Rebuttal

Don't Attack Thaksin

The former prime minister is the victim of a smear campaign.

BY JANE FOLEY | OCTOBER 27, 2010

In Defense of Thaksin Shinawatra

The unfair attacks against Thailand's former prime minister.

BY ROBERT AMSTERDAM | OCTOBER 27, 2010

Singapore's Sand

The island's growth is not fueled by sand smuggling.

BY LIM YUIN CHIEN | SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The Truth About Italy: James Walston replies

BY JAMES WALSTON | SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The Truth About Italy

One of Europe's most dynamic countries deserves praise, not petty insults.

BY GIULIO TERZI | SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

What Arabs Really Think About Iran

The Arab world might have soured on President Obama, but opinion polls show that they haven't rushed to embrace Iran.

BY DAVID POLLOCK | SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

What Do Red Teams Really Do?

Mark Perry paints a misleading portrait of how the U.S. government thinks of Hezbollah and Hamas.

BY BILAL Y. SAAB | SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

A Tea Party Foreign Policy

Why the growing grassroots movement can't fight big government at home while supporting it abroad.

BY RON PAUL | AUGUST 27, 2010

Dollar Diplomacy Can Be Healthy For China

Beijing is handy at tapping into international funds for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Here's why sending money to China also helps the rest of the world.

BY DREW THOMPSON AND JIA PING | AUGUST 19, 2010

The QDR's Catastrophic Report

It's time to stop passing the buck on defense spending.

BY LAWRENCE KORB, CHARLES KNIGHT | AUGUST 5, 2010

Nuking the Messenger

Sorry Shadow Government, the Republican establishment really is in decline.

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | JULY 28, 2010

Against Evil

Only liberals like Peter Beinart think that Ronald Reagan was a dove.

BY RICHARD PERLE | JULY 27, 2010

Not Your Father’s Françafrique

France's colonial days in Africa are long past, and it's time African pundits stopped trying to shift blame for the continent's ills.

BY YVES GOUNIN | JULY 13, 2010

Don't Feed the Bear

Going soft on the terms of Russia's WTO accession is bad for everyone.

BY DAVID CHRISTY | JUNE 25, 2010

Who's Really Misreading Tehran?

Wishful thinking and bad analysis has inflated Iran's Green Movement into something it certainly is not: a viable alternative to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

BY FLYNT LEVERETT, HILLARY MANN LEVERETT | JUNE 14, 2010

Don't Panic, Go Organic

Be not troubled by Robert Paarlberg's scaremongering. Organic practices can feed the world -- better, in fact, than wasteful industrial farming.

BY ANNA LAPPÉ | APRIL 29, 2010

Defending the USA Pavilion

And no, the Shanghai World Expo is not just a trade show.

BY JOSE H. VILLARREAL | APRIL 2, 2010

Giving Putin His Due

Sidelining the Russian prime minister will do little to help President Dmitry Medvedev -- or the White House.

BY PAUL SAUNDERS | MARCH 25, 2010

What America Needs to Know About EMPs

The threat of an electromagnetic attack is real, but preparing for one shouldn't be too difficult.

BY PETER VINCENT PRY | MARCH 17, 2010

The Green Movement Is More Than Facebook

Why Feb. 11 was no failure for Iran's opposition.

BY MOHAMMAD SADEGHI | MARCH 8, 2010

Partners in Decline

Why the United States needs Europe more than ever.

BY DANIEL KORSKI | MARCH 2, 2010

The Long Burmese Road

Drew Thompson is too optimistic about the upcoming elections in Myanmar -- but right to focus our attention on a rethink.

BY BRIAN JOSEPH | FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Bad Intel

The U.S. intelligence community gets it wrong on Bosnian Serbs.

BY MILORAD DODIK | FEBRUARY 12, 2010

This Is What Victory Looks Like

How Aaron David Miller romanticizes the past and underestimates the future.

BY ABRAHAM M. DENMARK | FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Why India Is No Villain

Barbara Crossette is wrong: This rising power helps solve far more problems than it creates.

BY NITIN PAI | JANUARY 7, 2010

A $123 Trillion China? Not Likely.

The many, many reasons -- from the financial crisis to the country's aging population to environmental limitations -- why Robert Fogel's forecast for China is completely inconceivable. 

BY NICHOLAS CONSONERY | JANUARY 7, 2010

Muslims and the Caliphate

A top representative of the Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir responds to FP's Christian Caryl.

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Coal for Christmas

The World Bank is still subsidizing one of the world's dirtiest fuels.

BY PHIL RADFORD | DECEMBER 22, 2009

Out of Gas: Why Sanctions on Iran Are Still the Best Option

A response to Alireza Nader's "Punish Iran's Rulers, Not Its People."

BY MARK DUBOWITZ, REUEL MARC GERECHT | DECEMBER 15, 2009