International Relations

Israel's New Kingmaker

Yair Lapid's critics have dismissed the former TV personality as vapid and uninformed. They couldn't be more wrong.

BY NERI ZILBER | JANUARY 29, 2013

Think Again: The Muslim Brotherhood

How did so many Western analysts get Egypt's Islamist movement so wrong?

BY ERIC TRAGER | JANUARY 28, 2013

America in Recline

Obama's foreign policy leans back from the world.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 28, 2013

Our Man in Havana

Was USAID planning to overthrow Castro?

BY PETER KORNBLUH | JANUARY 25, 2013

Why the Killing in Syria Is Just the Beginning

The international community’s failure on Syria limits its power to act against the even bigger bloodletting that’s likely to happen down the road.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 25, 2013

The French Connection

Why is the United States paying for its ally's adventures in Africa?

BY PHILLIP CARTER | JANUARY 24, 2013

Brexit Blackmail

Has David Cameron gone too far in threatening to pull Britain from the EU?

BY ALEX MASSIE | JANUARY 23, 2013

Obama's Moment of Truth on Iran

Congratulations, Mr. President. Now it's time to make good on your promise to engage Iran.

BY REZA MARASHI | JANUARY 22, 2013

Flyover Country

Why the United States can't just drone Algeria.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JANUARY 22, 2013

Tight Times in the Grand Bazaar

Are Iranians really feeling the pinch of U.S. and international sanctions on their economy?

BY SUNE ENGEL RASMUSSEN | JANUARY 16, 2013

Preparing for the New Syria

Sooner or later, the war will end, and Syrians will have to sit down and talk about the future of their state. Here's a roadmap.

BY ASHRAF GHANI, CLARE LOCKHART | JANUARY 15, 2013

Civil Savant

How Andrew Marshall has shaped our world.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 7, 2013

Eve of Disaster

Why 2013 eerily looks like the world of 1913, on the cusp of the Great War.

BY CHARLES EMMERSON | JANUARY 4, 2013

Four Surprises That Could Rock Asia in 2013

Are we paying attention to the wrong crises?

BY MICHAEL MAZZA | JANUARY 3, 2013

Does the GOP Need a New Foreign Policy?

Can the Republican Party survive without coming to terms with the Bush-Cheney years? FP's Shadow Government team weighs in.

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dear John

John Kerry can be a great secretary of state. Here's how.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JANUARY 2, 2013

Edge of the World

For one journalist embarking on a seven-year journey to retrace the footsteps of early humans, the biggest obstacles are man-made.

BY PAUL SALOPEK | JANUARY 2, 2013

We're All Declinist Pundits These Days; Recession-Proof

FP's "Who Won the Great Recession?" package elicits reflections on U.S.-China power dynamics and how to succeed in business during hard times.

JANUARY 2, 2013

BRIC by BRIC

Can these very different countries really manage to work together?

JANUARY 2, 2013

Feeling the Pain in Tehran

As sanctions bite, some of Iran's leaders are signaling a willingness to come back to the negotiating table.

BY NAZILA FATHI | DECEMBER 21, 2012

The Midlife Crisis of Bangladesh

Bangladeshis want a reckoning with their bloody past. But they can do it without partisanship?

BY JOSEPH ALLCHIN | DECEMBER 21, 2012

A Network of Dictators

There's a fight brewing for the future of the Internet.

BY JAMES A. LEWIS | DECEMBER 21, 2012

What Africa Did Right in 2012

Africans are getting better at finding their own solutions to African problems.

BY JON TEMIN | DECEMBER 20, 2012

Untouchable

Why Hillary Clinton is the Teflon secretary.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 18, 2012

A Line in the Sea

Is Japan’s new leader going to pick a fight with China?

BY MICHAEL AUSLIN | DECEMBER 18, 2012

They Actually Did It

Are we all going to die from an Iranian-built, North Korean ICBM?

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | DECEMBER 14, 2012

Launch This

Why Barack Obama needs to reset his North Korea policy.

BY JOEL S. WIT, JENNY TOWN | DECEMBER 13, 2012

Paging Bruce Willis

Whose job is it to stop an asteroid from hitting the Earth?

BY J. DANA STUSTER | DECEMBER 13, 2012

Ripe for Rivalry

Has Asia's moment of reckoning finally arrived?

BY VICTOR D. CHA | DECEMBER 12, 2012

Lost in Cyberspace

Why the State Department’s proposed new Twitter restrictions are a terrible idea.

BY WILL MCCANTS | DECEMBER 10, 2012