Freedom

Thunder in Oslo

The tug of war over human rights in the age of Obama.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 4, 2010

Iran's Home Movies

Exiled Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi tells FP how he fell in love with cinema -- and why Iran needs its film industry now more than ever.

INTERVIEW BY KAYVAN FARZANEH | APRIL 20, 2010

How Sudan's Election Got Messy

Diplomats, politicians, NGOs, and even the South Sudanese themselves went into this week's vote with one goal: to get it over with. But it's not that easy.

BY MAGGIE FICK | APRIL 12, 2010

How Not to Run an Empire

Ignoring human rights in favor of stability is backfiring not just in Kyrgyzstan, but all over Central Asia -- big time.

BY TOM MALINOWSKI | APRIL 9, 2010

Happy Birthday to Burma's Military

It's been a hell of an awful 65 years.

BY DAVID SCOTT MATHIESON | APRIL 7, 2010

Bashir’s Campaign of Fear

The South Sudanese will probably re-elect their incumbent in this month’s elections. But it’s not because they like him.

BY MAGGIE FICK | APRIL 2, 2010

They’re Not Brainwashed, They’re Just Miserable

What North Koreans really want.

BY MARCUS NOLAND | MARCH 30, 2010

Interview: António Guterres

From Darfur to Afghanistan, the U.N.’s point man on refugees says, the world’s conflicts are getting “more worrisome and more difficult to solve.”

INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MARCH 23, 2010

The Message Obama Should Send to Iran

Last March, Barack Obama extended a hand to the Iranian government on the occasion of the country's New Year. This time, he should speak straight to the people.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | MARCH 18, 2010

What the Neocons Got Right

Believe it or not, they made a few good calls.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | MARCH 11, 2010

Inside a Dictator's Secret Police

Eight years ago, Reed Brody stumbled upon the records of one of Africa's most brutal leaders, Chad's Hissène Habré. Now, two decades after he fell from power, Habré finally faces charges for his crimes -- if, that is, the trial actually happens.

BY REED BRODY | MARCH 9, 2010

The Conventional Wisdom Isn't Always Wrong

Five things you think are true that are.

BY JOSHUA KEATING | MARCH 5, 2010

Life Inside Somalia’s Bunker Government

An interview with Information Minister Dahir Gelle, as told to FP's Elizabeth Dickinson.

MARCH 5, 2010

Does Obama Have His Own Freedom Agenda Or Not?

Democracy promotion after Bush.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Planet War

From the bloody civil wars in Africa to the rag-tag insurgiences in Southeast Asia, 33 conflicts are raging around the world today, and it’s often innocent civilians who suffer the most.

BY KAYVAN FARZANEH, ANDREW SWIFT, PETER WILLIAMS | FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Terms of Engagement

Obama’s top advisors think they can get results from dictators and autocrats without making odious moral choices. Time to prove it, says James Traub in his new weekly column for Foreign Policy.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Bargaining With the Devil

How should Barack Obama deal with evil?

BY ROBERT MNOOKIN | FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Life After Kim

As North Korea's Dear Leader celebrates his 69th birthday, it's worth asking what plans the United States has for Pyongyang once he's gone. Turns out, Washington doesn't have much.

BY SUNG-YOON LEE | FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Iran, Facebook, and the Limits of Online Activism

The green movement's Internet leaders are learning the perils and pitfalls of online organizing -- the hard way.

BY CAMERON ABADI | FEBRUARY 12, 2010

This Is What Victory Looks Like

How Aaron David Miller romanticizes the past and underestimates the future.

BY ABRAHAM M. DENMARK | FEBRUARY 9, 2010

This Week at War

What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The Revolution Will Definitely Not Be Televised

If a protester waves a sign in Russia, and no one sees it on TV, does he exist?

BY JULIA IOFFE | FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The End of Diplomacy?

Once up a time, Americans achieved great things abroad. No longer.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Solomon's Baby in the Middle East

A trip to a village literally cut in two by war.

BY ANDREW J. TABLER | FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Big Trouble With Big China

From Washington to Beijing, relations are looking more tense than ever. Here's a guide to which disputes matter -- and which are likely to blow over fast.

BY JOHN LEE | FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Remarks on the Future of European Security

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at France's L'Ecole Militaire on Jan. 29, 2010.

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Gamble

Lawmakers walk out, triggering an electoral confrontation that could jump-start independence negotiations with Beijing. But have they put too much on the line?

BY EMILY RAUHALA | JANUARY 29, 2010

CIA Man Retracts Claim on Waterboarding

A study in "enhanced reporting techniques."

BY JEFF STEIN | JANUARY 26, 2010

Internet Freedom

The prepared text of U.S. of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech, delivered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

JANUARY 21, 2010

Think Again: Iran's Green Movement

It's a civil rights movement, not a revolution.

BY HOOMAN MAJD | JANUARY 6, 2010