Interview

Epiphanies from C. Fred Bergsten

The veteran economist and Washington power-player on China, currency wars, and working with Henry Kissinger.

INTERVIEW BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The Obama Paradox

A conversation with David Sanger, author of a new book on Obama's secret wars. 

INTERVIEW BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 4, 2012

The Chessman Cometh

An interview with globe-trotting chess promoter, former president, and freelance diplomat Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 9, 2012

Since When Does Brookings Make Video Games?

Military futurist Peter Singer -- and consultant for the forthcoming Call of Duty -- reveals what kind of dark assumptions are baked into the next blockbuster game.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MAY 8, 2012

Really, Really Big Oil

Steve Coll's global tour of how ExxonMobil, the international "supermajor" and world's most profitable company, still rules.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MAY 4, 2012

Interview: A Business-Like Approach to Foreign Aid

A conversation with USAID administrator Rajiv Shah on expanding public-private partnerships and integrating development and emergency intervention.

BY SAMUEL LOEWENBERG | MAY 3, 2012

"Captains Stay with Their Crew"

Most of the Americans charged by Egypt in the NGO affair have since left the country. But one, Robert Becker, decided to stay and face the music.

BY MOHAMED FADEL FAHMY | MAY 2, 2012

Financial (Secret) Services

A conversation with the mysterious Anonymous analysts who are exposing fraud and corruption in Chinese companies -- and taking them down.

INTERVIEW BY ISAAC STONE FISH | APRIL 26, 2012

Doing Right by the World's Women

A conversation with the first female head of the U.N. Development Program on the most pressing issues for women in the developing world.

BY MARGARET SLATTERY | APRIL 23, 2012

Epiphanies from Abdullah Gul

Turkey can be a democratic model for the Middle East, its president says.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MAY/JUNE 2012

Pakistan's $10 Million Terrorist Talks

A conversation with Hafiz Mohamed Saeed.

INTERVIEW BY AL AAN TV | APRIL 5, 2012

$200 Oil and the Moscow-Beijing Alliance

An exclusive conversation with Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer on the toll of war with Iran -- and why China and Russia just don't care anymore what the United States thinks of them.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MARCH 9, 2012

Epiphanies from Shimon Peres

The Middle East's real problem is poverty, not politics, says Israel's president.

INTERVIEW BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH/APRIL 2012

Replacing Mubarak

Amr Moussa is nothing if not a political survivor. As he prepares to contend Egypt's upcoming presidential election, he talks to Foreign Policy about his views toward Israel, the military's role in politics, and Obama's first term in office.

INTERVIEW BY ADEL ABDEL GHAFAR | FEBRUARY 15, 2012

'We've Got Bigger Problems Right Now'

Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer reveal the surprising winners and losers of the coming year, and debate whether the big brains at Davos can rescue a global economy in crisis.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | JANUARY 25, 2012

Interview: Dennis Ross

Washington's guru of Middle East peace talks to Foreign Policy about whether Obama's Iran policy will backfire -- and why the Palestinian push for statehood could wreck the United Nations.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | JANUARY 20, 2012

'Just Call Me Poor'

Want to work an economic miracle in Egypt? Hernando de Soto has some ideas.

INTERVIEW BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 12, 2012

Exclusive: Iraqi Vice President: Maliki Is Becoming a New Saddam

An arrest warrant for Iraq's Sunni vice president just days after the U.S. troop withdrawal has sparked fears that the country may once again plunge into sectarian violence.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 22, 2011

Interview: Pál Schmitt

Hungary's president on his country's recent economic turmoil and why he still believes in the euro.

INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 2, 2011

The FP Interview: Alaa Al Aswany

Egypt's foremost novelist reflects on a year of revolution.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The FP Interview: Bill and Melinda Gates

Bill and Melinda Gates on some unexpected new sources of aid -- and what they've learned from trying to save the world.

INTERVIEW BY CHARLES KENNY | NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Filming Sarko

Director Xavier Durringer discusses his controversial new film about Nicolas Sarkozy -- and whether the president has changed French politics forever.

INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

WikiWorld

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about censorship, biased journalism, and the Arab Spring.

Interview by BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The FP Interview: Condoleezza Rice on Obama, “Leading from Behind,” Iraq, and More

The former secretary of state dishes on what the current administration gets right -- and what it gets wrong.

BY JOSH ROGIN | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The Pharoah's Lawyer

The deposed Egyptian dictator's lawyer explains in an exclusive interview how he plans to defend a man once seen as above the law.

BY MOHAMED FADEL FAHMY | NOVEMBER 2, 2011

It Ain't Over 'Til the Tan Man Sings

Italy's most outspoken journalist on the secret to Silvio Berlusconi's continued survival -- and why it may be coming to an end soon.

INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | OCTOBER 17, 2011

'There's a Huge Amount of Anger'

Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer let fly on Occupy Wall Street, why the GOP's cynical economic strategy is designed to make things worse, and whether China wants to ride to the rescue.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century

The second installment of an interview with Daniel Yergin.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 5, 2011

A Slow-Motion Revolution That Is Changing the World

An interview with Daniel Yergin.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 4, 2011

Interview: John Baird

Canada's new foreign minister on Libya, Syria, and the thickening of America's borders.

INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | AUGUST 10, 2011