In Other Words

A Brief History of the Next War

BY CAMILLE PECASTAING | AUGUST 13, 2008

India's Literary Wake-Up Call

It's a country in the midst of an industrial revolution. Yet, according to popular author and editor Shobhaa De, when it comes to literature, India remains stuck in the past.

INTERVIEW BY PIYA KOCHHAR | JUNE 16, 2008

The Court of Last Resort

BY AIDA HOZIC | JUNE 16, 2008

Brazil’s Secret Army

BY ANABELA PAIVA | JUNE 16, 2008

New World Math

BY DEEPAK LAL | APRIL 10, 2008

Taking a Chance on War

BY ROBERT TRAGER | APRIL 10, 2008

A Prescription for Free Trade

BY ROGER BATE | APRIL 10, 2008

What They're Reading: Mexico's Love of the Local

Think books are dead? Take a trip to Mexico City, where a market for fiction, self-help, and political works is thriving. FP recently spoke with Mexico-based publishing executive Cristóbal Pera to find out why.

INTERVIEW BY KATE PALMER | APRIL 10, 2008

The Web We Weave

BY DAVID WEINBERGER | APRIL 10, 2008

Czech on the Environment

BY JIRI PEHE | APRIL 10, 2008

Egypt's Contrite Commander

BY DIAA RASHWAN | FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Love in the Time of Terror

BY CARLOS LOZADA | FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Dismal Political Science

BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | DECEMBER 13, 2007

The Thin Chinese Line

BY JOHN POMFRET | DECEMBER 13, 2007

What They're Reading: Books in Arabia's Boomtown

Once a sleepy town on the Arabian Peninsula, Dubai is now one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, with a $46 billion GDP and a population that's nearly doubled in 10 years. But amid fortune-making, horse-racing, and jet-setting, do the desert city's residents make time to read? FP spoke with Isobel Abulhoul, director and co-owner of Magrudy's, a Dubai-based bookstore chain, for her take on the city's literary scene.

INTERVIEW BY HENRY M. BOWLES | DECEMBER 13, 2007

The State of Suspicion

BY FRANÇOIS ROCHE | DECEMBER 13, 2007

Israel's Secret War

BY EPHRAIM KAM | DECEMBER 13, 2007

Iraq's Networked Insurgents

BY DANIEL KIMMAGE, KATHLEEN RIDOLFO | OCTOBER 11, 2007

Doubting Diversity's Value

BY ANTHONY GIDDENS | OCTOBER 11, 2007

Africa Trades Down

BY JEFFREY HERBST | OCTOBER 11, 2007

Italy's Untouchable Caste

BY ANTONIO CARLUCCI | OCTOBER 11, 2007

Doing Well By Doing Good

BY CAROLYN O'HARA | AUGUST 16, 2007

Muckraking in Manila

BY CARMELA CRUZ | AUGUST 16, 2007

The Military's Long Reach

BY RON MOREAU | AUGUST 16, 2007

Cairo's Taxicab Confessions

BY OMAYMA ABDEL-LATIF | AUGUST 16, 2007

Going Ballistic

BY EDWARD BELIAEV, J. QUINN MARTIN | JUNE 11, 2007

Malaysia's Untethered Net

BY JANET STEELE | JUNE 11, 2007

What They're Reading: A Greek Revival

The owner of a 108-year-old, family bookstore in Athens, Sofia Eleftheroudakis is a keeper of the Greek culture and character. In a conversation with FP, she discussed the comeback of the classics, the country's broken school system, and how the weather affects Europe's reading habits.

JUNE 11, 2007

Finland Gets the Message

BY JENNIFER BENSKO HA | JUNE 11, 2007

The Republic of Sarkozy

BY CHRISTINE OCKRENT | JUNE 11, 2007