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'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

Mad Libs: War Edition

What's on the horizon for warfare in 2012? FP asked some of the world's top experts to fill in the blanks.

MARCH/APRIL 2012

Collateral Damage

The "war on terror" still casts a long shadow in some unlikely places.

BY PAUL SALOPEK | MARCH/APRIL 2012

'The Juice Ain’t Worth the Squeeze'

Lies, damn lies, and the war in Afghanistan.

BY DOUGLAS WISSING | FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Remembering Anthony Shadid

On Feb. 16, 2012, journalism -- and the Middle East -- lost one of its most eloquent voices.

BY RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN, DAVID HOFFMAN, TOM RICKS | FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Where a Woman's Place Is on the Front Lines

The U.S. military is opening up more positions to female troops. But women already serve in combat in more than a dozen countries. 

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Talking to the Vanguard

Conversations with the new wave of Russia’s civil society opposition.

BY LEON ARON | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Super Freaks

Meet the Super PAC that wants to fight Islam, ban circumcision, and bury people at sea.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The Pop Star and the President

Will West Africa's biggest music star and Senegal's octogenarian president-for-life learn to sing along -- or is the country on the edge of discord?

BY TIM JUDAH | JANUARY 31, 2012

Crude Awakening

In Iraq's turbulent politics, whoever controls the oil production wields the power. And that might soon be ExxonMobil.

BY BEN VAN HEUVELEN | JANUARY 31, 2012

Who Was That Masked Man?

With a mixture of righteous indignation and outrageous prankery, the hacker collective Anonymous has emerged as a surprisingly potent actor in global politics. But what do they actually want, and how should governments respond?

BY NATE ANDERSON | JANUARY 31, 2012

The League of Extraordinarily Bureaucratic Gentlemen

Can DC Comic’s new comic book series make the U.N. look cool -- or at least effective?

BY COLUM LYNCH | JANUARY 26, 2012

FP Expert Survey: The Arab Spring

One year later, how has the Arab world changed?

JANUARY 25, 2012

Tracking the Revolutionary Mood

Egyptians' views of the political process and how things stand today offer some surprising insights. 

BY DALIA MOGAHED | JANUARY 24, 2012

House of 19,000 Corporations

The uproar over Mitt Romney's finances shines a light on the world's most unlikely financial capital.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 24, 2012

Grading Obama's Foreign Policy

Nine experts rate the president’s performance so far.

JANUARY 23, 2012

Budapest Winter

Can anyone stop the Putinization of Hungary?

BY MICHAEL J. JORDAN | JANUARY 17, 2012

The Syrian Invasion

Would a NATO tank war against Bashar al-Assad’s army end up like the Iraqi mess?

BY MICHAEL PECK | JANUARY 10, 2012

Preaching the Gospel in the Hermit Kingdom

Can Christian evangelicals save North Korea?

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | JANUARY 6, 2012

The Beltway vs. the Ivory Tower

Why academics and policymakers don't get along.

BY PAUL C. AVEY, MICHAEL C. DESCH, DANIEL MALINIAK, JAMES D. LONG, SUSAN PETERSON , MICHAEL J. TIERNEY | JAN/FEB 2012

View from the Top

Nine of the world's top international relations scholars weigh in on the Ivory Tower survey.

JAN/FEB 2012

The Ivory Tower Survey

How IR scholars see the world.

BY PAUL C. AVEY, MICHAEL C. DESCH, JAMES D. LONG, DANIEL MALINIAK, SUSAN PETERSON, MICHAEL J. TIERNEY | JAN/FEB 2012

Pipeline to the Beltway?

Ranking which schools train the best candidates for jobs with the U.S. government.

BY PAUL C. AVEY, MICHAEL C. DESCH, JAMES D. LONG, DANIEL MALINIAK, SUSAN PETERSON, MICHAEL J. TIERNEY | JAN/FEB 2012

The Top 10 International Relations Ph.D. Rankings

Schools for the next generation of global intellectual heavyweights.

JAN/FEB 2012

The Best International Relations Master's Programs

The top 10 programs for those looking to run the world.

JAN/FEB 2012

The Top Ten International Relations Undergraduate Programs

Where to start your fast-track to running the world.

JAN/FEB 2012

The FP Survey: Follow the Money

What's wrong with the world economy? We asked top experts to fill in the blanks -- and they had a lot to tell us.

JAN/FEB 2012