Global Aging
A gray tsunami is sweeping the planet -- and not just in the places you expect. How did the world get so old, so fast?
BY PHILLIP LONGMAN
A Plan B for Obama
A stagnant economy. Declining American influence. Dictators on the march abroad. And a more Republican Congress coming soon. Barack Obama is in big trouble. But it's never too late. Foreign Policy has a plan, 14 in fact, for how the president can find his mojo again.
The Tyranny of Metaphor
Three historical myths have been leading American presidents into folly for nearly a century. Is Obama wise enough to avoid the same fate?
BY ROBERT DALLEK
Watching the Watchers
Al Qaeda's bold new strategy is all about using our own words and actions against us. And it's working.
BY JARRET BRACHMAN
Inside Talibanistan
From a distance, you might think the Taliban is a monolithic enemy. Far from it.
BY PETER BERGEN, BRIAN FISHMAN, KATHERINE TIEDEMANN
The Great Battery Race
A 19th-century technology could determine which nation triumphs in the 21st. Steve LeVine reports from the global competition to replace the combustion engine.
BY STEVE LEVINE
Supermarkets
From Beijing to Brighton, billions of people now can't imagine life without supermarkets. But what forces push us, as we push our carts?
By Raj Patel
Hall of Famers
Lawrence Korb takes issue with Fred Kaplan's representation of Defense Secretary Robert Gates's record.
A Tea Party Foreign Policy
Ron Paul explains why the growing grassroots movement can't fight big government at home while supporting it abroad.
Back to the 'Burbs
Edward Glaeser and Jim Woods examine Joel Kotkin's pro-suburb argument.
True North
Rob Huebert counters Lawson W. Brigham's assertion of a peaceful Arctic.
