Education

$123,000,000,000,000*

*China’s estimated economy by the year 2040. Be warned.

BY ROBERT FOGEL | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

Losing Cairo?

Since Barack Obama's speech six months ago, the Muslim world has begun to lose hope in the United States. But it's not too late ... yet.

BY ANDREW ALBERTSON | DECEMBER 24, 2009

How to Whip the Afghan Army Into Shape

Much of President Barack Obama's strategy rests on the creation of a new, more competent Afghan military. Here's what he'll need to know to get the job done.

BY MARK MOYAR | DECEMBER 22, 2009

How al Qaeda Dupes Its Followers

Osama bin Laden's terror network has perfected the art of masking its unpopular agenda with a recruitment pitch that can hook just about anyone.

BY MALCOLM NANCE | DECEMBER 15, 2009

No Exit?

Despite a valiant start, impoverished, oil-rich Chad has succumbed to the resource curse. But it's not too late to escape.

BY LOUISE ARBOUR | SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Resource Cursed

Equatorial Guinea is perhaps the world's most striking example of why oil hurts, rather than helps, many of the countries that have it. Will the Obama administration stop the country's dictator from sucking its people dry?

BY TUTU ALICANTE, LISA MISOL | AUGUST 26, 2009

Think Again: A Marshall Plan for Africa

America brought Europe back to life a half-century ago. Why not give Africa the same chance?

BY GLENN HUBBARD | AUGUST 13, 2009

The Real Tragedy in Nigeria's Violence

Nigeria's problem isn't Islamist fundamentalism -- it's the country's corrupt and self-serving government.

BY JEAN HERSKOVITS | AUGUST 3, 2009

Think Again: Africa's Crisis

As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Africa, the continent is in far better shape than most experts think.

BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY 31, 2009

Interview: Mehdi Khalaji

The former Iranian seminarian speaks with FP about his unorthodox life, Moqtada al-Sadr, and what it's like to try and become an ayatollah.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JULY 27, 2009

The Rise of Ayatollah Moqtada al-Sadr

What is the fiery Iraqi cleric doing in Qom, Iran?

BY BABAK RAHIMI | JULY 27, 2009

Aiding the Future

Does U.S. foreign assistance really work?

BY MICHAEL WILKERSON | JULY 20, 2009

The Long Legs of the Crash: 13 Unexpected Consequences of the Financial Crisis

Last year had more than its share of vertigo-inducing headlines: major banks suddenly disappearing, the Dow plunging day after day, and billion-dollar bailouts failing to make a dent in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | MARCH 1, 2009

Engineering Jihad

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Reach Out and Teach Someone

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | JUNE 11, 2007

Inside the Ivory Tower

Professors of international relations counsel the leaders of today and mold the policymakers of tomorrow. But what do they think about the most pressing foreign-policy issues facing the United States? In our second exclusive survey, FP steps inside the ivory tower.

BY DANIEL MALINIAK, AMY OAKES, SUSAN PETERSON, MICHAEL J. TIERNEY | MARCH 1, 2007

Lost in America

Speak two languages and you're bilingual. Speak one? You must be American. So goes the old joke. But globalization means that students can no longer remain blissfully unaware. Can Americans open the classroom door, or will today's youth be unprepared to lead tomorrow's world?

BY DOUGLAS MCGRAY | APRIL 25, 2006

India Outsmarts China

The economic race between China and India is changing the way the world does business. By 2050, it is estimated that these two Asian heavyweights will account for nearly half the world's gross domestic product, up from just 6 percent today. But whose model is better, China's low-cost factories or India's low-cost financiers? For all the benefits of China's swift rise, India's brain power will finally give it the tools to catch up.

BY DIANA FARRELL | JANUARY 4, 2006

Asia's Textbook Case

BY JEFFREY N. WASSERSTROM | JANUARY 4, 2006

Hating School

MAY 5, 2005

The Brain Trade

FP looks at the global state of Higher Ed.

BY PHILIP G. ALTBACH, ROBERTA MALEE BASSETT | SEPTEMBER 1, 2004

France's War on Intelligence

BY SOPHIE MEUNIER | JULY 1, 2004

Expert Sitings

Ángel Cabrera is dean of Madrid's Instituto de Empresa, one of Europe's leading business schools (www.ie.edu).

 

MAY 1, 2004

Failure to Assimilate

MARCH 1, 2004

Staying Alive in Mindanao

BY JAMES B. GOODNO | NOVEMBER 1, 2003

Cap, Gown, Mouse

BY ANDREW CURRY | JANUARY 1, 2003

Head of the Class

BY THOMAS BLANTON | JULY 1, 2002