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The Grim Toll of Syria’s Violence

Syria is entering the bloodiest phase yet of its eight-month-old uprising. But is the death toll enough to bring down President Bashar al-Assad?

BY DAVID KENNER | NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Measuring Syria's Violence

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Ayatollah for a Day

I war-gamed an Israeli strike on Iran -- and it got ugly.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The End of the Innocents

How America's longtime man in Southeast Asia, Jim Thompson, fought to stop the CIA's progression from a small spy ring to a large paramilitary agency -- and was never seen again.

BY JOSHUA KURLANTZICK | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Plan Afghanistan

Why the Colombia model -- even if it means drug war and armed rebellion -- is the best chance for U.S. success in Central Asia.

BY PAUL WOLFOWITZ , MICHAEL O'HANLON | OCTOBER 28, 2011

What Does Siri Know About the World?

We asked the iPhone 4S's personal assistant, Siri, some of the toughest questions in international politics. At least she knows more than Herman Cain.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | OCTOBER 20, 2011

U.N. Rips Iran's Human Rights Record in New Report

An important reminder that the Islamic Republic's greatest victims are its own citizens.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | OCTOBER 17, 2011

The World According to the GOP

What do the 2012 Republican candidates have to say about foreign policy?

COMPILED BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2011

America at Dusk

FP asked a panel of writers from around the world to tell us what the United States is doing wrong. We got an earful.

NOVEMBER 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

The Myth of American Exceptionalism

The idea that the United States is uniquely virtuous may be comforting to Americans. Too bad it's not true.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | NOVEMBER 2011

America Really Was That Great

… But that doesn't mean we are now.

BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL MANDELBAUM | NOVEMBER 2011

The Elephants in the Room

Barack Obama's Republican challengers haven't thought very deeply about foreign policy. It shows.

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 2011

Napoleon's Curse

The illusion of omnipotence has exhausted America and spoiled its allies.

BY IAN BURUMA | NOVEMBER 2011

First Time's a Charm

Why America should ditch the two-term presidency.

BY SUNIL KHILNANI | NOVEMBER 2011

A Hummer in Every Driveway

Americans use more energy per capita than any other country, and have nothing to show for it.

BY VACLAV SMIL | NOVEMBER 2011

The Perils of Loose Living

For decades, Americans have looked to monetary policy as an engine of economic growth -- and suffered the dire consequences.

BY HELEEN MEES | NOVEMBER 2011

Cashing Out

America's status as the world's banker has shielded it from harsh economic realities for more than half a century. Not anymore.

BY FAN GANG | NOVEMBER 2011

Left Behind

Americans created the knowledge economy. So why can't they keep up with it anymore?

BY MISHAAL AL GERGAWI | NOVEMBER 2011

The America Issue

OCTOBER 10, 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

Can a Supercomputer Predict a Revolution?

Not quite yet. But a new study suggests how it may one day be possible.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Reading Shakespeare in Kandahar

The United States has won some measure of revenge in the 10 years since 9/11. But as in Shakespeare's bloodthirsty play Titus Andronicus, has the cost been too great?

BY NICK SCHIFRIN | SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Lightning Rod

As Dick Cheney's punch-throwing memoir hits store shelves, Foreign Policy hosts a freewheeling debate on the legacy of America's most controversial vice president.

AUGUST 31, 2011

The Road to Tahrir

The roots of Egyptians' rage can be traced back to bad economic advice from the IMF -- and the crony capitalism it left behind.

BY TY MCCORMICK | AUGUST 18, 2011

Life After Debt

In this month's market upheavals in the United States and Europe, we are witnessing the end of a seven-decade economic experiment. But does anyone have any clue what comes next?

BY JAMES MACDONALD | AUGUST 18, 2011

The FP Survey: The Internet

You can't talk about the future without talking about the thing that's shaping the future the most. Some 20 years on, the Internet has upended entrenched business models, opened up a world of information to people all over the globe, and possibly even helped topple a dictator or two. But is the open web in danger? As 24/7 connectivity becomes an ever more inextricable part of our daily lives, FP asked some of the world's top experts to tell us where the Net is headed next.

SEPT/OCT 2011

Why Is It So Hard to Find a Suicide Bomber These Days?

A decade after 9/11, the mystery is not why so many Muslims turn to terror -- but why so few have joined al Qaeda's jihad.

BY CHARLES KURZMAN | SEPT/OCT 2011

Super Bad

With the debt ceiling impasse and legislative gridlock sucking all the air out of Washington, Foreign Policy asked the experts: Is this really the worst Congress ever?

JULY 27, 2011

The Forgetting Stone

"No matter how many years may pass, do not forget this warning": A poet’s look at Japan’s centuries of rebuilding over fault-lines, from FP’s latest ebook.

BY MARIKO NAGAI | JULY 27, 2011