Elections
The Cairo Consensus
Will Egyptian voters cast their ballot against the United States and Israel?
BY SCOTT CLEMENT | MAY 24, 2012
Damned if You Do
Obama hasn't made a peep about cutting U.S. support to NATO -- though everyone agrees it's necessary to get Europeans to pay their fair share. And yet, Romney attacks him for it.
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MAY 23, 2012
The Good Felool
If Amr Moussa wins Egypt's presidential election, is the revolution over?
BY DAVID KENNER | MAY 22, 2012
Russia's Surprisingly Liberal New Cabinet
Vladimir Putin may have reclaimed the presidency, but his sidekick Dmitry Medvedev is winning the appointments game. Are liberal reforms finally possible?
BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | MAY 21, 2012
The Government We Deserve
Americans are sick and tired of Washington's dysfunctional politics. But it's not Congress they should be angry at -- Americans got exactly the system of government they asked for.
BY ALASDAIR ROBERTS | MAY 21, 2012
Welcome to the New World Disorder
The G-8 is not about to save the world. It's time the United States started planning for the G-Zero.
BY IAN BREMMER | MAY 14, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
France gets a new president, neo-Nazis make gains in Greece, and Putin hits the ice.
MAY 11, 2012
A Land Without a Rudder
Greeks are clearly relieved to have crushed a corroded old political system, but now there's nothing workable to replace it.
BY JOANNA KAKISSIS | MAY 9, 2012
Vox Pop: Egyptians Prepare to Choose a President
Everyone's talking about Egypt's presidential election. But what do the voters think?
BY MAGDY SAMAAN | MAY 9, 2012
The Last RINO
To the modern Republican Party, Richard Lugar was already a dead man walking. He just didn't realize it.
BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | MAY 8, 2012
Spring Is Over
Has the Russian protest movement fatally weakened Vladimir Putin? Don’t bet on it.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 8, 2012
Auf Wiedersehen, Mon Ami
As her buddy, Nicolas Sarkozy, leaves office, Angela Merkel is now left all alone. Can she still steer the European ship without a first mate?
BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | MAY 7, 2012
Mr. Nice Guy
France has chosen François Hollande, but can she fall in love with a man who lacks the passion of leaders past?
BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 7, 2012
Medvedev the Phony
Russia's outgoing president was never the liberal reformer he claimed to be. But don't just take our word for it -- he said so himself.
BY LILIA SHEVTSOVA, DAVID J. KRAMER | MAY 7, 2012
President Paul
Ron Paul maybe a long shot in November, but he's America's best bet on foreign policy.
BY MICHAEL SCHEUER | MAY 3, 2012
"Captains Stay with Their Crew"
Most of the Americans charged by Egypt in the NGO affair have since left the country. But one, Robert Becker, decided to stay and face the music.
BY MOHAMED FADEL FAHMY | MAY 2, 2012
President Sarkozy's Desperate Mayday
With friends and foes ganging up on him, Nicolas Sarkozy's run for a second term is looking bleak.
BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 1, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Sarkozy comes in second in France, tension rises in South Sudan, and Australia remembers its fallen soldiers.
APRIL 26, 2012
Après Moi, le Déluge
Five reasons that Europe will rue the loss of Nicolas Sarkozy.
BY JAMES POULOS | APRIL 24, 2012
Containing Weapons of Mass Surveillance
President Obama is on the right track with Monday's executive order, but the United States needs to get tougher on the global digital arms race.
BY REBECCA MACKINNON | APRIL 24, 2012
The Most Powerful Women You've Never Heard Of
The Angela Merkels and Dilma Rousseffs get all the attention. But they're not the only female leaders running the world.
BY FP STAFF | MAY/JUNE 2012
Feminism, Brotherhood Style
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have their own take on women's liberation.
BY SARAH A. TOPOL | APRIL 23, 2012
5 Ways Jim Yong Kim Can Save the World Bank
If it really wants to reduce poverty, the bank will have to slaughter some of its sacred cows.
BY VISHNU SRIDHARAN | APRIL 17, 2012
Meet Egypt's next president
BY MARY CASEY | APRIL 12, 2012
The Lesson from Mali: Do No Harm
An African success story is in trouble. Is the West's intervention in Libya to blame?
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | APRIL 11, 2012
After Chávez, the Narcostate
There are powerful men in Venezuela who are far worse than Hugo Chávez. And if Obama keeps "leading from behind" in Latin America, that's who we very well might get.
BY ROGER F. NORIEGA | APRIL 11, 2012
The 4 key points of Barack Obama's counterterrorism speech
BY JOHN HUDSON
Forget the Sunni-Shiite divide. It's the inter-Sunni conflicts you should watch.
Can Haiti's president lead his fractured country out of crisis?
BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL
High-ranking Chinese official asks: Why are Jews so smart?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
The Pentagon is wriggling its way out of sequestration
America's natural gas boom is bad news for China
BY CHARLES R. MORRIS
On suicide, sexual harassment, and command: A Naval officer's experience
BY 'A. NAVAL OFFICER'
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