Culture
Freedom #Fail
Why we shouldn't expect Facebook and its Silicon Valley peers to act in the world's best interests.
BY JILLIAN C. YORK | APRIL 29, 2011
Out of Eden
Pre-modern lifestyles were fraught with violence, disease, and uncertainty. We should be happy that indigenous societies are increasingly leaving them behind.
BY CHARLES KENNY | APRIL 26, 2011
Princess Brides (and Grooms)
From Bhutan to Swaziland, other countries' royal weddings are more fun.
BY AYLIN ZAFAR | APRIL 26, 2011
It's Not Just the Veil
Technology and globalization have reinvented other traditional Muslim practices in some surprising ways.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY/JUNE 2011
Thug Democracy
Nigeria is cheering its first legitimate and internationally praised election. But violent protests in the north make it clear just how divided the country still is.
BY MAGGIE FICK | APRIL 19, 2011
Khyber Impasse
How long can the United States and Pakistan keep pretending that they actually have any interests in common?
BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 15, 2011
The Sounds of the Revolution
Nearly two months into Libya's uprising, the rhythms of rebellion in Benghazi seem almost normal.
BY RYAN CALDER | APRIL 11, 2011
Bad Politics, Worse Prose
From suicidal astronauts to bestiality, you can learn a lot about what makes the world's worst tyrants tick from the terrible books they write.
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | APRIL 8, 2011
Stiff Upper Lip
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have shaved off his mustache, but it's going to take a whole lot more than that to convince the world that he's not a dictator. FP investigates the whiskers that autocrats wear.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 30, 2011
Get Lost
A new book explores the roots of deep travel -- as necessary for Manhattan homebodies as for madcap foreign correspondents.
BY PAUL SALOPEK | MARCH 28, 2011
The Island Nation
Japan will rebuild, but not how you think. And 20 years of misread history holds the clues.
BY PETER TASKER | MARCH 24, 2011
Death of a True Afrikaner Believer
At the end of apartheid, he founded an all-white community he believed would be a utopia in the wilderness. Twenty years later, his death reveals some unexpected paradoxes of race in South Africa.
BY EVE FAIRBANKS | MARCH 22, 2011
The Drama in Delhi
India's government has been rocked by scandal after scandal. So why hasn't it fallen?
BY HENRY FOY | MARCH 18, 2011
Italy's Not-So-Happy Birthday
On the occasion of their country's 150th anniversary, Italians realize that national unity is easier said than done.
BY CONOR GALLAGHER, MARTINA ALBERTAZZI | MARCH 18, 2011
Qaddafi Under Siege
A political psychologist assesses Libya's mercurial leader.
BY JERROLD M. POST | MARCH 15, 2011
Land of Disaster
Roiled by earthquake, typhoon, tsunami, fire, and volcano -- not to mention nuclear attack and terrorism -- Japan for centuries has been a land of disaster, as reflected in popular culture from art to literature to our favorite monster flicks.
BY BRITT PETERSON | MARCH 14, 2011
How Not to Intervene in Libya
Pundits and politicians are promoting all kinds of dangerous ideas for taking down Qaddafi. Here are five rules Obama should consider before plunging in blindly.
BY DIRK VANDEWALLE | MARCH 10, 2011
Identification, Please
In the developed world, high-tech personal IDs are the stuff of Orwellian dystopia. But for everyone else, they could be a path to a happier, healthier, less precarious life.
BY JAMIE HOLMES | MARCH 8, 2011
The Shark Stops Swimming
Iran's supreme leader has just ousted his most formidable rival. Are the Islamic Republic's political games over? Or are they just beginning?
BY BARBARA SLAVIN | MARCH 8, 2011
Understanding Libya's Michael Corleone
The international community saw Muammar's Western-educated, reform-minded son as the best hope for a freer, more democratic Libya. Did they get him wrong?
INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MARCH 7, 2011
Pax Romana
A brief history of modern Italy's failed African adventure.
BY CAMERON ABADI | MARCH 4, 2011
Roman Ruins
How Muammar al-Qaddafi hoodwinked Italy for decades.
BY MAURIZIO MOLINARI | MARCH 3, 2011
What the U.S. Is Leaving Behind in Pech
As the Army pulls out of a region that was once considered a success story, some clues as to what the larger drawdown may eventually look like.
BY NEIL SHEA | MARCH 3, 2011
Oman's Renaissance Man
As reform protests grow in the Sultanate, it's worth remembering that its ruler doesn't deserve to be mentioned among the worst of the Arabian autocrats.
BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN | MARCH 1, 2011
Oman's Days of Rage
A sleepy little sultanate erupts in unexpected anger.
BY JACKIE SPINNER | FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Valley of the Lone Tourist
In ancient Upper Egypt, there are no gawking travelers to be found. But Egyptians are thrilled with their newfound freedom.
BY CARL HOFFMAN | FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Cairo It Ain't
Pro-democracy protesters have started something big in Yemen. But are they going to like how it ends?
BY HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS | FEBRUARY 24, 2011
The 4 key points of Barack Obama's counterterrorism speech
BY JOHN HUDSON
Forget the Sunni-Shiite divide. It's the inter-Sunni conflicts you should watch.
Can Haiti's president lead his fractured country out of crisis?
BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL
High-ranking Chinese official asks: Why are Jews so smart?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
The Pentagon is wriggling its way out of sequestration
America's natural gas boom is bad news for China
BY CHARLES R. MORRIS
On suicide, sexual harassment, and command: A Naval officer's experience
BY 'A. NAVAL OFFICER'
May/June 2013
-
Profile
-
FP Power Map
-
Think Again
