Editors' Picks
Forget Kenya. Can Republicans paint Obama as a Brussels bureaucrat?.
Our experts weigh in on President Obama's speech and the future of Afghanistan.
The Five Habits of Highly Effective Terrorist Organizations
Daniel Byman offers management lessons for al Qaeda's new boss.
The Cynical Dairy Farmer's Guide to the New Middle East
How a couple of cows explain a changing region: equal opportunity offender edition.
How the Kabul hotel attack changed the war
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Junior prom at the Kabul Intercontinental
BY THOMAS E. RICKS
Obama is duplicating LBJ's worst Vietnam mistakes
BY PETER FEAVER
BY ROBERT ZELIGER
The movie the U.N. doesn't want you to see
BY COLUM LYNCH
Thaksin lawyer suspects fraud in Thai election
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Should a lawyer be running the IMF?
BY DAVID BOSCO
What's really behind the shale gas boom?
BY STEVE LEVINE
The decay of Pakistan's industrial heartland
BY UMER FAROOQ
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July/August 2011
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Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong
Think Again
Opening Gambit
Nuked: Japan's Post-Tsunami Future - An FP Roundtable
An FP special roundtable on Japan’s post-tsunami future.
06/29/2011
Justice League - By David Scheffer
The case for calling off the Tomahawks and bringing Muammar al-Qaddafi to The Hague.
06/29/2011
5 Key U.S. Cables for Understanding Thailand's Turmoil - By Andrew MacGregor Marshall
Obtained by Reuters and curated by Andrew MacGregor Marshall.
06/29/2011
The conditions that created the Arab Spring are just as present in the former Soviet Union.
06/29/2011
Red Shirts and Rowdy Royals - By Andrew MacGregor Marshall
The secret WikiLeaks cables that explain how Thailand went from paradise to political mayhem.
06/29/2011
Aló Presidente - An FP Slide Show
It's been a wild 12 years in power for Hugo Chávez, one of South America's most unforgettable leaders.
06/28/2011
If Hugo Goes - By Michael Shifter
It's unclear whether the charismatic Venezuelan president is really all that ill. But what is clear is that his country is in serious trouble, whether or not he returns from convalescing in Cuba.
06/28/2011
What should Christine Lagarde do on Day 1 as managing director of the IMF? Five experts weigh in.
06/28/2011
Trouble in Pakistan's Heartland - By Umer Farooq
Faisalabad, the industrial hub of Punjab, is ailing -- badly. And militant groups are reaping the benefits.
06/28/2011