United Nations

Justice League

The case for calling off the Tomahawks and bringing Muammar al-Qaddafi to The Hague.

BY DAVID SCHEFFER | JUNE 29, 2011

The Least Wanted Most Wanted Man

The inside story of how the United States and NATO let war criminal Ratko Mladic evade justice for 16 years -- and why it matters.

BY DAVID SCHEFFER | JUNE 2, 2011

The Virtues of Folding

President Obama has a bad hand in the poker game of Middle East peace. But bluffing or raising the stakes won't improve it.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 30, 2011

No Need for Speed

Save your money, United Nations -- the developing world doesn't need broadband Internet to get ahead.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY 16, 2011

The LWOT: NYPD arrests two in plot against synagogue; U.S. finds bin Laden "diary"

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 13, 2011

The Myth of 9 Billion

Why ignoring family planning overseas was the worst foreign-policy mistake of the century.

BY MALCOLM POTTS, MARTHA CAMPBELL | MAY 9, 2011

Freedom From Fear

Now that he's accomplished the central aim of George W. Bush's foreign policy, Barack Obama can finally get started on his own.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 5, 2011

Can the World Feed 10 Billion People?

With an exploding global population -- and Africa's numbers set to triple -- the world's experts are falling over themselves arguing how to feed the masses. Why do they have it so wrong?

BY RAJ PATEL | MAY 4, 2011

What the World Got Wrong in Côte D'Ivoire

Why is the United Nations entrenching former colonial powers on our continent? Africans can and should take the lead in resolving their own disputes.

BY THABO MBEKI | APRIL 29, 2011

A Bad Deal

Why Palestinian unity won’t lead to peace.

BY DORE GOLD | APRIL 28, 2011

Back in the Saddle

How Libya helped NATO get its groove back.

BY JAMES JOYNER | APRIL 15, 2011

How Not to Declare a War

The Obama administration's legal rationale for bombing Libya suggests that while George W. Bush may be gone, the imperial presidency isn't.

BY SCOTT HORTON | APRIL 11, 2011

Nightmare in Abidjan

With the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo, the standoff in the Ivory Coast may be finished, but the state of crisis is far from over.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | APRIL 7, 2011

Voted Out

As revolution sweeps the Middle East, how long can international institutions resist the tide of democracy?

BY DAVID BOSCO | APRIL 4, 2011

Massacre in Mazar

The murdered U.N. workers are the latest trauma for a city that's seen centuries of horrific killings.

BY ANNA BADKHEN | APRIL 1, 2011

A Moral Adventure

Is Barack Obama as much of a foreign-policy realist as he thinks he is?

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 31, 2011

The Case for Intervention in the Ivory Coast

As Libya steals the spotlight, another crisis threatens the lives of countless thousands of civilians.

BY CORINNE DUFKA | MARCH 25, 2011

The Eye of the Storm

With the rebels in the Libyan opposition stronghold of Benghazi, awaiting Muammar al-Qaddafi's next move.

BY PATRICK GRAHAM | MARCH 25, 2011

The Qaddafi I Know

The Libyan leader was no saint. But the West was wrong to intervene in African affairs.

BY YOWERI MUSEVENI | MARCH 24, 2011

Inside Free Benghazi

On the eve of international intervention in Libya, rebels have established a stronghold in the country's second-largest city.

MARCH 18, 2011

Does the World Belong in Libya's War?

Foreign Policy's crack team of international experts debate whether Washington, London, and Paris were right to step in.

MARCH 18, 2011

The LWOT: DOJ indicts Canadian in NY Subway plot; Lawmakers and lawyers spar over Gitmo

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 18, 2011

Managing a Changing World

How the United States has become the largest minority stakeholder in the new global order.

BY BRUCE JONES | MARCH 14, 2011

The Trouble With the BRICs

Why it's too soon to give Brazil and India permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council.

BY JORGE G. CASTAÑEDA | MARCH 14, 2011

Proceed With Caution

The perils of trusting the United Nations.

BY TOM PRICE | MARCH 14, 2011

Stepping In

Libya doesn't meet any of the criteria for a humanitarian intervention. We should do it anyway.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 11, 2011

When Women's Day Is a Thing of the Past

Talking to the head of U.N. Women about what a true post-feminist world would look like.

INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MARCH 8, 2011

Slash and Burn

Congressional Republicans are bent on all but eliminating the U.S. government's foreign aid budget. And Defense Secretary Robert Gates may be the only one who can stop them.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The Rest of the Story

Al Jazeera's Palestine Papers have been a PR disaster for the Palestinian Authority. But it's Israel's American supporters who really need to read them.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 28, 2011

Can the Nuclear Talks With Iran Be Saved?

Perhaps not, but here's a proposal worth trying.

BY OLLI HEINONEN | JANUARY 27, 2011