International Organizations

Fear and Loathing in Central Asia

How Russia plans to use a previously obscure international organization to reassert its control over its "near abroad."

BY LELAND R. MILLER | AUGUST 5, 2010

Colombia Kicks Over the Negotiating Table

Is President Álvaro Uribe trying to prevent his successor from making peace with Venezuela?

BY BERNARDO ÁLVAREZ | JULY 29, 2010

What's Behind the Colombia-Venezuela Battle Royale

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is once again accusing Colombia and the U.S. government of plotting to topple him. But it's really Chávez who poses a threat to peace in the region.

BY OTTO REICH, JOHN SWEENEY | JULY 29, 2010

Why Kosovar Independence Is Good For Serbia

Thursday’s court ruling could be a blessing in disguise for the Serbs.

BY DAVID BOSCO | JULY 23, 2010

The Truth About Africom

No, the U.S. military is not trying to take over Africa. Here's what we're actually doing.

BY ROBERT MOELLER | JULY 21, 2010

China's Billion-Dollar Aid Appetite

Why is Beijing winning health grants at the expense of African countries?

BY JACK C. CHOW | JULY 19, 2010

It's Not the Economy, Stupid

The United States must tackle the dysfunctional Palestinian political system for the peace process to have any chance of success.

BY MICHELE DUNNE | JULY 4, 2010

A Tremor for Haiti's Aid Industry

The earthquake was only the latest disaster to capsize the country's already fragile local aid economy. Now outside organizations are threatening to overwhelm it entirely.

BY POOJA BHATIA | JUNE 30, 2010

Congo’s New Mobutu

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo turns 50 this month, its leader is taking a page from Mobutu Sese Seko’s playbook on repression. And the West is helping him.

BY JOE BAVIER | JUNE 29, 2010

The Long Emergency

Barack Obama's administration is taking an expansive, ambitious approach to global health. Does that mean giving up on combating HIV/AIDS?

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 25, 2010

Don't Feed the Bear

Going soft on the terms of Russia's WTO accession is bad for everyone.

BY DAVID CHRISTY | JUNE 25, 2010

What's the Frequency, Nkurunziza?

In central Africa, where on-air demagogues caused chaos in the 1990s, a Burundian radio broadcaster is playing with fire.

BY JINA MOORE | JUNE 25, 2010

The Oliver Stone Show

South of the Border is no portrait of Hugo Chávez or the Latin American left; it's about how one U.S. director views the world.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 24, 2010

Saving Failed States

How the United Nations let countries fall apart -- and how it needs to adapt if it wants to put them back together. (Originally published in the Winter 1992-1993 issue of Foreign Policy.)

BY GERALD B. HELMAN, STEVEN R. RATNER | JUNE 21, 2010

Where Autocrats Don't Fear to Tread

Why dictators love the United Nations.

BY JEFFREY HERBST | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Beijing's Coalition of the Willing

For the West, failed states are a problem. For China, they're an opportunity.

BY STEFAN HALPER | 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

Why the Iran Sanctions Matter

It's easy to criticize the U.N. Security Council's new resolution targeting Iran. But it might prove a surprisingly effective tool in tightening the noose on the regime in Tehran.

BY MATTHEW LEVITT | JUNE 11, 2010

Weak Tea

The U.N. sanctions against Iran have been watered down to almost nothing.

BY CHRISTOPHER R. WALL | JUNE 8, 2010

The Breach

China is about to break important international rules designed to prevent nuclear proliferation. Can Beijing be stopped?

BY MARK HIBBS | JUNE 4, 2010

Sri Lanka Rejects War Crimes Accusations

Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris tells FP that an International Crisis Group report accusing his government of intentionally killing civilians is "nebulous" and shrouded in a "veil of secrecy."

INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MAY 25, 2010

Sri Lanka's Vindictive Peace

A year after the final battle against the Tamil Tigers ended, the war is far from over.

BY SOMA ILANGOVAN | MAY 17, 2010

Europe Bought Time and Not Much Else

The bailout may soothe markets, but it won't fix the fundamental problems that have pushed Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Italy to the brink.

BY URI DADUSH, MOISÉS NAÍM | MAY 11, 2010

Somalia's Saviors Are Making Everything Worse

The U.S. and the U.N. are doing everything but keeping the peace in Mogadishu.

BY LETTA TAYLER | MAY 5, 2010

Thunder in Oslo

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

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 4, 2010

Lawyers vs. Pirates

As if catching pirates weren't hard enough, now we have to figure out what to do with them. And no, they can’t all just walk the plank.

BY J. PETER PHAM | APRIL 30, 2010

Why Bosnia Needs NATO (Again)

The country is more divided than any time since 1995. Time to call for reinforcements.

BY LOUISE ARBOUR, GEN. WESLEY CLARK | APRIL 29, 2010

Jean-Claude Trichet, Call Your Office

The European Central Bank is trying very hard not to get stuck bailing out Greece.

BY TRISTAN ABBEY, SCOTT PALTER | APRIL 29, 2010

Africa Needs a New Map

It’s time to start seeing the redrawing of the continent’s colonial borders as an opportunity, not a threat.

BY G. PASCAL ZACHARY | APRIL 28, 2010

How’s That Appeasement Working Out?

Barack Obama's Sudan strategy is more sophisticated than his detractors will admit. But that doesn't mean it is working.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 20, 2010