The List

The Damage Done

The 10 big takeaways from America's adventure in Iraq are also clues to its uncertain future. 

BY IAN LIVINGSTON, MICHAEL O'HANLON | DECEMBER 21, 2011

7 Holiday Games for Wonks

What to get the serious gamer on your shopping list.

BY MICHAEL PECK | DECEMBER 20, 2011

The Worst Predictions for 2011

From dictatorships to elections to the rapture, 2011 was another banner year for bone-headed prognosticators.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 19, 2011

A Few of Kim's Favorite Things

The late North Korean leader was known around the world as much for his personality quirks as the tyranny of his rule. Here are a few of his main obsessions.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 19, 2011

Poking Fun at the Dear Leader

Whether portrayed as a hopelessly lonely egomaniac or a wannabe Batman, Kim Jong Il has long been a favorite target for comedians.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 19, 2011

FP's Favorite Reads of 2011

23 great books about the world, chosen by Foreign Policy's editors and bloggers.

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The 14 Biggest Lies of 2011

The big fibs that defined our year.

BY DAVID J. ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 16, 2011

Newt Skywalker and the Moon Mirror

A guide to the Republican front-runner's far-out, futurist vision of warfare.

BY SHARON WEINBERGER | DECEMBER 15, 2011

Iraq's War Stories

As the United States leaves Mesopotamia, these are the articles that defined the conflict.

BY DAVID KENNER | DECEMBER 15, 2011

Game Change

From reciprocal nuclear reductions to making nice with Iran, 5 bold moves that could change the world.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | DECEMBER 13, 2011

Talking the Talk

A guide to world leaders who have overcome language barriers to rule.

BY KEDAR PAVGI | DECEMBER 12, 2011

Newt vs. Newt

Gingrich's most outrageous foreign-policy flip-flops.

BY URI FRIEDMAN, JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 9, 2011

Head of the Class?

From Harvard to Pacific Western, a look at the sometimes surprising U.S. universities that have educated today’s new crop of world leaders.

BY URI FRIEDMAN, KEDAR PAVGI | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The Amerislump Reader

Tracking the ups and downs of a superpower.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Eight Reasons Why Italy Is Such a Mess

From tax-dodging brides to heaps of trash in the streets, Italy's problems run deeper than the government's recent collapse.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | NOVEMBER 9, 2011

5 Spies Who Went Out in the Cold

Covert agents typically maintain a low profile, preferring to operate in the shadows and fade into obscurity. Not these guys.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The New Stars of Cannes

Some surprising economies are hogging the spotlight at this year's G-20 summit.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The Top 10 Screeds in China's Global Times

The nationalist tabloid has published its share of saber-rattling op-eds.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | NOVEMBER 1, 2011

America's Unsavory Allies

A look at the some of the bad guys the U.S. still supports.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 28, 2011

Hoarders: Dictator Edition

From Saddam's risqué oil paintings to Teodorin's King of Pop trove, the quirky collections of the world's most notorious leaders.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | OCTOBER 26, 2011

Do Graves of Dictators Really Become Shrines?

A tour of contentious burials from Qaddafi to Hitler.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 26, 2011

Coming Up Empty

Ten reasons why Obama's foreign policy is not a success.

BY STEPHEN WALT | OCTOBER 25, 2011

R.O.C.K. in the D.P.R.K.

What can we learn about the Hermit Kingdom from the amazing music videos it has on YouTube?

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | OCTOBER 21, 2011

The Most Notorious Names in the Shalit Prison Swap

Some have wasted little time in speaking out against Israel.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 20, 2011

Der Pizza-Präsident

Herman Cain may not want to talk about the world, but the world sure is talking about him.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 19, 2011

Handicapping the Nobels

We make wild guesses at Friday's winner so you don’t have to.

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The IgNobels

The seven most dubious Nobel Peace Prize winners.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | OCTOBER 6, 2011

Watching Wall Street

The world's media react to America's newest political phenomenon.

BY KEDAR PAVGI | OCTOBER 6, 2011

From Tahrir Square to Wall Street

What can "Occupy Wall Street" learn from the activists who took down Hosni Mubarak?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | OCTOBER 5, 2011

The Price of Failure

How much has the collapse of Somalia cost the world? $55 billion -- and here's where it went.

BY JOHN NORRIS, BRONWYN BRUTON | OCTOBER 5, 2011