Disasters
Japan's Chernobyl
Haunting images of abandoned towns and devastation left in the wasteland of Fukushima.
APRIL 12, 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
Nuclear Winner
Environmentalist icon turned nuclear-power booster Stewart Brand tells Foreign Policy why, even after the Fukushima disaster, he thinks nuclear is the energy of the future.
INTERVIEW BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 22, 2011
Meltdowns and Misinformation
What do we actually know about Japan's nuclear crisis?
BY JOSEPH CIRINCIONE | MARCH 18, 2011
Atomic Dogs
Fukushima wasn't the only nuclear accident waiting to happen. From Bulgaria to New York, here are five other nuclear power plants to keep an eye on.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 17, 2011
Japan's Black Swan
The earthquake changed everything. What will Tokyo do next?
BY ROBERT MADSEN, RICHARD J. SAMUELS | MARCH 16, 2011
Leaks in All the Wrong Places
Why the Japanese public has good reason to distrust official information.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 14, 2011
Seismic Inequality
Rich countries have gotten very good at keeping people alive in earthquakes. But that doesn't mean poor countries should try to emulate them.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 14, 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
A Radioactive Situation
Japan's earthquake could shake public trust in the safety of nuclear power.
BY CHARLES D. FERGUSON | MARCH 11, 2011
Shakedown Artists
Earthquake expert Michael K. Lindell explains why the Japanese are better than the rest of us at preparing for earthquakes -- and what we can learn from them.
INTERVIEW BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 11, 2011
West Africa Lurches Toward War
As the world watches the tsunami in Japan and the uprising in Libya, another part of the world is on the brink of disaster. Is anyone paying attention?
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MARCH 11, 2011
The Big One
After being hit by not only one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Japan, but the tsunami that followed, the extent of devastation continues to unfold.
MARCH 11, 2011
Schadenfreude and Sympathy in Shanghai
Some Chinese are welcoming the tragedy unfolding in next-door Japan. Others are sending their prayers. As usual, the government is nervous.
BY ADAM MINTER | MARCH 11, 2011
China's Big Dam Problem
Chinese rulers have always tried to control their country's massive rivers. But will they be overwhelmed by the environmental backlash?
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | 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
Russia's Bloody Backyard
The North Caucasus, annexed by Russia in the 1800s and fiercely struggling for independence pretty much ever since, has turned into a killing field right on the edge of Europe. It may not get the headlines of Iraq or Afghanistan, but the raging Islamist insurgency here is getting increasingly deadly.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
The Ghosts of Duvalier
Baby Doc's return to Haiti is a potent reminder that his legacy of poverty and corruption lives on.
BY ELIZABETH ABBOTT | JANUARY 19, 2011
Dial Red for Recovery
Two cell-phone companies in Haiti have outshone the government, the NGOs, and the international community in reconstructing post-earthquake Haiti. How -- and why -- did they do it?
BY AMY BRACKEN | JANUARY 11, 2011
A High Price for War
How much would it cost if conflict erupted in Sudan once again?
BY NICK DONOVAN, MATTHEW BELL, VICTORIA BARR | JANUARY 11, 2011
Why Does Now Look So Much Like Then?
A look at Haiti, one year after the earthquake.
JANUARY 11, 2011
Great Expectations
The biggest problem with post-disaster relief efforts like Haiti's is the unreasonable ambitions we have for them.
BY CHARLES KENNY | JANUARY 10, 2011
Forget the Aftershocks
Plenty of factors are holding back Haiti's development, but last year's earthquake isn't one of them.
BY CHARLES KENNY | JANUARY 3, 2011
Thank God It's Over
Before we say say goodbye to 2010, a look back at the year's achievements and disasters, natural and otherwise.
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Next Christmas in Chernobyl
Nuclear blast zones, floating landfills, volcanic moonscapes, and other must-visit destinations for the disaster tourist.
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | DECEMBER 23, 2010
Publish or Perish
Private contractors cost taxpayers worldwide untold billions in corruption, inefficiency, and mismanagement. But the solution isn't getting rid of them -- it's showing the rest of us their paperwork.
BY CHARLES KENNY | DECEMBER 20, 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
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
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