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Debating Hillary

Has Hillary Clinton -- the subject of a major new profile in Foreign Policy -- been a good secretary of state? Six top foreign-policy watchers assess her legacy.

JUNE 20, 2012

Dancing on the Sand

Why did the environmental movement send 40, 000 people to a failed summit in Rio?

BY BRUCE JONES | JUNE 20, 2012

The Pharaoh's Legacy

As Hosni Mubarak lies on his deathbed, he leaves behind a broken Egypt.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | JUNE 19, 2012

The Coming Oil Crash

Good news! Gas prices could go down to $2 a gallon by autumn -- and that's bad news for Vladimir Putin.

BY STEVE LEVINE | JUNE 19, 2012

Does Obama Have a Strategy for Africa?

Not yet.

BY JOHN NORRIS | JUNE 19, 2012

The Exclusion Zone

G-20 leaders are out of ideas and out of touch. No wonder their citizens are so angry.

BY MICHAEL J. CASEY | JUNE 19, 2012

Putin's Waiting Game

Russia's savvy president isn't trying to start a new Cold War, he's just waiting to see what happens in November.

BY ANDREW S. WEISS | JUNE 19, 2012

Flirting with Disaster

Is Greece a failed state?

BY PATRICIA TAFT | JUNE 19, 2012

Asia's Next Tiger

President Aquino's anti-corruption program is just what the Philippines economy needs.

BY GREG RUSHFORD | JUNE 19, 2012

The Underestimated Prince Nayef

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is dead. He will be missed far more than most observers of the kingdom will admit.

BY MICHAEL STEPHENS | JUNE 18, 2012

Good Riddance

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef was a menace. We should be happy he's gone, but worried about the aging House of Saud he leaves behind.

BY SIMON HENDERSON | JUNE 18, 2012

Flight Blindness

Why F-35 pilots suddenly have the jitters.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH AND THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JUNE 18, 2012

A Requiem for Calderón

The outgoing Mexican president had a golden opportunity to change his country for the better -- and he blew it.

BY ALINA ROCHA MENOCAL | JUNE 18, 2012

Change Is the Only Constant

This year's Failed States Index might look like it's more of the same, but a few wild swings tell us some surprising things.

BY J. J. MESSNER | JUNE 18, 2012

How to Help Somalia

The president of Puntland State argues that to defeat the global threats of piracy, terrorism, and anarchy, the world needs to think locally.

BY ABDIRAHMAN MOHAMED MOHAMUD FAROLE | JUNE 18, 2012

It's Lonely Being No. 1

Is there any hope for Somalia?

BY PAUL COLLIER | JUNE 18, 2012

What's Wrong with Pakistan?

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

BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Red Moon Rising

Could China's lunar ambitions scramble politics here on Earth?

BY JOHN HICKMAN | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Road Warriors

Who's the most traveled secretary of state of all time? It's complicated.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 18, 2012

The Rules of the Game

China's booming 
bureaucracy lit 
is part exposé -- 
and part how-to guide.

BY XUJUN EBERLEIN | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Obama's Secret Hypocrisy

Why is the president cracking down on whistleblowers while his administration is leaking like a sieve?

BY TREVOR TIMM | JUNE 15, 2012

Cool War

Could the age of cyberwarfare lead us to a brighter future?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JUNE 15, 2012

The Five Stages of Egypt's Revolution

It matters little who wins the presidency this weekend -- a much bloodier uprising is inevitable.

BY CHARLES HOLMES | JUNE 15, 2012

Egypt’s Subsidy Blues

When Egypt's next rulers finally tackle urgently needed economic reform, they should look to an unlikely model: Iran.

BY PETER PASSELL | JUNE 15, 2012

No More Half Measures

A compromise solution that removes Syria's Bashar al-Assad but replaces him with a crony is now fully off the table. It's time for Washington to back the opposition.

BY DANIEL BYMAN | JUNE 14, 2012

The Freedom to Hate

As sectarian violence lashes Burma, the media are using their newfound freedom for destructive ends.

BY HANNA HINDSTROM | JUNE 14, 2012

Egypt’s Constitutional Chaos

The process of drafting a new constitution is a train wreck. But there’s a way to get it back on track.

BY MARA REVKIN, YUSSUF AUF | JUNE 14, 2012

Greeks Don't Want a Grexit

The pundits say that Greece will have to drop the euro after Sunday's election. But that's not what the Greek people want.

BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | JUNE 14, 2012

Ruling Facebookistan

The world's largest social networking site has a population nearly as large as China or India's. And the natives are getting restless.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | JUNE 14, 2012

It's Still Mubarak's Egypt

On the eve of a historic presidential election, one man's legacy still haunts the revolution.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | JUNE 13, 2012