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Longform's Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

JUNE 1, 2012

The FP Summer Reading List

Twelve books that are shaping the conversation this season.

BY MARGARET SLATTERY | MAY 27, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

MAY 25, 2012

Dreams of Kurdistan

In a new shift, Kurds in Turkey are gradually giving up on independence. So why is the Turkish government so worried?

BY YIGAL SCHLEIFER | MAY 25, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

MAY 18, 2012

The 10 TED Talks They Should Have Censored

Some ideas aren't worth spreading.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 17, 2012

The FP Survey: The Future of NATO

Does the 63-year-old alliance still matter today? We asked politicians, scholars, and other observers from both sides of the Atlantic to weigh in.

MAY 14, 2012

Mad Libs: NATO

FP and the Atlantic Council asked a panel of experts to fill in the blanks on one of the world's most enduring alliances. 

MAY 14, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

MAY 11, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

BY MAX LINSKY | MAY 4, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

BY MAX LINSKY | APRIL 27, 2012

The Ayatollah Under the Bed(sheets)

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, all politics may not be sexual, but all sex is political.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | MAY/JUNE 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

Why Do They Hate Us?

The real war on women is in the Middle East.

BY MONA ELTAHAWY | MAY/JUNE 2012

The Bedroom State

The new politics of sex -- from Iran to India and 7 countries in between.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY/JUNE 2012

Why Women Are a Foreign Policy Issue

The most pressing global problems simply won't be solved without the participation of women. Seriously, guys.

BY MELANNE VERVEER | MAY/JUNE 2012

The Startling Plight of China's Leftover Ladies

China's men far outnumber women. So why is it so hard to find a good husband?

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | MAY/JUNE 2012

Mad Libs: Women in Politics

FP asked top female politicians around the world to fill in the blanks on sexism, women leaders, and breaking the glass ceiling.

MAY/JUNE 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

BY MAX LINSKY | APRIL 20, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best reads from around the world.

BY MAX LINSKY | APRIL 13, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best reads from around the world.

BY MAX LINSKY | APRIL 6, 2012

Jerusalem: This Year in a Comic Book

Graphic novelist Guy Delisle explores the City of Gold.

BY GUY DELISLE | APRIL 6, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best reads from around the world.

BY MAX LINSKY | MARCH 30, 2012

16 Ways to Fix Burma

On the eve of the country's historic elections, 16 experts give us their prescriptions for the future.

MARCH 30, 2012

Israel's Secret Staging Ground

U.S. officials believe that the Israelis have gained access to airbases in Azerbaijan. Does this bring them one step closer to a war with Iran?

BY MARK PERRY | MARCH 28, 2012

Democrats vs. Dictators: 2012

The return of World Leader March Madness: The Finals

MARCH 12, 2012

'A Report from a Distant Planet'

How does the Associated Press run a bureau in North Korea?

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | MARCH 12, 2012

How I Would Not Lead the World Bank

Do NOT, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, pick me.

BY WILLIAM EASTERLY | MARCH 5, 2012

The Last Famine

A natural history of hunger.

BY PAUL SALOPEK | MARCH 2, 2012

Grand Ayatollah or Grand Old Party?

Who said it: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei or U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum?

BY REZA ASLAN | FEBRUARY 29, 2012