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What Happened to My Revolution

Five influential Egyptian protesters look back on a tumultuous year.

BY SARAH A. TOPOL | JANUARY 24, 2012

The Army and the People Were Never One Hand

Maikel Nabil, the atheist, pro-Israel Egyptian writer who was released from prison today, was right all along.

BY MAX STRASSER | JANUARY 24, 2012

The Imran Khan Phenomenon

Is Pakistan’s cricket star-turned-politician for real?

BY ARIF RAFIQ | JANUARY 12, 2012

The Lightning Rod President

Ivory Coast’s new president has made many enemies over the years. Can he bring peace?

BY DANIEL BALINT-KURTI | APRIL 29, 2011

In Memoriam, Chris Hondros

A personal remembrance of a brilliant photojournalist and a brilliant friend.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | APRIL 20, 2011

Qaddafi Under Siege

A political psychologist assesses Libya's mercurial leader.

BY JERROLD M. POST | MARCH 15, 2011

The Ghosts of Duvalier

Baby Doc's return to Haiti is a potent reminder that his legacy of poverty and corruption lives on.

BY ELIZABETH ABBOTT | JANUARY 19, 2011

Le President, C'est Moi

Ivory Coast's president is making a desperate stand to keep his job -- but will his move just mean more misery for a country that's already seen enough?

BY JOHN JAMES | DECEMBER 21, 2010

The Missing Assassin

A U.N. panel promises to shed new light on the unsolved murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. But one major suspect won’t be available to comment -- he’s been killed, too.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | DECEMBER 20, 2010

Sarkozy's Iron Lady

Meet Michèle Alliot-Marie, France's right-wing, rugby-loving new foreign minister.

BY ERIC PAPE | NOVEMBER 22, 2010

A Washington Sage Leaves the Scene

Lee Hamilton, for years a go-to "wise man" for American presidents of both parties, speaks to FP about his many acolytes, Obama's foreign policy, and what to do about Iran.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The Transformer

Bob Gates never thought he'd be Barack Obama's defense secretary. Now, in an exclusive interview, the most revolutionary Pentagon leader since Robert McNamara tells FP why he said yes, when he'll get out of Washington, and what legacy he hopes to leave behind.

BY FRED KAPLAN | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

My Pen Pal, the Jihadist

How a young Virginia man charged with supporting terrorists in Somalia became my online sparring partner -- and why he is so dangerous.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN | JULY 29, 2010

Hostage to Events

In an exclusive interview, the State Department's leading Iran expert discusses his resignation and why the Islamic Republic and the United States keep on talking past each other.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | JULY 27, 2010

Congo’s New Mobutu

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo turns 50 this month, its leader is taking a page from Mobutu Sese Seko’s playbook on repression. And the West is helping him.

BY JOE BAVIER | JUNE 29, 2010

The Wrath of Kan

Can this man clean up Japan's mess?

BY ABRAHAM M. DENMARK, DANIEL M. KLIMAN | JUNE 3, 2010

Tarnishing the Iron Lady of Africa

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf may be the best president Liberia has ever had. But now even she faces criticism for failing to crack down on corruption.

BY DINO MAHTANI | MAY 28, 2010

Mikey Weinstein's Crusade

Meet the man who's trying to purge evangelical Christianity from the Pentagon.

BY STEPHEN GLAIN | MAY 25, 2010

President Spandex?

The man who once mooned an auditorium of students, dressed up as a superhero to teach civics lessons, and cleaned up Bogotá while he was at it just might become Colombia's next president. 

BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | MAY 4, 2010

Can South Africa's Bungling Ex-President Save Darfur?

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki tries to rewrite the history of his diplomatic career.

BY KATE PRENGEL | FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Keynes: The Return of the Master

Keynesian economics made a brilliant comeback in 2009. It's little wonder why.

BY ROBERT SKIDELSKY | DECEMBER 4, 2009

Al Qaeda's Dissident

How the prison writings of Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, one of al Qaeda's founders now labeled a turn coat, are doing more to expose the terrorist group's hypocrisy than anyone else.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN | DECEMBER 2009

My Nights With Hamid

The world is hounding the Afghan president to crack down on corruption and kick out entrenched warlords. I don't think he's going to do it, and I should know: I’m the man who wrote his autobiography.

BY NICK B. MILLS | NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The Other Vaclav

How the Czech president became Europe's public enemy number one.

BY JIRI PEHE | OCTOBER 12, 2009

Sarkozy's Better Half

If the French president has a hope of getting things done at the G-20, it's because of his philosophic finance minister, Christine Lagarde.

BY ANNIE LOWREY | SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Was Irving Kristol a Neoconservative?

The "godfather" of neoconservatism started a movement that moved away from him.

BY JUSTIN VAÏSSE | SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Obama's Eminence Grise

For decades, George Mitchell has worked, quietly and diligently, on Washington's most intractable political problems. This week, he shows his cards on Middle East peace.

BY BRIAN WINTER | SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Fogh of War

Is the new secretary-general of NATO a slippery opportunist or just a good negotiator?

BY CAMERON ABADI | SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The Real Winner of Afghanistan's Election

Meet Mohammad Qasim Fahim, the unsavory Tajik warlord whose grip on Afghanistan just got a whole lot tighter.

BY HILLARY MANN LEVERETT | AUGUST 31, 2009

Japan's New Shadow Shogun

A mercurial longtime powerbroker, now disgraced, is behind the rise of Japan's opposition party.

BY TOBIAS HARRIS | AUGUST 27, 2009