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Bloggers Read Books, Too

FP's bloggers pick their favorite books of 2010.

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Elections to Watch in 2011

From the U.S. midterm "shellacking" to the sham vote in Belarus, elections provided some of the most memorable moments of 2010. And 2011 promises to be no different, with contentious polls coming up in ascendant Turkey, stagnant Egypt, fractious Sudan, and more.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 21, 2010

The Global Gay Rights Battlefields

Don't Ask Don't Tell might be finished in the United States but, in many countries, the fight for gay equality has far bigger challenges to overcome.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 20, 2010

Greed Is Global

A world of corruption revealed by WikiLeaks.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON, JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 18, 2010

The 10 Worst Predictions for 2010

Ten pundits and politicians whose prognostications for this year completely missed the mark.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 17, 2010

Spawn of WikiLeaks

Julian Assange's brainchild has given birth to a raft of global imitators and would-be whistleblowers.

BY CAMERON ABADI | DECEMBER 15, 2010

WikiFailed States

What the cables reveal about the world’s toughest places.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | DECEMBER 14, 2010

Fool's Gold

China's Confucius Peace Prize isn't the only bogus award out there. An FP list of the world's most laughable humanitarian honors.

BY MOHAMMAD SAGHA | DECEMBER 9, 2010

Planet Gulag

The world has many Liu Xiaobos. Here are 15 who matter.

TEXT BY FREEDOM HOUSE | DECEMBER 9, 2010

WikiFamous

Ten world figures who are getting their 15 minutes in the limelight.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 8, 2010

Who's Who in WikiLeaks

The world leaders embarrassed by Cablegate.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 2, 2010

10 Conversations That Just Got a Little More Awkward

What WikiLeaks hath wrought.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Good Ideas For Bad Times

A look at the innovative thinkers and bold ideas that kept 2010 from being a total wash.

BY CHARLES KENNY | DECEMBER 2010

The Fake Taliban and Other Great Diplo-Scams

The United States was just bamboozled by a con artist purporting to be a high-ranking Taliban official. Here are five other unbelievable and embarrassing historical diplomatic frauds.

BY DAVID KENNER | NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Running the Table

How to win a debate with your uncle at Thanksgiving dinner.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 23, 2010

10 Traditions You Never Thought Needed Protecting

UNESCO's oddest intangible national treasures.

BY MAX STRASSER, MOHAMMAD SAGHA | NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Obama's Top 10 Foreign-Policy Headaches

If the president turns to global affairs after his midterm shellacking, the newly emboldened Republican opposition isn't going to make life easy for him.

BY JOSH ROGIN | NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Delusion Points

Don't fall for the nostalgia -- George W. Bush's foreign policy really was that bad.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Hot Rocks

Asia's most controversial islands.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 3, 2010

'The Arabs (and Indians and Chinese) Are Coming!'

With so many touching xenophobic and foreigner-baiting attack ads, it's hard to pick favorites. Here are five of the best as the midterm elections get ugly.

BY CAMERON ABADI, ANDREW SWIFT | OCTOBER 29, 2010

The Strange Obsessions of the Chinese Bourgeoisie

Five items the Middle Kingdom’s growing middle classes are desperate to get their hands on.

BY JARED MONDSCHEIN | OCTOBER 28, 2010

The Horror, The Horror... and the Pity

How the international media is covering the Tea Party.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON, JOSHUA E. KEATING | OCTOBER 26, 2010

Who Will Stand Between Obama and the World

10 Republicans who are about to become the new foreign-policy power brokers.

BY JOSH ROGIN | OCTOBER 25, 2010

The World's Jon Stewarts

The Daily Show star has it easy. An FP List of the world's most influential political satirists shows that in dangerous places, telling jokes can be hazardous to your health.

BY MAX STRASSER | OCTOBER 18, 2010

Nobel Peace Prize Also-Rans

From Henry Kissinger to Yasir Arafat, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has made some controversial picks over the years. Here are seven people who never won the prize, but should have.

BY DAVID KENNER | OCTOBER 8, 2010

And the Nobel Goes to…

FP handicaps the Peace Prize shortlist, and betting on Bono isn't a bad idea.

BY JARED MONDSCHEIN, BENJAMIN PAUKER | OCTOBER 6, 2010

Bad Exes

Most ex-presidents and former prime ministers devote their lives to making a positive difference in the world, or at least fade away into obscurity. Here are five former leaders who have done neither.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | OCTOBER 1, 2010

It's the Chinese, Stupid

Are Democrats so afraid of getting crushed in the midterm elections that they've turned to demonizing China?

BY MAX STRASSER | SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The Son Also Rises

On Sept. 27, Kim Jong Un was named to a lofty post in North Korea's army, presumably in preparation to succeed his father as the country's ruler. FP looks at the world's autocrats-in-training who are waiting to take over their fathers' regimes.

BY JOSHUA KEATING AND CHARLES HOMANS | SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

'Dictators, Democrats, Diplomats: Lend Me Your Earpieces'

Barack Obama has made a strong commitment to the United Nations. But will his speech on Thursday live up to those of past presidents?

BY COLUM LYNCH | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010