Science & Technology
Russia's New Privatization
The country's universities are moribund and behind the times. Can Moscow's entrepreneurs and philanthropists build something better?
BY JULIA IOFFE | JUNE 4, 2010
Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan…
Record stores, Mad Men furniture, and pencil skirts -- when Kabul had rock 'n' roll, not rockets.
BY MOHAMMAD QAYOUMI | MAY 27, 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
Prize Money
A new study shows the United States is still invested in groundbreaking research.
BY ANDREW SWIFT | MAY/JUNE 2010
The Year of the Drone
An Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2010
BY PETER BERGEN , KATHERINE TIEDEMANN | APRIL 26, 2010
The Elite Med Squad That Saved You from Anthrax
A look inside the hunt for a white, powdery killer.
BY MARK PENDERGRAST | APRIL 19, 2010
What America Needs to Know About EMPs
The threat of an electromagnetic attack is real, but preparing for one shouldn't be too difficult.
BY PETER VINCENT PRY | MARCH 17, 2010
China's Hacker Army
The myth of a monolithic Chinese cyberwar is starting to be dismantled. A look inside the teeming, chaotic world that exists instead -- and that may be far more dangerous.
BY MARA HVISTENDAHL | MARCH 3, 2010
How Locavores Could Save the World
The latest yuppie craze could do more than just cut emissions -- it might also help feed the poor.
BY FELIX SALMON | FEBRUARY 26, 2010
The FP Guide to Climate Skeptics
Can't tell the legitimate concerns from the nonsense? FP is here to help.
BY CHRISTINA LARSON, JOSHUA KEATING | FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Capping It Off
How a concept became an environmental policy catchphrase.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MARCH/APRIL 2010
War Games
From the recruiting game that started it all to the commercial juggernaut that outsold all but the biggest Hollywood blockbusters, here's a snapshot of militainment in action.
BY P.W. SINGER | FEBRUARY 22, 2010
The New Rules of War
The visionary who first saw the age of "netwar" coming warns that the U.S. military is getting it wrong all over again. Here's his plan to make conflict cheaper, smaller, and smarter.
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | MARCH/APRIL 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.
MARCH/APRIL 2010
The Boogeyman Bomb
How afraid should we be of electromagnetic pulse weapons?
BY SHARON WEINBERGER | FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Prepare for Liftoff
The future of space exploration will be driven by private markets, not government spending.
BY ESTHER DYSON | FEBRUARY 8, 2010
How to Read the QDR
What the Pentagon’s most highly anticipated planning document says about the gap between its aspirations and reality.
BY TRAVIS SHARP | FEBRUARY 2, 2010
'Langley Won't Tell Us'
How I fought the intelligence turf wars -- and lost.
BY RON CAPPS | JANUARY 11, 2010
Think Again: Nuclear Weapons
President Obama’s pledge to rid the world of atomic bombs is a waste of breath. But not for the reasons you might imagine.
BY JOHN MUELLER | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010
Crude Is the New Carbon
Since the world can't seem to agree on cutting carbon emissions, maybe it's time to try an easier but equally important target: oil.
BY GAL LUFT | DECEMBER 22, 2009
Who's Really Running Iran's Green Movement
Here’s a hint: It's not Mousavi, Khatami, or Karroubi.
BY MEHDI KHALAJI | NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Nuclear Network Theory
We all know that terrorism comes from nonstate actors. So why is the nonproliferation world still focused on rogue countries instead?
BY MICHAEL KRAIG | OCTOBER 30, 2009
What Missile Defense?
Missile defense will be strategically useless against the nuclear threats from Iran -- or anywhere else.
BY YOUSAF BUTT | OCTOBER 21, 2009
Revolution in a Box
It's not Twitter or Facebook that's reinventing the planet. Eighty years after the first commercial broadcast crackled to life, television still rules our world. And let's hear it for the growing legions of couch potatoes: All those soap operas might be the ticket to a better future after all.
BY CHARLES KENNY | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009
Think Again: The Green Revolution
Noble Prize-winning scientist Norman Borlaug died Sept 12, but his ideas and the green revolution they produced are still transforming agriculture in Asia. Next stop: Africa.
BY PETER HAZELL | SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
Interview: Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire
The general who tried to stop the Rwandan genocide warns FP that the line has blurred between peacekeeping and counterinsurgency. It's a cautionary tale for the age of Afghanistan and Iraq. Are the world's militaries up to the task?
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
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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