International Organizations

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

Libya's tenure on the U.N. Human Rights Council is just the latest example of how the international system has been hijacked by the world's most repressive regimes.

BY DANIEL AYALON | MARCH 2, 2011

Slash and Burn

Congressional Republicans are bent on all but eliminating the U.S. government's foreign aid budget. And Defense Secretary Robert Gates may be the only one who can stop them.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Can the Nuclear Talks With Iran Be Saved?

Perhaps not, but here's a proposal worth trying.

BY OLLI HEINONEN | JANUARY 27, 2011

Case Closed

Lebanon's Christian community has lost faith in the court established to prosecute the killers of the country's former premier. That's good news for Hezbollah, and bad news for the United States and its allies.

BY DAVID POLLOCK | JANUARY 20, 2011

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

The Forum for the Future was supposed to be an instrument of George W. Bush's Middle East freedom agenda. Seven years later, it embodies everything that was wrong with it -- and the Arab street is taking matters into its own hands.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 14, 2011

Running the World, After the Crash

Has the era of global cooperation ended before it began?

BY RICHARD SAMANS, KLAUS SCHWAB, MARK MALLOCH-BROWN | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

The Stories to Watch in 2011

For every totally out-of-the-blue crisis that seizes the international agenda, there are some that everyone should have seen coming. Here are five foreign-policy stories to watch in 2011.

BY CAMERON ABADI | DECEMBER 30, 2010

Le President, C'est Moi

Ivory Coast's president is making a desperate stand to keep his job -- but will his move just mean more misery for a country that's already seen enough?

BY JOHN JAMES | DECEMBER 21, 2010

A Man For Barbarous Coasts

Remembering Richard Holbrooke.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 14, 2010

The LWOT: Suicide bomber targets Sweden; Holder pushes back against criticism of stings

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 14, 2010

Fool's Gold

China's Confucius Peace Prize isn't the only bogus award out there. An FP list of the world's most laughable humanitarian honors.

BY MOHAMMAD SAGHA | DECEMBER 9, 2010

Is the WHO Becoming Irrelevant?

Why the world's premier public health organization must change or die.

BY JACK C. CHOW | DECEMBER 8, 2010

5 Lessons From Haiti's Disaster

What the earthquake taught us about foreign aid.

BY PAUL FARMER | DECEMBER 2010

Triumph in New Delhi

Critics have assailed Obama's Asia trip as a failure. They're ignoring the strategic victory that the president won in India.

BY ASHLEY J. TELLIS | NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The Russians Return

Russia's back in Afghanistan, this time in cooperation with the West -- but do objectives really align?

BY JAMES KIRCHICK | NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Delusion Points

Don't fall for the nostalgia -- George W. Bush's foreign policy really was that bad.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A New 'New Beginning'

What Barack Obama should tell the world in his Asia speech.

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

The Goldilocks Number?

The Federal Reserve just announced that it would buy $600 billion in government bonds over the next eight months. Some say it isn't enough, others say it could ruin the world's financial system, and the Fed says it's just right.

BY PHIL LEVY | NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Don't Try This Abroad

Nick Kristof is wrong. Amateurs are not the future of foreign aid.

BY DAVE ALGOSO | OCTOBER 26, 2010

The Return of Globalization

As the G-20 finance ministers gather in South Korea, trade is returning but currency wars are brewing. Can they agree to cooperate before protectionist urges tear them apart?

BY GARY HUFBAUER, KATI SUOMINEN | OCTOBER 21, 2010

Battle in Belgrade

Is Serbia Really Ready to Join the European Union?

BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 11, 2010

How Lebanon Was Lost

A former U.S. ally under Bush's Freedom Agenda, the country is now being neglected in the name of "engagement" with Syria -- and the results could be disastrous.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 8, 2010

Wallowing in Decline

Americans have gone from gloating over their global influence to bemoaning the loss of it. They were wrong then, and they're wrong now.

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

No Easy Fix for U.S. Foreign Aid

Obama's got the right idea, but it will be harder than he thinks.

BY JOHN NORRIS | SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Corrupt Democracy

Should the Barack Obama administration keep giving aid to the corrupt government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai? Kenyan whistle-blower John Githongo tells FP why pluralism and freedom will never thrive when everyone from officials to cab drivers are skimming off the top.

INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The Save-the-World Clock

Global leaders promised a decade ago to end poverty by 2015. With just five years left, the U.N. General Assembly -- including an estimated 140 heads of state -- will meet this week to assess progress. How much good has been done? Here's a hint: not enough.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A Changed Climate Skeptic?

Bjorn Lomborg has long infuriated environmental activists with his contrarian views on global warming. Has he now embraced their cause?

INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Judgment Day for Rwanda

Paul Kagame is proving to be a pliant Western ally. But a shocking new U.N. report shows why the Rwandan president can no longer claim to be a victim -- and it's time to hold him accountable.

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Why Russia Matters

Ten reasons why Washington must engage Moscow.

BY JAMES F. COLLINS, MATTHEW ROJANSKY | AUGUST 18, 2010

Reactor Reaction

An Iranian nuclear reactor will start operating in a few days. But Israel probably won't be bombing it.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | AUGUST 18, 2010