Election 2012

The FP Survey: The Economy

If we're ever going to get out of this slump, what will it take? We asked more than 60 leading economists to tell us.

NOVEMBER 2012

Better Late than Never

How naive self-confidence led Barack Obama astray, before prudence brought him back.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 5, 2012

The 4 Percent Solution

How much military can you buy for $720 billion a year?

BY JAMES JAY CARAFANO | OCTOBER 5, 2012

Mad Libs: Economy Edition

With a presidential race focused on the ailing U.S. economy, Foreign Policy asked the experts to help fill in the blanks.

NOVEMBER 2012

Game Change: China Edition

What if American political reporters covered the Chinese horse race?

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | OCTOBER 4, 2012

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

Classic presidential foreign policy campaign gaffes.

BY JOHN NORRIS | OCTOBER 3, 2012

The All-Time Top 10 Debate Moments on Foreign Policy

From Soviet gaffes to talking snowmen, the highlights from presidential elections past.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 2, 2012

The Election Is Over

It's time to start worrying about 2013, because the Obama team clearly isn't.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 1, 2012

Mitt Romney's Terrible Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

It's official: The Republican nominee has no new ideas for the Middle East.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 1, 2012

Mr. 3.75 Percent

Paul Ryan wants to cut federal discretionary spending to the level of Equatorial Guinea. Yes, that's as crazy as it sounds.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | OCTOBER 1, 2012

Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up?

The Republican candidate gave us a tantalizing hint this week of what his foreign policy might actually look like -- but does he have the guts to actually do what we think he thinks?

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Madam President?

While Barack Obama was off fighting to keep his job, Hillary Clinton was busy in New York doing it.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Forget 'Better Off'

Are you safer than you were four years ago?

BY MICAH ZENKO | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Smart Sanctions

Actually, Obama's Iran policy is working great.

BY ALIREZA NADER | SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Breakfast with Ahmadinejad

Iran's president meets the press.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

An Open Letter to the United States of America

Some unsolicited thoughts from an Egyptian revolutionary.

BY MAHMOUD SALEM | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Peaceniks in Palestine

The PLO’s U.S. ambassador slams Mitt Romney’s leaked comments on the Middle East.

BY MAEN RASHID AREIKAT | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Aim High

Guess who's in Romney's 47 percent?

BY GORDON ADAMS | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Coming to Grips with Impotence

Can we really expect the president to be able to fix the Middle East?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Dirty Bomb, Muddy Thinking

Mitt Romney screws up nuclear weapons 101.

BY JOE CIRINCIONE | SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Bibi's Blunder

How Netanyahu killed the Israel lobby.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Handle With Care

Can Mitt Romney be trusted with the Middle East?

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Yes, Russia Is Our Top Geopolitical Foe

Why Mitt Romney is right about Moscow.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Das Gift

How Angela Merkel's bold plan to save Europe may have just saved Barack Obama.

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Red Lines over Iran

Mitt Romney has adopted Benjamin Netanyahu's dangerous timetable for war.

BY SAMUEL R. BERGER | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Stealing the Hymnal

The Democrats might have real differences over foreign policy with their Republican challengers, but you wouldn't know it from listening to them.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Bin There, Done That

Since when did the Democrats start talking like Rudy Giuliani?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Coasting

Was the U.S. Navy really better in 1917?

BY JAMES HOLMES | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Cancer at the Core

The key to ensuring America's long-term national security is something neither Democrats nor Republicans really seem to understand.

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

What You Missed While You Were Live-Tweeting the Conventions

Believe it or not, there's been other news.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012