Disasters
You Can't Go Home Again
Soldiers aren’t the only veterans of war.
BY PHIL ZABRISKIE | NOVEMBER 12, 2012
One Storm Away
10 major world cities that could end up underwater.
BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | OCTOBER 31, 2012
We Are All Venetians Now
Are the world's major cities ready for the rising waters and freak storms of tomorrow?
BY FRANK JACOBS | OCTOBER 31, 2012
Meet Sandy, the Game Changer
This storm could upend American politics -- if we're lucky.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 29, 2012
Do Ceasefires Ever Work?
Why the tenuous Syrian truce could end up being a step back for peace.
BY PAGE FORTNA | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Caught in the Crossfire
If the United States wants to save Lebanon, it should get off the sidelines and help topple Bashar al-Assad's bloody dictatorship.
BY FIRAS MAKSAD | OCTOBER 22, 2012
Aleppo Burns
While the United States offers "non-lethal aid," the destruction of Syria's largest city continues.
OCTOBER 10, 2012
It's Time to Act in Syria
Yes, it's true: Military involvement in Syria has its risks. But the costs of non-intervention are growing by the day.
BY MARK N. KATZ | SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
Bucking the Odds in North Korea
Why Kim Jong Un might just dare to be different.
BY JAY ULFELDER | SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Failed States Index
The troubling ambiguity of FP's rankings. Plus: Finland comes in last for once.
SEPT/OCT 2012
Burma's Lost Boys
The government in Burma is promising to clean up its act. But the army is still recruiting child soldiers.
BY PATRICK BODENHAM | AUGUST 2, 2012
Local Bloodshed, Global Headache
Sectarian conflict in Burma is once again spurring talk of a “global war against Islam.”
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | AUGUST 1, 2012
The Angry Lightweight
What's worse than not having a coherent foreign policy? Mouthing off about it.
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JULY 31, 2012
In Beijing, a Flood of Complaints
As the Chinese capital cleans up from deadly floods, the country's netizens take to social media to blame officials.
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | JULY 25, 2012
Beijing Underwater
The capital's worst rainfall in 60 years caused massive floods and destruction.
JULY 23, 2012
The Russian Floods
After torrential rains brought deadly flash floods, the unprepared and devastated residents of Krymsk are struggling to recover.
JULY 11, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Scientists discover the Higgs boson, fireworks around the globe, and refugees flee to South Sudan.
JULY 6, 2012
Burma's Misled Righteous
How Burma’s pro-democracy movement betrayed its own ideals and rehabilitated the military
BY FRANCIS WADE | JULY 5, 2012
Debating the Failed States Index
Was this year's ranking of the world's most fragile states on target? Five countries respond.
JUNE 22, 2012
The Martyrdom of Al Qusayr
Images from photojournalist Robert King’s recent visit to a Syrian community under siege.
JUNE 21, 2012
"The Wounded Will Be Killed"
An American photojournalist describes what he saw during the month he spent in a Syrian village under siege.
BY ROBERT KING | JUNE 21, 2012
Stay Out of Syria
Foreign intervention to topple Bashar al-Assad's bloody regime risks a fiasco on par with Iraq and Afghanistan.
BY JOSHUA LANDIS | JUNE 5, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
An ex-president is convicted, England celebrates, and Angela Merkel feeds a penguin.
JUNE 1, 2012
5 World Events That Could Swing the U.S. Election
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are slugging it out over the economy, but the world may have a trick or two up its sleeve.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 24, 2012
Predators for Peace
Drones have revolutionized war. Why not let them deliver aid?
BY JACK C. CHOW | APRIL 27, 2012
Disasters on the Seven Seas
The last century's most harrowing cruise ship catastrophes.
APRIL 6, 2012
Treacherous Waters
The latest bad publicity for the global cruise industry is just the tip of the iceberg.
BY ROSS A. KLEIN | APRIL 6, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Obama takes a basketball break with buddy David Cameron, Japan marks the earthquake anniversary, and a couple of bridges take a beating.
MARCH 16, 2012
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
May/June 2013
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