Diplomacy

Burma's Misled Righteous

How Burma’s pro-democracy movement betrayed its own ideals and rehabilitated the military

BY FRANCIS WADE | JULY 5, 2012

The Court of Last Resort

Will the ICC's next decade see the court expand the stop-start gains of its first 10 years?

BY RICHARD DICKER | JUNE 29, 2012

The Missing 50 Percent

There’s no real democracy without full representation for women.

BY SUSAN A. MARKHAM | JUNE 29, 2012

Putin's Got America Right Where He Wants It

And that's bad news for Obama.

BY MICHAEL WEISS | JUNE 28, 2012

Containing the Islamist Revolution

The next American president would be naïve to think that the uprisings sweeping the Middle East will be good for America. It's time to retrench and protect U.S. interests from the Islamist tidal wave.

BY EPHRAIM SNEH | JUNE 28, 2012

If at First You Don't Succeed…

The Palestinians are having another go at the United Nations. Will this time be as disastrous as the last?

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | JUNE 27, 2012

Sudan Needs a Revolution

The protest movement against Omar al-Bashir is growing -- fast -- and it needs the world’s support.

BY AMIR AHMAD NASR | JUNE 26, 2012

Build Burma from the Ground Up

Relying only on the state to implement democratic reforms in Burma is a fool’s errand. But there’s a better way.

BY ELLIOTT PRASSE-FREEMAN | JUNE 22, 2012

The Twisted Arc of History

In the land of no-good-options, is Barack Obama doing enough to push the cause of human rights in the Middle East? 

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 22, 2012

The Caspian's New Sea Monsters

The post-Soviet region has begun a high-stakes arms race, fueled by competition for recently discovered oil fields.

JUNE 22, 2012

Debating Hillary

Has Hillary Clinton -- the subject of a major new profile in Foreign Policy -- been a good secretary of state? Seven top foreign-policy watchers assess her legacy.

JUNE 20, 2012

Her Work Isn’t Done

This week the world is celebrating Aung San Suu Kyi’s achievements as a pro-democracy activist. Now the question is: Can she finish the job?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 20, 2012

Does Obama Have a Strategy for Africa?

Not yet.

BY JOHN NORRIS | JUNE 19, 2012

The Exclusion Zone

G-20 leaders are out of ideas and out of touch. No wonder their citizens are so angry.

BY MICHAEL J. CASEY | JUNE 19, 2012

Head of State

Hillary Clinton, the blind dissident, and the art of diplomacy in the Twitter era.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Old-Fashioned Diplomacy in the
Twitter Age

An exclusive interview with the secretary of state.

INTERVIEW BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | JULY/AUGUST 2012

No More Half Measures

A compromise solution that removes Syria's Bashar al-Assad but replaces him with a crony is now fully off the table. It's time for Washington to back the opposition.

BY DANIEL BYMAN | JUNE 14, 2012

The Devil They Know

Why the West shouldn't expect Russia's policy on Syria to change anytime soon.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 13, 2012

Cold War

Why are India and Pakistan sacrificing hundreds of soldiers' lives over an uninhabitable icy wasteland?

BY MYRA MACDONALD | JUNE 11, 2012

The Real Reason to Intervene in Syria

Cutting Iran's link to the Mediterranean Sea is a strategic prize worth the risk.

BY JAMES P. RUBIN | JUNE 4, 2012

A Failure to Communicate

Why is the Obama administration using its radio station to attack the Cuban Catholic Church?        

BY FULTON T. ARMSTRONG | JUNE 1, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

An  ex-president is convicted, England celebrates, and Angela Merkel feeds a penguin.

JUNE 1, 2012

U.N. Human Rights Council Condemns Actual Human Rights Abusers!

Or, in praise of small victories.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 1, 2012

Syria Is Not a Problem from Hell

But if we don't act quickly, it will be.

BY ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER | MAY 31, 2012

What the Hell Should We Do About Syria?

FP asked five smart observers to offer their solutions for the quagmire in Damascus.

MAY 30, 2012

The Godfathers of Tunis

Tunisia’s new government has declared war on sleaze -- but that’s much easier said than done.

BY FADIL ALIRIZA | MAY 25, 2012

In the Crosshairs

Why controlling the international arms trade can help to build stable societies.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 22, 2012

Taking Maybe for An Answer

The hardest part of solving the nuclear crisis with Iran? Defining success.

BY JON B. ALTERMAN | MAY 22, 2012

Blame Canada

Why did Canada and the EU abandon Chen Guangcheng? (Hint: Pandas ain't free.)

BY MARK MACKINNON | MAY 16, 2012

Lost at Sea

Can the Obama administration succeed where its predecessors failed on the Law of the Sea treaty?

BY JAMES KRASKA | MAY 16, 2012