Special Report

Everything Will Be Too Big to Fail

The density dynamic is worth banking on, but that doesn't mean it won't cost us.

BY JOHN SEO | SEPT/OCT 2011

The South China Sea Is the Future of Conflict

The 21st century's defining battleground is going to be on water.

BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN | SEPT/OCT 2011

Get Ready for the Democratization of Destruction

The way the world's militaries wage war is going to change -- drastically.

BY ANDREW KREPINEVICH | SEPT/OCT 2011

The Shape of the Global Economy Will Fundamentally Change

It's not a crash, it's the new normal.

BY MOHAMED EL-ERIAN | SEPT/OCT 2011

The World Will Be More Crowded -- With Old People

Actually, the children aren't our future.

BY PHILLIP LONGMAN | SEPT/OCT 2011

Problems Will Be Global -- And Solutions Will Be, Too

A more multilateral world is just the beginning.

BY ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER | SEPT/OCT 2011

Big Oil in Turnaround

The world's biggest energy companies have bigger problems than Congress and are adrift in a marketplace they don't understand.

BY EDWARD C. CHOW | MAY 13, 2011

Beyond Petroleum. Or Not.

Can Big Oil figure out the climate-friendly future of energy? Does it actually want to?

BY BRYAN WALSH | MAY 13, 2011

Revenge of the Invisible Hand

How the free market shaped the new geopolitics of the oil industry.

BY BRUCE EVERETT | MAY 13, 2011

The Ghost of John D.

BY STEVE LEVINE | MAY 13, 2011

Osama's Dead, But How Much Does It Matter?

An FP Round Table on the afterlife of the world's most wanted man.

MAY 2, 2011

The Future of Food

Leading experts tell us what they think is coming next.

COMPILED BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MAY/JUNE 2011

Did Obama Make His Case?

FP's bloggers debate the president's Libya speech.

MARCH 29, 2011

Retooling the U.S. Economy for Growth

If the United States wants to stay competitive in coming years, boosting productivity is the key, finds a new report by McKinsey Global Institute. FP previews the findings exclusively here.

BY BYRON AUGUSTE, JAMES MANYIKA, SCOTT NYQUIST | FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Where Do We Go From Here?

Foreign Policy asked experts to weigh in on what Egypt means for the future of U.S. foreign policy.

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Unconventional Wisdom

A special anniversary report challenging the world's most dangerous thinking.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

Talking to the Smart Crowd

Reuters' Chrystia Freeland interviews FP's Global Thinkers
The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers
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DECEMBER 1, 2010

The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers

Foreign Policy presents a unique portrait of 2010's global marketplace of ideas and the thinkers who make them.
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DECEMBER 2010

The Stories You Missed in 2010

Ten events and trends that were overlooked this year, but may be leading the headlines in 2011.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 2010

The Wisdom of the Smart Crowd

Want to know what Nobel winners, bestselling authors such as Thomas Friedman, and emerging power brokers in China, India, and Brazil think about the world's most pressing problems? So did we, which is why Foreign Policy once again brings you the collective wisdom of this unique crowd.
The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers
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DECEMBER 2010

India Rising

From the economy to Afghanistan to grand strategy, six looks at an emerging superpower.

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers

From the brains behind Iran's Green Revolution to the economic Cassandra who actually did have a crystal ball, they had the big ideas that shaped our world in 2009. Read on to see the 100 minds that mattered most in the year that was.
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DECEMBER 2009