Who Wants to Bomb Iran?

Meet the men calling on Barack Obama to launch airstrikes against the Islamic Republic.

BY DAVID KENNER | FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Meet the men calling on Barack Obama to launch airstrikes against the Islamic Republic.

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David Kenner is assistant editor at Foreign Policy.

Dead or Alive?

Five world leaders who may or may not still be with us.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Five world leaders who may or may not still be with us.

A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images, PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images, STR/AFP/Getty Images, AFP/Getty Images, AFP/Getty Images

 

Joshua E. Keating is associate editor at Foreign Policy.

The World’s Most Bizarre Terror Threats

Underpants may be the least of our worries.

BY KAYVAN FARZANEH | JANUARY 28, 2010

Underpants may be the least of our worries.

DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP/Getty Images; SEYLLOU DIALLO/AFP/Getty Images; Tim Boyle/Getty Images; THOMAS LOHNES/AFP/Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images

 

Kayvan Farzaneh is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy.

Wrong Address

Five points Obama should -- and won't -- make in his State of the Union address.

BY ANNIE LOWREY, JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 26, 2010

Five points Obama should -- and won't -- make in his State of the Union address.

 

Annie Lowrey is assistant editor at Foreign Policy. Joshua E. Keating is associate editor at Foreign Policy.

The Next Big Quake?

Haiti's devastating earthquake -- and its horrific human toll -- caught many by surprise. But there are more little-noticed hot seismic hot spots across the globe. Here are five places that geologists worry could be the next big one.

BY ANDREW SWIFT | JANUARY 21, 2010

Haiti's devastating earthquake -- and its horrific human toll -- caught many by surprise. But there are more little-noticed hot seismic hot spots across the globe. Here are five places that geologists worry could be the next big one.

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Andrew Swift is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy. 

The Unluckiest Country

The second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere has been wracked by coups, dictators, and foreign interventions throughout nearly its entire history. But you don't have to agree with Pat Robertson to agree that even by Haitian standards, the last few decades have been particularly tragic.

BY JOSHUA KEATING | JANUARY 14, 2010

The second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere has been wracked by coups, dictators, and foreign interventions throughout nearly its entire history. But you don't have to agree with Pat Robertson to agree that even by Haitian standards, the last few decades have been particularly tragic.

 

Joshua Keating is associate editor at Foreign Policy.

Soccer Wars

Last week's attack on the Togo national soccer team's bus in Angola resulted in the deaths of the driver, a press officer, and an assistant coach, and led to Togo's withdrawal from the Africa Cup of Nations. But the tragedy is hardly the first time that ugly political tension has invaded the beautiful game.

BY ANDREW SWIFT | JANUARY 13, 2010

Last week's attack on the Togo national soccer team's bus in Angola resulted in the deaths of the driver, a press officer, and an assistant coach, and led to Togo's withdrawal from the Africa Cup of Nations. But the tragedy is hardly the first time that ugly political tension has invaded the beautiful game.

 

Andrew Swift is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy.

Yemen's Most Wanted

Meet the new al Qaeda bad guys that keep U.S. counterterrorism officials up at night.

BY DAVID KENNER | JANUARY 8, 2010

Meet the new al Qaeda bad guys that keep U.S. counterterrorism officials up at night.

 

David Kenner is assistant editor at FP.

 

January/February 2010