Foreign Policy Magazine

Minister No

Sergei Lavrov and the blunt logic of Russian power.

By Susan B. Glasser

PLUS: A conversation with Sergei Lavrov

The Driver

An exclusive look inside the mysterious death and life of the world's most dangerous terrorist not named Osama bin Laden.

By Mark Perry

Xi's War Drums

China's new leader is using the military to consolidate his power. But has he unleashed forces beyond his control?

By John Garnaut

Soft (Drink) Power

The head of the world's most global beverage company on climate change, power in the post-crisis era, and how Coke's secret formula stays safe from hackers.

Interview By Ian Bremmer

The End of the Gandhis

Can Rahul Gandhi run India? Can anybody?

By James Traub

The 0.000007 Percent

FP's list of the 500 most powerful people on the planet.

The Balance of Power

Why the underrepresentation of women in positions of power is proof of the most destructive pattern of human rights abuses in the history of civilization.

By DAVID ROTHKOPF

Think Again: European Decline

Sure, it may seem as if Europe is down and out. But things are far, far better than they look.

By MARK LEONARD AND HANS KUNDNANI

Opening Gambit: In Defense of Leading from Behind

BY LESLIE H. GELB

11 BuzzFeed Lists That Explain the World

BY BEN SMITH

The Optimist: Give Sam Walton the Nobel Prize

BY CHARLES KENNY

Anthropology of an Idea: Hacktivism

BY TY MCCORMICK

Ideas: Gun Runner No. 1

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING

Ideas: Empire of the Sons (and Daughters)

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING

Ideas: How Much Is It Worth to Know Dick?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING

Epiphanies from Chris Anderson

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER

The New New Normal: Into Africa

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN

The Things They Carried: The Doctor Without Borders

INTERVIEW BY ERIC PAPE

Dispatch: You Can't Go Home Again

BY MIN ZIN

Pictured: Museum of War

BY TAMMAM AZZAM

The Singularity of Fools

A special report from the utopian future.

BY DAVID RIEFF

Cities on a Hill

Today's most intriguing utopias.

BY MARGARET SLATTERY

Springtime in Kabul

Minority Report

Freedom's March

Mission Creep

Our Experience in Luvungi

Storming the Hill