Photo Essay
War Dogs, Boomtowns, and Dead Dictators
Foreign Policy’s most popular photo essays of 2011.
DECEMBER 28, 2011
Shots Seen ‘Round the World
The photos that mattered in 2011.
CAPTIONS BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 23, 2011
Kim Jong Il's Life in Photos
A look back at the highlights of the Dear Leader's odd, unpredictable, and often quirky behavior as North Korea's leader.
DECEMBER 19, 2011
The World in Photos This Week
The end of the war in Iraq, more European chaos, and election fraud in Russia.
DECEMBER 16, 2011
Next Year, in Review
From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011
The Anti-Putin Brigade
Portraits of Russia's would-be revolutionaries -- and their intimate thoughts on Vladimir Putin and the country's dark political future.
PHOTOS BY KIRILL NIKITENKO | DECEMBER 5, 2011
16 Global Cities to Watch
From Singapore to Christchurch, the urban centers that are shaping the next century.
BY EDWARD GLAESER, SASKIA SASSEN | NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Mourning in Mogadishu
An exclusive portfolio by photographer Jared P. Moossy of the devastation wrought by famine.
PHOTOS BY JARED P. MOOSSY | NOVEMBER 22, 2011
Once Upon a Time in Mogadishu
A peek into the "pleasant" colonial past of the world's most dangerous city.
BY SOPHIA JONES | NOVEMBER 17, 2011
The Nine Lives of Silvio Berlusconi
The Italian prime minister has risen from the political grave almost too many times to count. But, with the latest, greatest crisis, it may finally be time to bid him arrivederci.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Black Flag
A mysterious Islamist banner has been popping up across the Middle East, from Benghazi to Lebanon. Is it a simply a sign of faith or the battle flag of al Qaeda?
BY WILLIAM MCCANTS | NOVEMBER 7, 2011
A Brief History of Plan Colombia
Is the U.S.-backed anti-drug war in Colombia really a success worth replicating in Afghanistan?
BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 28, 2011
Merkozy, a Beautiful Friendship
As Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel team up to conquer the eurozone crisis, we imagine what it's like on the inside of Europe's most enviable friendship.
OCTOBER 27, 2011
The World According to Condi
Who did Condoleezza Rice loathe -- and love? The former secretary of state dishes in her new book on everyone from Dick Cheney to Muammar al-Qaddafi.
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Brother Leader's War Machine
Exclusive: The secret photo albums of Muammar al-Qaddafi offer a rare look at the colonel's guns and ammo.
OCTOBER 20, 2011
China's Ultimate Fighting Crickets
Inside China's strange obsession with battling bugs.
BY JONATHAN BROWNING | OCTOBER 19, 2011
City Of Clichés
Why it's so hard to take an original photo in Tehran.
BY ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN | OCTOBER 14, 2011
South Africa's Dictator Dance
South Africa was once celebrated as a champion for human rights. So why are Mandela's heirs engaging with some of the world's most dubious characters?
CAPTIONS BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | OCTOBER 4, 2011
End of the Bromance?
Are Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev breaking up or just trading places?
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
The Promised Land
For some Palestinians making a living means living in limbo.
BY AMNON GUTMAN | SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Cocacabana
Brazil may be rising, but in Rio's favelas, drugs, crime, and killing are a way of life. A Hipstamatic tour -- deep inside the gritty, gang-ridden streets -- where few outsiders dare to tread.
BY JARED P. MOOSSY | SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
From Revolution to War
The Arab Spring takes photojournalist Kate Brooks to Cairo to witness the protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. She then heads to Libya, where the rebel forces were fighting a seesaw battle with Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces along the coastal highway in the east. This is the final installment of a three-part series that features her work from Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, and Libya.
PHOTOS BY KATE BROOKS | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Those Who Face Death
Photojournalist Kate Brooks spent the decade after 9/11 photographing the U.S. military struggles and political upheaval in the Greater Middle East. The following collection is from her time in Iraq in 2003-2004. This is the second installment of a three-part series that features her work from Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, and Libya.
PHOTOS BY KATE BROOKS | SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
What War Looks Like
The aftermath of the 9/11 attacks took photojournalist Kate Brooks to Afghanistan and Pakistan to cover the fall of the Taliban. These are her images of the Afghans whom she met during her journey and the slow-motion descent into civil war that has played out over the past decade.
PHOTOS BY KATE BROOKS | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
The Road To Prosperity
The world needs infrastructure -- and if the West doesn't take advantage of that need, China definitely will.
BY DEREK THURBER | SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
Assad's Cartoonish Crackdown
Ali Farzat, one of the Arab world's most famous satirists, was assaulted on the streets of Damascus today. Here are some of the drawings that landed him in the hospital.
BY DAVID KENNER | AUGUST 25, 2011
Guns of August
One photographer's view of the 2008 Georgia-Russia war.
BY JARED P. MOOSSY | AUGUST 19, 2011
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
How 'Casablanca' explains the sequester
BY GORDON ADAMS
The 'Onion' latest victim of Syrian Electronic Army's fat jokes
Video: The Navy's stealth drone makes its first arrested landing
BY JOHN REED
Is U.S. credibility really on the line in Syria?
BY DARYL G. PRESS AND JENNIFER LIND
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