Mitt Romney

Five World Events That Could Swing the U.S. Election

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are slugging it out over the economy, but the world may have a trick or two up its sleeve.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 24, 2012

Barack O'Romney

Ignore what the candidates say they'll do differently on foreign policy. They're basically the same man.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 23, 2012

The Value Proposition

Candidates like to preach the preeminence of American values on the campaign trail, but it's interests that dominate inside the White House.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MAY 14, 2012

Where in the World Is Same-Sex Marriage Legal?

It's not just those liberal Northern Europeans who have embraced homosexual unions.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 10, 2012

Can Poor People Open a Swiss Bank Account?

Bad news: You need more than a passport, some pocket change, and a healthy disdain for the IRS.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 2, 2012

Tarred and Feathered

Vice President Joe Biden's confident speech today painted Mitt Romney as both George W. Bush and Michael Dukakis when it comes to foreign policy.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | APRIL 26, 2012

Obama's Jimmy Carter Moment

North Korea's impending nuclear test is just the latest illustration of Barack Obama's weakness and naiveté abroad.

BY RICHARD WILLIAMSON | APRIL 26, 2012

Tale of the Tape

As the two heavyweights finally square up, who's got the advantage on the key foreign policy issues of the 2012 campaign?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | APRIL 12, 2012

Romney’s Hill to Climb

If Romney thinks he can beat Obama on foreign policy, he's going to have to do a whole lot more than just criticize the president.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | APRIL 11, 2012

The Zero Man

Obama’s greatest obstacle to re-election isn’t Mitt Romney, or rising gas prices: It’s Ben Bernanke.

BY HELEEN MEES | APRIL 3, 2012

This Year in Political Food Fights

Mitt Romney claimed grits, David Cameron staked out meat pies, and now Rick Santorum's trying to turn the jelly belly red.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MARCH 30, 2012

The Not-So-Evil Empire

Is Russia still America's bogeyman?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | MARCH 28, 2012

Pushing Back

President Barack Obama's advisors fire back at Mitt Romney.

MARCH 28, 2012

Bowing to the Kremlin

Why Obama's "hot mic" diplomacy is endangering America.

BY MITT ROMNEY | MARCH 27, 2012

Hollow Threats

Mitt Romney's aggressive harangues about China don't scare us. And does he really want to pick a fight with a nation of 1.3 billion people?

BY HU XIJIN | MARCH 21, 2012

Campaign Manager

Can a board game really simulate the grueling twists and turns of the campaign trail?

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 14, 2012

What David Cameron Can Teach the GOP

American Republicans have all but destroyed their brand during this election cycle. Their once-and-future Tory allies across the pond can teach them how to build it back up.

BY ALEX MASSIE | MARCH 12, 2012

Six International Newspaper Columnists Who Actually Like Mitt Romney

The Republican candidate has boosters in unlikely places -- from Canada to the Congo.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MARCH 8, 2012

Gettin' the Gipper Wrong

Mitt Romney doesn’t know what he's talking about when it comes to Ronald Reagan's foreign policy.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MARCH 8, 2012

Not-So-Super Tuesday

The real winner of the Republican primary is Barack Obama.

BY RUY TEIXEIRA | MARCH 6, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

A Spanish festival, voting in Iran, and more violence in Syria.

MARCH 2, 2012

Nice Oil Imports You've Got There. Shame if You Lost Them.

Why Americans need to be more grateful to Canada.

BY VACLAV SMIL | FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Nasty Electoral Rhetoric Goes Global

Putin's reelection strategy: Blame the world for everything.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Mad Libs: War Edition

What's on the horizon for warfare in 2012? FP asked some of the world's top experts to fill in the blanks.

MARCH/APRIL 2012

Rotting from the Inside Out

The debate over American decline is missing the point. All this talk about projecting U.S. power abroad means nothing if we can't fix our severe problems at home.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Sorry, Mitt: It Won't Be an American Century

American politicians should stop pretending the United States runs the world.

BY CHARLES KUPCHAN | FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Premature Evacuation?

Why cutting and running in Afghanistan is good politics for Obama.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The Debate the GOP Didn't Have in Florida

Instead of repeating tired applause lines about Fidel Castro, here are the vital Latin American issues the Republican candidates should be talking about.

BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | JANUARY 30, 2012

Mexican Standoff

Republicans have a historic chance to win the Hispanic vote. They're shooting themselves in the foot.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 27, 2012

House of 19,000 Corporations

The uproar over Mitt Romney's finances shines a light on the world's most unlikely financial capital.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 24, 2012