act more like it.
BY KORI SCHAKE | APRIL 11, 2012
The Lady and the Peacock
An exclusive excerpt from the new biography on Burma's democratic opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
BY PETER POPHAM | MARCH 26, 2012
Shadid's Legacy
Anthony Shadid was one of the finest foreign correspondents of his -- or any -- generation. He passed away Feb. 16, 2012, while on assignment in Syria, but left behind a body of work that was often as poetic as it was insightful. Here are some of our favorite moments.
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
One Fine Day in Liberation Square
One year ago, Egyptians took to the streets in protests that shocked the world, and changed the course of the entire Middle East.
BY ASHRAF KHALIL | JANUARY 20, 2012
Why the Chinese Save
Contrary to conventional wisdom, China's high savings rate has everything to do with policy and institutions. Culture, not so much.
BY SHELDON GARON | JANUARY 19, 2012
A Secure, Undisclosed Location
In his latest book, "Warriors of God," Nicholas Blanford goes searching for one of Hezbollah's secret war bunkers, constructed mere feet from the Israeli border.
BY NICHOLAS BLANFORD | NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Remembering the Unquiet American
A fond retrospective on Richard Holbrooke, America’s most ambitious diplomat.
BY STROBE TALBOTT | NOVEMBER 1, 2011
The Shadow Superpower
Forget China: the $10 trillion global black market is the world's fastest growing economy -- and its future.
BY ROBERT NEUWIRTH | OCTOBER 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
The Annotated Toffler
The couple that predicted the world we live in today.
BY AYESHA & PARAG KHANNA | AUGUST 17, 2011
The Empire at Dusk
American pundits decry the onset of sharp defense cuts, but the Pentagon can’t even account for $1 trillion in its own spending. Isn't it time to rein in the beast?
BY STEPHEN GLAIN | AUGUST 16, 2011
Liberté, Égalité, Virilité
The French don't just tolerate their politicians' sexual dalliances -- they demand them.
BY ELAINE SCIOLINO | JUNE 10, 2011
Between Mosque and Military
It's not just U.S. officials who are shining a harsh light on Pakistan's complicity with Islamist groups. Pakistan's ambassador to the United States once had some tough words of his own.
BY HUSAIN HAQQANI | MAY 17, 2011
Confessions of a Vulcan
An insider's story of how the Bush administration lost Afghanistan.
BY DOV S. ZAKHEIM | MAY 13, 2011
Eating My Way Through the Cedar Revolution
In this excerpt from a memoir of love and war, a former Beirut correspondent recalls the way her experience of Lebanon's most turbulent times was shaped by the meals she ate throughout.
BY ANNIA CIEZADLO | MARCH 15, 2011
Revolution in the Arab World
What to look for in FP's new exclusive ebook on the uprisings sweeping the Middle East.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
The Shah's Atomic Dreams
More than three decades ago, before there was an Islamic Republic, the West sought desperately to prevent Iran's ruler from getting his hands on the bomb. New revelations show just how serious the crisis was -- and why America's denuclearization drive isn't working.
BY ABBAS MILANI | DECEMBER 29, 2010
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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