Media

The World Weighs In

As Washington wakes up to a new shift in power, the world's press is trying to figure out what it means for them -- and whether Obama is still worth talking to.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Popping the Military's Classification Bubble

The vast majority of the WikiLeaks documents on Afghanistan shouldn't have been classified. I should know, I wrote some of them.

BY SCOTT BOHLINGER | OCTOBER 28, 2010

The Revenge of the Novel

Mario Vargas Llosa, the new Nobel laureate, has always seen fiction as much more than just stories.

BY WILLIAM EGGINTON | OCTOBER 7, 2010

The Death of Egypt's Free Press

In the run-up to November's parliamentary elections, President Hosni Mubarak's allies are silencing what remains of the independent media.

BY DAVID KENNER | OCTOBER 5, 2010

Cliches of the Century

Ten easy ways to illustrate China vs. India -- and miss the point entirely.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

What Arabs Really Think About Iran

The Arab world might have soured on President Obama, but opinion polls show that they haven't rushed to embrace Iran.

BY DAVID POLLOCK | SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

How Not to Get Played by Ahmadinejad

A reporter's guide to interviewing the Iranian president.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Who's Misreading Tehran?

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett take issue with FP's "Misreading Tehran" package.

SEPT. / OCT. 2010

How WikiLeaks Could Use Its Power for Good

Targeted leaks work better than document dumps.

BY CHARLI CARPENTER | AUGUST 12, 2010

Digital Diplomacy

So what if Hillary Clinton's "21st Century Statecraft" isn’t exactly reinventing international relations for the information age? It's still a worthy endeavor.

BY SAM DUPONT | AUGUST 3, 2010

My Pen Pal, the Jihadist

How a young Virginia man charged with supporting terrorists in Somalia became my online sparring partner -- and why he is so dangerous.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN | JULY 29, 2010

Operation Roll Back Kuwaiti Freedom

This wealthy Gulf monarchy used to be a bright spot for freedom of speech in the Middle East. No longer.

BY PRIYANKA MOTAPARTHY | JULY 21, 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

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

What Really Happened in Urumqi?

One year later, here's what we still don't know about the bloody riots in China's Xinjiang region.

BY KATHLEEN E. MCLAUGHLIN | JUNE 24, 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

A Short History of a Bad Metaphor

Working with Russia isn't necessarily a bad idea. Reducing it to a catchphrase is. 

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 16, 2010

Ethiopia's Democratic Sham

A government clampdown has rendered the outcome of Sunday's parliamentary elections a foregone conclusion. Washington doesn't seem to mind that its ally, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, is assured a win.

BY NATHANIEL MYERS | MAY 21, 2010

Overcoming the Language Barrier

FP's translation project: From the Rwandan genocide to Tito's death, from Indian Muslims to Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, and from Israeli communists to Parisian chroniclers of the Vichy years, a selection of works you won't read anywhere else -- at least, not in English.

BY BRITT PETERSON | MAY 7, 2010

Defending Dennis Ross

In his latest attack on the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Stephen Walt strikes a note that would have made Joseph McCarthy proud.

BY ROBERT SATLOFF | APRIL 8, 2010

Is This the Future of Journalism?

Why Wikileaks matters.

BY JONATHAN STRAY | APRIL 7, 2010

The Things I Forgot to Carry

My very first embed.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 5, 2010

The Top Chef for India's Real Housewives

The man behind India's proposed new 24-hour food channel isn't quite the Westernized culinary rebel some might think. 

BY MIRANDA KENNEDY | MARCH 29, 2010

The Message Obama Should Send to Iran

Last March, Barack Obama extended a hand to the Iranian government on the occasion of the country's New Year. This time, he should speak straight to the people.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | MARCH 18, 2010

The Many Wives of Jacob Zuma

Why the South African president's polygamy is about more than womanizing.

BY MIRIAM KOKTVEDGAARD ZEITZEN | MARCH 12, 2010

The Green Movement Is More Than Facebook

Why Feb. 11 was no failure for Iran's opposition.

BY MOHAMMAD SADEGHI | MARCH 8, 2010

Life Inside Somalia’s Bunker Government

An interview with Information Minister Dahir Gelle, as told to FP's Elizabeth Dickinson.

MARCH 5, 2010

Burma's Oscar Moment

Forget Avatar, The Hurt Locker, and all the rest for a minute. Here's the story of the film that deserves to win big.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 3, 2010

What Happened to New York's Moxie?

Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Manhattan would have showed the terrorists that Americans are not afraid. Eight and a half years after 9/11, we’re not there yet.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 2, 2010

Yemen's 15 Minutes of Fame

The world's attention may have moved on since January, but that doesn't mean the country's problems have disappeared.

BY GREGG CARLSTROM | FEBRUARY 26, 2010