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Epiphanies from George Papandreou
The scion of a socialist political dynasty, son of one prime minister and grandson of another, George Papandreou has also inherited the unwelcome task of bringing Greece's sinking economy back from the depths of the Aegean. Here, he explains how Greeks are more stoic than you think, that Europe isn't the problem -- and why markets are not gods.
INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | SEPT. / OCT. 2010
Strategic Dialogue
It's a long journey from U.S. enemy to ally, but for the last half-century, there has been one sure-fire sign that things are moving in the right direction: holding a "strategic dialogue" in Washington. Think of it as the foreign-policy equivalent of a meeting of mafia dons: There's no love lost, but there's mutual advantage to be won from breaking bread together. These days, though, everyone wants a strategic dialogue -- from close friends to wary adversaries -- and increasingly, they're looking to Beijing.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPT. / OCT. 2010
The People's Capsule
How a clunky old Soviet rocket outlasted the space shuttle.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | JULY/AUGUST 2010
How to Be a Middle East Technocrat
A look at the rising class of results-minded bureaucrats who are finding a new way across the Islamic World.
BY DAVID KENNER | JULY/AUGUST 2010
Dangerous Weakness
Somalia is the quintessential "failed state" -- and not just because it has topped Foreign Policy's Failed States Index since 2008.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JULY/AUGUST 2010
Location, Location, Location
The curse of distance isn’t going anywhere.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2010
Where Left Means Right
What happens when political parties trend in the other direction?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2010
Epiphanies from Nathan Myhrvold
A theoretical physicist who spent 14 years as Bill Gates's ideas guru at Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold might seem an odd candidate to take up the fight against malaria, long combated with technology no more advanced than bed nets and quinine. Here, he explains why geek power might be exactly what's needed to tackle the scourges of the developing world.
INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JULY/AUGUST 2010
The Known Unknowns
When U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld referred to the "known unknowns" that remained in Iraq in 2002, he was mocked endlessly -- and those mysterious black holes ended up confounding his administration's project there. Rumsfeld's not the only one to encounter this epistemological puzzle: Known unknowns are everywhere, waiting to trip us up. Here are a few of the most enigmatic.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2010
Bubble Bath
People didn't drown the markets; a bad system did.
BY CHRYSTIA FREELAND | JULY/AUGUST 2010
Epiphanies: Jacqueline Novogratz
When Jacqueline Novogratz first traveled to Africa in 1986, she meant business -- the serious business of sharing her entrepreneurial know-how with the poor. Now, the founder of the Acumen Fund, a nonprofit venture capital firm that works in developing countries, tells FP why she first went abroad and why it's time to end the culture of handouts.
INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MAY/JUNE 2010
A Saint for Lost Souls
Mexico's increasingly destitute poor are turning to what the U.S. military calls a "death cult" for comfort.
BY D.E. CAMPBELL | MAY/JUNE 2010
The FP Quiz
Are you a globalization junkie? Then test your knowledge of global trends, economics, and politics with 8 questions about how the world works.
MAY/JUNE 2010
Bomb Scare
The world has a lot of problems. An exploding population isn't one of them.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY/JUNE 2010
Green Monster
The gas guzzlers at the Pentagon are under orders to get ecofriendly. The impact could be huge.
BY NOAH SHACHTMAN | MAY/JUNE 2010
Food Fights
Some of the world's most bitter conflicts have nothing to do with access to resources, ethnic chauvinism, or the balance of power. Here's a short guide to the planet's fiercest gastronomic controversies.
BY ANNIE LOWREY | MAY/JUNE 2010
Prize Money
A new study shows the United States is still invested in groundbreaking research.
BY ANDREW SWIFT | MAY/JUNE 2010
Capping It Off
How a concept became an environmental policy catchphrase.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MARCH/APRIL 2010
Epiphanies: Paulo Coelho
One of the world's most popular novelists, Coelho has sold more than 100 million books in 150-plus countries. He spoke with FP about growing up in Brazil, the importance of artists today, and how to sell novels in Africa.
INTERVIEW BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH/APRIL 2010
The FP Quiz
Are you a globalization junkie? Then test your knowledge of global trends, economics, and politics with 8 questions about how the world works.
MARCH/APRIL 2010
The List: The World's Kissingers
A country's foreign policy is often defined less by its elected leader than its behind-the-scenes operators and elder statesmen. Here are four figures setting the global agenda for the world's emerging powers, just as Henry Kissinger set America's for over 50 years.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MARCH/APRIL 2010
The U.N.'s Dictator Envoy
Meet Ibrahim Gambari, diplomat to the autocrats.
BY COLUM LYNCH | MARCH/APRIL 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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