Oil
Slippery Business
Inside Big Oil's little hint that it's picking Romney to win.
BY STEVE LEVINE | JULY 11, 2012
Battle Rial
To end Iran's nuclear program, it's time for America to step up its economic warfare.
BY MARK DUBOWITZ | JUNE 28, 2012
The Great Caspian Arms Race
Inside the petro-fueled naval military buildup you've never heard of: It's Russia versus Iran, with three post-Soviet states -- and trillions of dollars in oil -- in the middle.
BY JOSHUA KUCERA | JUNE 22, 2012
The Caspian's New Sea Monsters
The post-Soviet region has begun a high-stakes arms race, fueled by competition for recently discovered oil fields.
JUNE 22, 2012
The Coming Oil Crash
Good news! Gas prices could go down to $2 a gallon by autumn -- and that's bad news for Vladimir Putin.
BY STEVE LEVINE | JUNE 19, 2012
Good Riddance
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef was a menace. We should be happy he's gone, but worried about the aging House of Saud he leaves behind.
BY SIMON HENDERSON | JUNE 18, 2012
Mad Libs: The Geopolitics of Energy
What does the U.S. oil and gas boom mean for international energy markets and climate change initiatives? We asked top experts, and here's what they told us.
JULY/AUGUST 2012
How Is Energy Remaking the World?
To navigate the complicated new politics of oil and gas, FP asked the author of The Quest and leading U.S. energy historian to help shape our latest survey -- and guide us through the results.
BY DANIEL YERGIN | JULY/AUGUST 2012
Think Again: The American
Energy Boom
Yes, oil and gas made in the USA is surging. But does that really liberate us from the Middle East?
BY MICHAEL LEVI | JULY/AUGUST 2012
Are All States Failing States?
Every unstable country is unstable in its own way.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY/AUGUST 2012
Egypt's Subsidy Blues
When Egypt's next rulers finally tackle urgently needed economic reform, they should look to an unlikely model: Iran.
BY PETER PASSELL | JUNE 15, 2012
Pit of Dreams
Can China's rust belt reinvent itself as a tourist destination?
BY JONATHAN KAIMAN | JUNE 14, 2012
Swing Producers
Ten states where the energy debate could decide the U.S. election in November.
BY LOGAN BAYROFF | JUNE 12, 2012
Africa Takes Off
Sub-Saharan Africa is starting to shed its reputation as an economic laggard. The West should pay attention.
BY G. PASCAL ZACHARY | JUNE 11, 2012
How the Electric, Self-Driving Miracle Car Will Change Your Life
And save the world.
BY STEVEN KOPITS | JUNE 8, 2012
Can We Survive the New Golden Age of Oil?
A flurry of new finds has analysts giddy over a new age of energy abundance. Just don't ask about global warming.
BY STEVE LEVINE | JUNE 5, 2012
The Window is Closing for Riyadh
The oil won’t last forever -- so Saudi Arabia’s government has to reform its economy if it wants to survive.
BY ROBERT LOONEY | JUNE 1, 2012
Two Worlds, One Climate
Forget Kyoto. There’s a much better way to persuade the developing world to fight climate change.
BY PETER PASSELL | MAY 23, 2012
The Miracle of Midland
How a West Texas oil town became an unlikely champion of human rights.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 15, 2012
Spring Is Over
Has the Russian protest movement fatally weakened Vladimir Putin? Don’t bet on it.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 8, 2012
Really, Really Big Oil
Steve Coll's global tour of how ExxonMobil, the international "supermajor" and world's most profitable company, still rules.
INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MAY 4, 2012
The World According to Glencore
"The biggest company you never heard of," as Reuters once put it, Glencore does business in dozens of countries on every continent except Antarctica. Here's a snapshot of this global empire -- and some of its murky local alliances.
BY KEN SILVERSTEIN | MAY/JUNE 2012
The Qatar Bubble
Can this tiny, rich emirate really solve the Middle East's thorniest political conflicts?
BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | MAY/JUNE 2012
Balance of Power
In the face-off between companies and countries, don't underestimate the growing power of the state.
MAY/JUNE 2012
Dirty Laundry
If the West really wants to prevent developing countries from laundering money, it can start by cleaning up its own act.
BY PETER REUTER | APRIL 19, 2012
How to Lower the Price of Oil
The road to cheaper gas at the pump runs through Riyadh.
BY BERNARD HAYKEL, GIACOMO LUCIANI, ECKART WOERTZ | APRIL 18, 2012
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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