Foreign Policy Magazine

The Failed States Index

The world's 60 most fragile states.

The Worst of the Worst

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, see which countries fared worst across 12 indicators.

Why States Fail

The top 10 reasons countries fall apart.

BY DARON ACEMOGLU AND JAMES A. ROBINSON

Was the Arab Spring Worth It?

From lost GDP to continuing violence, tallying the costs of a region in turmoil.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH

What's Wrong With Pakistan?

Why geography -- unfortunately -- is both history and destiny for South Asia's troubled heartland.

BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN

Are All States Failing States?

Every unstable country is unstable in its own way.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF

Think Again: The American Energy Boom

Yes, oil and gas made in the USA is surging. But does that really liberate us from the Middle East?

BY MICHAEL LEVI

The FP Survey on Energy

FP asked top energy experts about growing demand in China and growing tensions with Iran, the Obama administration's record on energy, and -- yes -- oil prices.

How Is Energy Remaking the World?

The bestselling author of The Quest and leading energy historian explains the survey results.

BY DANIEL YERGIN

Mad Libs: The Geopolitics of Energy

Experts fill in the blanks on the U.S. oil and gas boom, international energy markets, and climate change initiatives.

Head of State

Hillary Clinton, the blind dissident, and the art of diplomacy in the Twitter era.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER

General Mladic in the Hague

A report on evil in Europe -- and justice delayed.

BY MICHAEL DOBBS

Opening Gambit: Red Moon Rising

BY JOHN HICKMAN

Anthropology of an Idea: "American Exceptionalism"

BY URI FRIEDMAN

The List: Political Fat Cats, Global Edition

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING

Ideas: Please, Don't Send Food

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING

Ideas: The Science of Ballot-Box Stuffing

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING

Epiphanies from C. Fred Bergsten

INTERVEW BY DANIEL W. DREZNER

The Optimist: Wealth of Nations

BY CHARLES KENNY

History Lesson: Requiem for a Spy

BY MILTON BEARDEN

Pictured: Rat World

BY SIM CHI YIN

The Rules of the Game

BY XUJUN EBERLEIN

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Chinese Functionaries

BY ISAAC STONE FISH

Let's Talk About Sex

Visualizing the War on Women

The Persian Gulf

Terrorized

A Matter of Degrees