Foreign Aid

Romney: Year One

What would happen if you took Mitt Romney's foreign-policy promises extremely literally?

BY DANIEL DREZNER | MAY 25, 2012

Promise Keepers

It's time for the leaders of the G-8 nations to live up to their commitment to help the world's poor help themselves.

BY RAYMOND C. OFFENHEISER | MAY 17, 2012

The Miracle of Midland

How a West Texas oil town became an unlikely champion of human rights.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 15, 2012

Interview: A Business-Like Approach to Foreign Aid

A conversation with USAID administrator Rajiv Shah on expanding public-private partnerships and integrating development and emergency intervention.

BY SAMUEL LOEWENBERG | MAY 3, 2012

Lying to Tell the Truth

Saving the world is no excuse for fudging the facts.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 1, 2012

Predators for Peace

Drones have revolutionized war. Why not let them deliver aid?

BY JACK C. CHOW | APRIL 27, 2012

Away From the Handouts

The argument for a new approach to development aid.

BY PETER PASSELL | APRIL 26, 2012

How Not to Write About Africa

The media shamefully neglects Africa -- until it decides to swarm a story with terrible coverage.

BY LAURA SEAY | APRIL 25, 2012

Saving Somalia

Turkey may just be able to fix this war-torn east African nation -- if it doesn't fall into the same traps of would-be saviors who came before it.

BY LAURA HEATON | APRIL 24, 2012

Doing Right by the World's Women

A conversation with the first female head of the U.N. Development Program on the most pressing issues for women in the developing world.

BY MARGARET SLATTERY | APRIL 23, 2012

Still the One

Muammar al-Qaddafi may be history in Libya, but in this remote African kingdom he reigns supreme.

BY ANDREW GREEN | MAY/JUNE 2012

Smart Sanctions: A Short History

How a blunt diplomatic tool morphed into the precision-guided measures we know today.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY/JUNE 2012

The Qatar Bubble

Can this tiny, rich emirate really solve the Middle East's thorniest political conflicts?

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | MAY/JUNE 2012

Dear Abu Mazen: End This Farce

An open letter to the Palestinian leader.

BY YOSSI BEILIN | APRIL 4, 2012

Sharing the Burden

Why Africa doesn't need your white guilt anymore.

BY CHARLES KENNY | APRIL 2, 2012

16 Ways to Fix Burma

On the eve of the country's historic elections, 16 experts give us their prescriptions for the future.

MARCH 30, 2012

Filling Saleh's Shoes

Yemen's new president has his work cut out for him. Is he up to the task?

BY TOM FINN | MARCH 21, 2012

Argentina's Dubious Boom

Argentina's economy has been coasting on its past successes. Don't be fooled.

BY ROBERT LOONEY | MARCH 14, 2012

Let's Stop Miscasting Africans

Africans are way past the victim thing -- but Westerners don't seem to be there yet. A tale of two films.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 13, 2012

Rude Awakening

Promoting democracy in places like Egypt or Iraq is about changing the status quo. So why are we so surprised when it turns out that not everyone is in favor?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Immunizing the Body Politic

Want to promote democracy in Burma? Start by making sure people are well enough to vote.

BY JACK C. CHOW | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Food Aid: Stuff People Need

Ambassador Ertharin Cousin and Nancy Lindborg say U.S. food aid has come a long way since serving as a means of donating surplus commodities.

JAN/FEB 2012

The World According to Ron Paul

Republicans are freaked out about what a libertarian isolationist in the White House would do to American power -- but not all Democrats are.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | DECEMBER 23, 2011

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.

BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011

A Friend in Need

Can disaster aid actually win hearts and minds?

BY CHARLES KENNY | OCTOBER 31, 2011

The Numbers Game

U.N. spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs writes that David Rieff's accusations of casualty count inflation are unfair.

NOVEMBER 2011

Liberia’s Fundraiser in Chief

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf may have won the Nobel Peace Prize and widespread international admiration, but can she win re-election?

BY KAREN LEIGH | OCTOBER 7, 2011

Bridges to Somewhere

More austerity won't save the global economy. Building infrastructure just might.

BY JUSTIN YIFU LIN | SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Stopping the Fifth Column

How to end a post-Qaddafi insurgency in Libya before it starts.

BY BRIAN FISHMAN | AUGUST 24, 2011

The Black Hawk Down Effect

We all know what went wrong the last time the international community tried to end a crisis in Somalia. But we've forgotten what went right.

BY JOHN L. HIRSCH | AUGUST 12, 2011