Internet

The Antisocial Network

Osama bin Laden may be dead, but his legion of online jihadis is more determined than ever.

BY EVAN F. KOHLMANN | MAY 23, 2011

No Need for Speed

Save your money, United Nations -- the developing world doesn't need broadband Internet to get ahead.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY 16, 2011

A Tale of Two Viruses

The dangerous business of comparing cyber and bio attacks to each other.

MAY/JUNE 2011

The World of Holy Warcraft

How al Qaeda is using online game theory to recruit the masses.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN, ALIX LEVINE | APRIL 13, 2011

The YouTube Revolutions

Twitter and Facebook have received all the attention, but it's the popular video uploading site that provides the best window into what's happening on the Arab street.

BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH 30, 2011

Netizens Unite

An advocate for Washington's "Internet Freedom" agenda has second thoughts.

MARCH/APRIL 2011

Egypt's Foreigner Blame Game

Hosni Mubarak tries xenophobia to stay at the helm.

BY PETER BOUCKAERT | FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Fiber Cons

You don't need to be superfast to be super-competitive -- but try telling that to the governments sinking billions into fiber-optic networks.

BY CHARLES KENNY, ROBERT KENNY | JANUARY 31, 2011

Iran Cracks Down While Egypt Cracks Up

Tehran is claiming that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt reflect the heady days of 1979. Not so fast says the Green Movement -- it's 2009 that's a better parallel.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | JANUARY 31, 2011

Voice of Terror

Anwar al-Awlaki has emerged as the most persuasive supporter of jihad for Muslims in the West.

BY ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS | JANUARY 18, 2011

The First Twitter Revolution?

Not so fast. The Internet can take some credit for toppling Tunisia's government, but not all of it.

BY ETHAN ZUCKERMAN | JANUARY 14, 2011

Meet the Persident

In surreal Russia, fake presidential tweets are much more relevant than the real ones.

BY JULIA IOFFE | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

Freedom.gov

Why Washington's support for online democracy is the worst thing ever to happen to the Internet.

BY EVGENY MOROZOV | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

10 Conversations That Just Got a Little More Awkward

What WikiLeaks hath wrought.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Good Ideas For Bad Times

A look at the innovative thinkers and bold ideas that kept 2010 from being a total wash.

BY CHARLES KENNY | DECEMBER 2010

Attitude Correction

How Jonathan Guyer got our survey of Palestinian social media wrong.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Al Qaeda Wants to Be Friends

An insider's tour of the electronic jihad in the Facebook era.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN | OCTOBER 12, 2010

The Internet Jihad

Zach Chesser's how-to guide.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN | NOVEMBER 2010

The Great Internet Freedom Fraud

How Haystack endangered the Iranian dissidents it was supposed to protect.

BY EVGENY MOROZOV | SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Awesome Aughties

The decade through rose-colored glasses.

BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

Googlopolis

Eric Schmidt tells FP what makes a city smart, how not to lose $1 trillion -- and the one place he's never been.

INTERVIEW BY CHRISTINA LARSON | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

This Week at War: Is Mexico's Drug War Doomed?

Learning to live with drug cartels -- and killer robots.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | AUGUST 13, 2010

Interview: Marjane Satrapi

An acclaimed Iranian graphic artist and filmmaker tells FP why Iran is changing -- and how her stories have become a window into revolutionary Iran.

INTERVIEW BY GOLNAZ ESFANDIARI, ESFANDIARI, GOLNAZ | JULY 8, 2010

An African iPhone? There’s No App for That.

Why Steve Jobs should let Africans buy his new toy.

BY DAYO OLOPADE | JUNE 24, 2010

Wiring Democracy

JUNE 21, 2010

Out of the Closet, into the Chat Rooms

How the Internet is revolutionizing gay rights in Latin America.

BY ELISABETH JAY FRIEDMAN | JUNE 17, 2010

Tehran's Lost Connection

Is the Iranian regime's cyberwar with the United States real, or a paranoid delusion?

BY GENEIVE ABDO | JUNE 10, 2010

The FP Quiz

Are you a globalization junkie? Then test your knowledge of global trends, economics, and politics with 8 questions about how the world works.  

MAY/JUNE 2010

Think Again: The Internet

They told us it would usher in a new era of freedom, political activism, and perpetual peace. They were wrong. 

BY EVGENY MOROZOV | MAY/JUNE 2010

Russia's Terror Goes Viral

The metro bombings in Moscow make clear that terrorism is far from exorcized from Russia. So where has it been hiding these last few, quiet years? The Web.

BY PAUL QUINN-JUDGE | MARCH 29, 2010