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The LWOT: American indicted for terrorist incitement

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JULY 15, 2011

The Cynical Dairy Farmer's Guide to the New Middle East

How a couple of cows explain a changing region: equal opportunity offender edition.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | JUNE 15, 2011

The Coronation of Erdogan

Turkey's ruling party is in line to win the election by a landslide on June 12. Can anyone stop them from changing the country's constitution?

BY AFSIN YURDAKUL | JUNE 10, 2011

The Fall of the House of Assad

It's too late for the Syrian regime to save itself.

BY ROBIN YASSIN-KASSAB | JUNE 10, 2011

The Rise of the Red Market

How the best intentions of the medical community accidentally created an international organ-trafficking underground.

BY SCOTT CARNEY | MAY 30, 2011

Arab Spring, Turkish Fall

Turkey's leaders are looking less like the new Ottomans they've imagined themselves to be and more like stumbling politicians afraid of a new regional order.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | MAY 5, 2011

The Dark Side of Istanbul

Despite a rich history, Istanbul is a city coping with the difficulties of modernization and rapid growth.

MAY 5, 2011

The LWOT: Pakistan arrests two Frenchmen for terror involvement

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 15, 2011

Ataturk Was No Autocrat

APRIL 1, 2011

Stiff Upper Lip

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have shaved off his mustache, but it's going to take a whole lot more than that to convince the world that he's not a dictator. FP investigates the whiskers that autocrats wear.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 30, 2011

While You Were Reading About Ukrainian Nurses …

Real news was buried in WikiLeaks -- like this revealing cable on Iran's nuclear ambitions.

BY GARY SICK | JANUARY 19, 2011

Breaking Away

Scenes from the next wave of new countries.

JANUARY 13, 2011

Mossad's Most Dastardly (Alleged) Plots

From Munich to the Mabhouh assassination, the secretive Israeli intelligence agency has pulled off some pretty elaborate operations in its time. But lately, Middle Eastern media outlets and politicians have been getting a bit carried away.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 4, 2011

Thank God It's Over

Before we say say goodbye to 2010, a look back at the year's achievements and disasters, natural and otherwise.

DECEMBER 27, 2010

A Man For Barbarous Coasts

Remembering Richard Holbrooke.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 14, 2010

Hiding in Plain Sight

You don't need to get your hands on secret cables to learn that Turkey's foreign minister has a radically different view of the world than American diplomats. Just read his dissertation.

BY MICHAEL KOPLOW | DECEMBER 2, 2010

Who's Who in WikiLeaks

The world leaders embarrassed by Cablegate.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 2, 2010

How's That New World Order Working Out?

The multipolar moment has arrived -- and it's nothing like Americans imagined.

BY PARAG KHANNA | DECEMBER 2010

The Soft-Power Power

Susan Glasser, Foreign Policy's editor in chief, met Foreign Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia for a wide-ranging conversation on Brazil's role as the rest rises. Below, the edited excerpts.

INTERVIEW BY SUSAN GLASSER | DECEMBER 2010

Mr. 'Zero Problems'

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu sat down with Foreign Policy's managing editor Blake Hounshell in Doha, Qatar, this fall to discuss his side of the Iran-Brazil-Turkey triangle. Edited excerpts follow.

INTERVIEW BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | DECEMBER 2010

The Historical Blindness of Turkey's Detractors

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not destroying the country's democracy -- he's building it up after an era of military repression that was far worse.

BY ALIZA MARCUS | NOVEMBER 24, 2010

An Island Divided

Cyprus's president talks to Foreign Policy about why Turkey is blocking a resolution to his nation's reunification.

INTERVIEW BY DAVID KENNER | SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Constitutional Crisis

A looming referendum in Turkey has once again turned into a showdown between secular and religious forces.

BY AFSIN YURDAKUL | SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Turkey's Silent Crisis

Tensions between the government and the country’s Kurdish minority are threatening to explode like never before. And the collateral damage may include the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

BY HENRI J. BARKEY | AUGUST 31, 2010

Will the Turkish Flotilla Group Be Named as Terrorists?

With Congress urging action, and the legal case extremely strong, it’s only a matter of time before Turkey’s IHH makes the list.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | AUGUST 19, 2010

Papandreou’s Odyssey

The Greek prime minister has gone from leader of the socialist party to wielding the axe against entitlements -- and his long journey has just begun. In an exclusive interview, George Papandreou looks to the future and talks to FP about the Herculean tasks ahead.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | JULY 19, 2010

Troubles in Turkey's Backyard

Forget Gaza or Iran, Prime Minister Erdogan needs to focus on the reignited war with Kurdish separatists -- before a full-fledged war breaks out in Turkey's restive southeast.

BY ALIZA MARCUS | JULY 12, 2010

The War Over Germany's Imams

Sent by Turkey as a check on Western influence as well as Islamist radicalism, Germany's holy men are at the heart of the battle over the future of Islam in Europe.

BY PAUL HOCKENOS | JULY 2, 2010

Turkish Dilemma

Once a reliable Western ally, Turkey is now going its own way in the Middle East. And nobody in Washington or Brussels knows what to do about it.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 15, 2010

Israelis Agree With Bibi

In the wake of the flotilla controversy, Israelis resoundingly back their government's stance on Gaza.

BY DAVID POLLOCK | JUNE 11, 2010

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Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox -- just sign up here.

BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JULY 15, 2011

How a couple of cows explain a changing region: equal opportunity offender edition.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | JUNE 15, 2011

Turkey's ruling party is in line to win the election by a landslide on June 12. Can anyone stop them from changing the country's constitution?

BY AFSIN YURDAKUL | JUNE 10, 2011

It's too late for the Syrian regime to save itself.

BY ROBIN YASSIN-KASSAB | JUNE 10, 2011

How the best intentions of the medical community accidentally created an international organ-trafficking underground.

BY SCOTT CARNEY | MAY 30, 2011

Turkey's leaders are looking less like the new Ottomans they've imagined themselves to be and more like stumbling politicians afraid of a new regional order.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | MAY 5, 2011

Despite a rich history, Istanbul is a city coping with the difficulties of modernization and rapid growth.

MAY 5, 2011

Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox -- just sign up here.

BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 15, 2011

APRIL 1, 2011

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have shaved off his mustache, but it's going to take a whole lot more than that to convince the world that he's not a dictator. FP investigates the whiskers that autocrats wear.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 30, 2011

Real news was buried in WikiLeaks -- like this revealing cable on Iran's nuclear ambitions.

BY GARY SICK | JANUARY 19, 2011

Scenes from the next wave of new countries.

JANUARY 13, 2011

From Munich to the Mabhouh assassination, the secretive Israeli intelligence agency has pulled off some pretty elaborate operations in its time. But lately, Middle Eastern media outlets and politicians have been getting a bit carried away.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 4, 2011

Before we say say goodbye to 2010, a look back at the year's achievements and disasters, natural and otherwise.

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Remembering Richard Holbrooke.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 14, 2010

You don't need to get your hands on secret cables to learn that Turkey's foreign minister has a radically different view of the world than American diplomats. Just read his dissertation.

BY MICHAEL KOPLOW | DECEMBER 2, 2010

The world leaders embarrassed by Cablegate.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 2, 2010

The multipolar moment has arrived -- and it's nothing like Americans imagined.

BY PARAG KHANNA | DECEMBER 2010

Susan Glasser, Foreign Policy's editor in chief, met Foreign Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia for a wide-ranging conversation on Brazil's role as the rest rises. Below, the edited excerpts. $(document).ready(function() { $("#thinkers-nav").insertBefore("#tool-bar"); $("#thinkers-nav").show(); });

INTERVIEW BY SUSAN GLASSER | DECEMBER 2010

INTERVIEW BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | DECEMBER 2010

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not destroying the country's democracy -- he's building it up after an era of military repression that was far worse.

BY ALIZA MARCUS | NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Cyprus's president talks to Foreign Policy about why Turkey is blocking a resolution to his nation's reunification.

INTERVIEW BY DAVID KENNER | SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

A looming referendum in Turkey has once again turned into a showdown between secular and religious forces.

BY AFSIN YURDAKUL | SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Tensions between the government and the country’s Kurdish minority are threatening to explode like never before. And the collateral damage may include the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

BY HENRI J. BARKEY | AUGUST 31, 2010

With Congress urging action, and the legal case extremely strong, it’s only a matter of time before Turkey’s IHH makes the list.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | AUGUST 19, 2010

The Greek prime minister has gone from leader of the socialist party to wielding the axe against entitlements -- and his long journey has just begun. In an exclusive interview, George Papandreou looks to the future and talks to FP about the Herculean tasks ahead.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | JULY 19, 2010

Forget Gaza or Iran, Prime Minister Erdogan needs to focus on the reignited war with Kurdish separatists -- before a full-fledged war breaks out in Turkey's restive southeast.

BY ALIZA MARCUS | JULY 12, 2010

Sent by Turkey as a check on Western influence as well as Islamist radicalism, Germany's holy men are at the heart of the battle over the future of Islam in Europe.

BY PAUL HOCKENOS | JULY 2, 2010

Once a reliable Western ally, Turkey is now going its own way in the Middle East. And nobody in Washington or Brussels knows what to do about it.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 15, 2010

In the wake of the flotilla controversy, Israelis resoundingly back their government's stance on Gaza.

BY DAVID POLLOCK | JUNE 11, 2010

Susan Glasser, Foreign Policy's editor in chief, met Foreign Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia for a wide-ranging conversation on Brazil's role as the rest rises. Below, the edited excerpts.