Editors' Picks
For one journalist embarking on a seven-year journey to retrace the footsteps of early humans, the biggest obstacles are man-made.
The headlines we'll be reading in 2013.
The Global Races to Watch Next Year
Eight elections that could change the world in 2013.
From Turkey to Congo, next year's wars threaten global stability.
Why land mines belong in the dustbin of history
BY JODY WILLIAMS
Is Tom Friedman's 'first law of petropolitics' wrong?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
No. My oil and authoritarianism law still stands
BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Why is Google's Eric Schmidt heading to North Korea?
BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Why hasn't the military done a better job of addressing torture by our soldiers?
BY THOMAS E. RICKS
The chess prodigy making Uganda proud
BY JACKEE BATANDA
DIRECTORY
The Fiscal Cliff Sequel - By Gordon Adams
Why the Pentagon will only make a cameo appearance.
01/02/2013
The Art of Snore - By John Arquilla
Can't we get some better defense ideas for $1.75 billion a day?
01/02/2013
Does the GOP Need a New Foreign Policy?
Can the Republican Party survive without coming to terms with the Bush-Cheney years? FP's Shadow Government team weighs in.
01/02/2013
The Year in Intelligence - By Amy Zegart
And the most important national security story you missed in 2012.
01/02/2013
Is This Any Way to Treat Your Banker? - By Shen Dingli
China recoils in horror at America's fiscal dysfunction.
01/02/2013
Changing the Code on Corruption - By Deepa Iyer
How a Brazilian government commission tried to fight back against sleaze.
01/02/2013
Dear John - By Aaron David Miller
John Kerry can be a great secretary of state. Here's how.
01/02/2013
Midnight in Havana - By Yoani Sánchez
Will the Cuban government fall in 2013?
01/02/2013
The Coming Year in Review - By David Rothkopf
The headlines we'll be reading in 2013.
01/02/2013