International Organizations
Losing at the IMF
The Obama administration set out to reform the international financial system, but now finds itself on the defensive. What went wrong?
BY DOUGLAS REDIKER | OCTOBER 10, 2012
Blame Game
Want to avert another global recession? Stop the finger-pointing.
BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 2012
Argentina's Deadbeat Mom
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner refuses to pay Argentina's massive debts -- and that's why she has to go.
BY JAMES K. GLASSMAN | OCTOBER 4, 2012
How Not to Lead the World
The U.N. General Assembly is providing a real-time seminar on failed leadership.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
A New Model for Foreign Aid
How the Millennium Challenge Corporation is changing how America helps the world's poor.
BY DANIEL W. YOHANNES | SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
The Problem with Patriotism
The dispute over islands in the East China Sea is stirring up nationalist passions in the region. That doesn't bode well for the future of democracy.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
It's Time to Act in Syria
Yes, it's true: Military involvement in Syria has its risks. But the costs of non-intervention are growing by the day.
BY MARK N. KATZ | SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
The Gang That Can't Shoot Straight
The Syrian National Council has failed to galvanize international support for the rebellion -- and it has only itself to blame.
BY MALIK AL-ABDEH | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Learning Europe's Lessons in Africa
Why five East African countries are trying to follow in the European Union's footsteps -- minus the common currency.
BY BLAIR GLENCORSE AND CHARLES LANDOW | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
The Talkfest in Tehran
Should Americans really worry about the Non-Aligned Movement, a relic of the Cold War whose purpose is no longer clear?
BY DAVID BOSCO | AUGUST 27, 2012
Mad Libs: The United Nations
As the U.N. General Assembly prepares to meet next month, FP asked experts and insiders what role the body -- lately taking heat for its response to crises in Syria and Iran -- should play on the world stage today.
AUGUST 13, 2012
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Public health activists and pharmaceutical companies are finally joining forces to help developing countries get access to low-cost drugs.
BY ROGER BATE | JULY 23, 2012
Rebuilding the Police in Kosovo
In the wake of its war with the Serbs, Kosovo faced a yawning law enforcement gap. Here's how the international community helped an embyronic country rebuild its police.
BY MORGAN GREENE, JONATHAN FRIEDMAN, RICHARD BENNET | JULY 18, 2012
Blood Law
Does it matter that the Red Cross now says Syria is technically in a state of "civil war"?
BY DAVID RIEFF | JULY 17, 2012
Talking a Great Game
So far, Washington's pivot to Asia has included a lot of work on security and trade. Democracy, not so much.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 11, 2012
Moscow's Marines Head for Syria
The Russians have dispatched a naval task force to Syria. As if the place wasn't enough of a mess already.
BY MARK KATZ | JULY 10, 2012
Dereliction of Duty
A new U.N. report has highlighted Rwanda's responsibility for continuing conflict in the Congo. Washington's inaction is an outrage.
BY JEFFREY TAYLER | JULY 10, 2012
Latin America's Paraguayan Hangover
Some Latin American leaders have peculiar ideas about what constitutes an assault on democratic principles.
BY MAC MARGOLIS | JULY 9, 2012
The Court of Last Resort
Will the ICC's next decade see the court expand the stop-start gains of its first 10 years?
BY RICHARD DICKER | JUNE 29, 2012
Battle Rial
To end Iran's nuclear program, it's time for America to step up its economic warfare.
BY MARK DUBOWITZ | JUNE 28, 2012
If at First You Don't Succeed…
The Palestinians are having another go at the United Nations. Will this time be as disastrous as the last?
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | JUNE 27, 2012
The Exclusion Zone
G-20 leaders are out of ideas and out of touch. No wonder their citizens are so angry.
BY MICHAEL J. CASEY | JUNE 19, 2012
For Multilateralism, Is This the Dark Moment Before the Dawn?
Let's hope so.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 18, 2012
The Dictator Hunter's Wanted List
9 former autocrats and bad guys that should be made to pay for their crimes.
BY REED BRODY | JUNE 18, 2012
Egypt's Subsidy Blues
When Egypt's next rulers finally tackle urgently needed economic reform, they should look to an unlikely model: Iran.
BY PETER PASSELL | JUNE 15, 2012
No More Half Measures
A compromise solution that removes Syria's Bashar al-Assad but replaces him with a crony is now fully off the table. It's time for Washington to back the opposition.
BY DANIEL BYMAN | JUNE 14, 2012
The Devil They Know
Why the West shouldn't expect Russia's policy on Syria to change anytime soon.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 13, 2012
Will India Ever Really Be America's Partner?
Ten big things Washington is still waiting on from New Delhi.
BY CHRISTOPHER CLARY | JUNE 11, 2012
Where Have All the Blue Helmets Gone?
A look at the Third World troops who fight the U.N.'s wars.
BY COLUM LYNCH | JUNE 6, 2012
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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