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Life Inside Somalia’s Bunker Government
An interview with Information Minister Dahir Gelle, as told to FP's Elizabeth Dickinson.
MARCH 5, 2010
Interview: Boris Nemtsov
Why is a subtropical gangster's paradise hosting the next Winter Olympics?
BY JOSHUA KEATING | MARCH 1, 2010
Interview: Eka Tkeshelashvili
Georgia's national security advisor Eka Tkeshelashvili was in Washington this week for meetings at the White House and State Department. She spoke with Foreign Policy's Susan Glasser and Joshua Keating about Russia's aggression, France's appeasement, and her country's interests in Afghanistan.
BY SUSAN GLASSER, JOSHUA KEATING | FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Transcript: Mohamed ElBaradei
The extended transcript of Foreign Policy's interview with Mohamed ElBaradei.
Interview by DAVID KENNER | FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Interview: Kanat Saudabayev
Kazakhstan's foreign minister on his country's unlikely new role as Europe's democracy watchdog.
INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA KEATING | FEBRUARY 4, 2010
Interview: Mohamed ElBaradei
The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Nobel Peace Prize laureate speaks up about the Bush administration, Iran, and his rumored bid to become the next president of Egypt.
Interview by DAVID KENNER | JANUARY 26, 2010
Shirin Ebadi Prepares for the End
Why the Nobel laureate thinks the Iranian regime's days are numbered.
BY JEFFREY GEDMIN | JANUARY 11, 2010
The FP Interview: Vaclav Havel
The playwright, dissident, and former Czech president speaks about the fall of the Berlin Wall, Barack Obama, and the hidden costs of moral compromise.
Interview by SUSAN GLASSER | DECEMBER 9, 2009
Unweird Science
Has the "ClimateGate scandal" shifted our fundamental understanding of global warming? A top U.S. scientist says no.
BY CHRISTINA LARSON | DECEMBER 4, 2009
Interview: Roy Bennett
The white archnemesis of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe speaks out about the terrorism charges against him, the country's flailing power-sharing government, Mugabe's misdeeds, and why he may well have to die for his cause.
BY LAURA WELLS | NOVEMBER 23, 2009
Bill Clinton's World
The former president tells Foreign Policy what to read, who to watch, and why there really is a chance of Middle East peace in 2010.
DECEMBER 2009
Interview: U.N. Undersecretary-General John Holmes
The top humanitarian official for the United Nations tells FP how to do aid in a time of war. Here’s a hint: it’s not pretty.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Interview: Radoslaw Sikorski
Visiting Washington this week, Poland's foreign minister spoke with FP about the Russian reset, his country's interests in Afghanistan, the legacy of 1989, and how better communication could have prevented the missile defense debacle.
BY RADOSLAW SIKORSKI | NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Interview: Haleh Esfandiari
Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari discusses her 105 days of solitary confinement in the notorious Evin prison, and explains why the Obama administration shouldn't stop pressing the Islamic Republic on human rights.
OCTOBER 16, 2009
Seven Questions: Rafiq Husseini
Rafiq Husseini, one of President Mahmoud Abbas's closest advisors, discusses the recent tensions in Jerusalem -- and what it says about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Interview by DAVID KENNER | OCTOBER 12, 2009
Interview: Joe Berlinger
Foreign Policy speaks with director Joe Berlinger about his latest film, Crude, which follows the story of the "Amazon Chernobyl" case.
BY REBECCA FRANKEL | OCTOBER 1, 2009
Interview: Zalmay Khalilzad
The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan speaks about Hamid Karzai, General McChrystal's report, and the Obama administration's mistakes.
BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
Interview: Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire
The general who tried to stop the Rwandan genocide warns FP that the line has blurred between peacekeeping and counterinsurgency. It's a cautionary tale for the age of Afghanistan and Iraq. Are the world's militaries up to the task?
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
An Interview with Nir Barkat
He's in charge of the most contested 44 square miles on the planet. But Nir Barkat, the controversial mayor of Jerusalem, has big plans for Israel's poorest city.
INTERVIEW BY ANNIE LOWREY | AUGUST 14, 2009
An Interview with Sam Kutesa
Uganda's foreign minister discusses the challenge of Somalia and the principles of peace.
INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL WILKERSON | AUGUST 10, 2009
Interview: Mehdi Khalaji
The former Iranian seminarian speaks with FP about his unorthodox life, Moqtada al-Sadr, and what it's like to try and become an ayatollah.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JULY 27, 2009
"You Can't Look Back"
Liberian warlord-turned-senator Prince Johnson speaks out about the war crimes charges against him and his plans for the future.
BY GLENNA GORDON | JULY 7, 2009
Welcome to Your New Job, Mr. President
On the eve of his inauguration, eight world leaders tell Barack Obama how not to screw up.
JANUARY 16, 2009
Ask the Authors: Bruce W. Jentleson & Steven Weber
DECEMBER 9, 2008
How Humanitarian Intervention Failed the World
Conor Foley has a message for the international community: Humanitarian interventions rarely work. His recent book promoting that thesis, The Thin Blue Line, was reviewed by James Traub in Foreign Policy’s November/December 2008 issue. In this interview, Foley talks about Iraq, Darfur, and the conundrum of humanitarian reform.
NOVEMBER 1, 2008
The Narco State Next Door?
Mexico is fast becoming the central battleground in the war on drugs, but few in the United States seem to notice the worsening violence and corruption across the border.
INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | OCTOBER 30, 2008
A Look Inside the Shining Path
In his new book, La Cuarta Espada (The Fourth Sword), Peruvian journalist Santiago Roncagliolo explores the life and downfall of Abimael Guzmán, the imprisoned leader of the Shining Path. Roncagliolo recently spoke with FP about choosing his subject, growing up during a time of revolution, and trying to understand what makes terrorists tick.
FEBRUARY 19, 2008
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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