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The Best Covers of 2011

Our favorites from the past year. 

DECEMBER 31, 2011

The Art of Foreign Policy

Our favorite FP illustrations from 2011.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The FP Twitterati 100

A who's who of the foreign-policy Twitterverse in 2011.

BY FOREIGN POLICY | JUNE 20, 2011

FP Favorites: The Stories That Mattered in March 2011

In March's installment of FP's most popular stories of the month, events in Libya and Japan had us glued to our screens, while March Madness was one place where democracy triumphed over dictatorship.

APRIL 1, 2011

FP Favorites: The Stories That Mattered in February 2011

In this month's installment of FP's most popular stories of the month, the events unfolding in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world were king.

MARCH 1, 2011

Voice of Terror

Anwar al-Awlaki has emerged as the most persuasive supporter of jihad for Muslims in the West.

BY ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS | JANUARY 18, 2011

Remembering Samuel Huntington

A man of towering intellect, who never shied away from going for the jugular.

BY FAREED ZAKARIA | JANUARY 5, 2011

Samuel Huntington's Legacy

Why his works on world order -- political and otherwise -- are still relevant today.

BY FRANCIS FUKUYAMA | JANUARY 5, 2011

40 Years of Foreign Policy

A look back at the last four decades of world affairs.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

Not on the List

Steve Clemons suggests some thinkers who deserved an honorable mention in 2010.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

Our Favorite Headlines of 2010

From disasters to honey traps, from WikiLeaks to Hezbollah hotties, FP's covered it all, our way.

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Who Says Foreign Policy Can't Look Good?

FP had a pretty good year when it comes to art, with National Magazine Award nominations for cover and for photography -- our first ever in both categories. Here, we celebrate the brilliant designers and photographers who translate ideas (and occasional wonkiness) into things of beauty.

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Exclusive: A Video Message from Aung San Suu Kyi

The newly released Burmese democracy advocate speaks about her selection as an FP Top Global Thinker of 2010.

BY AUNG SAN SUU KYI | NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In the Beginning, There Was Somalia

Two decades later, the U.S. still has no plan.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Dangerous Weakness

Somalia is the quintessential "failed state" -- and not just because it has topped Foreign Policy's Failed States Index since 2008.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Overcoming the Language Barrier

FP's translation project: From the Rwandan genocide to Tito's death, from Indian Muslims to Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, and from Israeli communists to Parisian chroniclers of the Vichy years, a selection of works you won't read anywhere else -- at least, not in English.

BY BRITT PETERSON | MAY 7, 2010

Farewell

And thanks for reading.

BY MOISÉS NAÍM | MAY/JUNE 2010

Muslims and the Caliphate

A top representative of the Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir responds to FP's Christian Caryl.

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Samuel Huntington, 1927-2008

A tribute to the provocative, brilliant, and intellectually fearless cofounder of Foreign Policy.

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Think Tank Second Thoughts

C. Fred Bergsten of the Peterson Institute for International Economics questions the presentation of FP's Think Tank Index.

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The 2008 Global Cities Index

Cities bear the brunt of the world's financial meltdowns, crime waves, and climate crises in ways national governments never will. So, when Foreign Policy, A.T. Kearney, and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs teamed up to measure globalization around the world, we focused on the 60 cities that shape our lives the most.

OCTOBER 15, 2008

The Globalization Index 2007

The world may not be flat for everyone, everywhere, but there's no turning back the clock on globalization. For the seventh year, Foreign Policy partners with A.T. Kearney to measure countries on their economic, personal, technological, and political integration. Find out who's climbing the ranks, and who's sliding down.

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Failed States 2007: The Best and Worst

This year, several vulnerable states took a step back from the brink.

JUNE 11, 2007

The Failed States Index 2007

The world's weakest states aren't just a danger to themselves. They can threaten the progress and stability of countries half a world away. In the third annual Failed States Index, Foreign Policy and The Fund for Peace rank the countries where the risk of failure is running high.

JUNE 11, 2007

The World's Most Dangerous Ideas

Ideas matter, and sometimes they can be dangerous.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2004

Intelligence Reform

With the resignation of George Tenet as director of U.S. central intelligence and the 9/11 Commission report inciting debate about intelligence reform in the United States, FP dips into its archive for a look at this issue through the years.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2004

In Hindsight: First Terms

As U.S. President George W. Bush's first term draws to a close, FP dips into its archive for a look at first terms of the past. 

JULY 1, 2004

Ranking the Rich 2004

The second annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on how their aid, trade, investment, migration, environment, security, and technology policies help poor countries. Find out who's up, who's down, why Denmark and the Netherlands earn the top spots, and why Japan once again finishes last.

MAY 1, 2004

20 Years Ago in FP

MARCH 1, 2004