Editors' Picks
The 16 brewing conflicts to watch for in 2011.
How a notorious Malaysian wildlife smuggler was brought to justice -- and what it tells us about stopping the world's most profitable black market.
Before we kick 2010 out the door, a look back at the top 25 most important moments of the past year.
Vladimir Putin's year of adventure.
Why I'm not making predictions for 2011
The unexpected crises you should expect in 2011
BY CAMERON ABADI
Sarkozy's bid to save the G20, and himself
BY DAVID BOSCO
What this December reveals about Putin
BY STEVE LEVINE
Assange claims Arab officials spied for United States
BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL
Economic recovery leads to political stability for Eurasia in 2011
BY IAN BREMMER
Are academics or policymakers to blame for the gap between them?
How to Beat North Korea? Bomb Them with iPods.
BY PETER BECK
Does Putin's Chutzpah Know No Bounds?
BY JULIA IOFFE
Monuments to Fugly: The World's Tackiest Statues
BY JOSHUA KEATING
DIRECTORY
Our Favorite Headlines of 2010 - An FP Slideshow
From disasters to honey traps, from WikiLeaks to Hezbollah hotties, FP's covered it all, our way.
12/30/2010
Can North Korea Change? - By Peter M. Beck
Pyongyang's new ruler-in-waiting has many hoping for Chinese-style reforms in the world's last Stalinist state. But will the Kim family ever open up? We'd better hope so.
12/30/2010
Dilma's Secrets - By Taylor Barnes
In digging for dirt on Brazil's new president, a group of journalists and scholars may have come uncomfortably close to a more serious truth about a whole country.
12/30/2010
Stories to Watch in 2011 - By Cameron Abadi
For every totally out-of-the-blue crisis that seizes the international agenda, there are some that everyone should have seen coming. Here are five foreign-policy stories to watch in 2011.
12/30/2010
The Verdict Is In: The Khodorkovsky Sentence and Putin's Russia - By Julia Ioffe
The re-sentencing of Russia's No.1 dissident, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, wasn't unexpected, but the sheer brazenness of it is a striking and dangerous sign of bad things to come.
12/30/2010
New Year's Resolutions for World Leaders - By Joshua E. Keating
What Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, and Hu Jintao should be promising to do in 2011 -- but probably won't.
12/30/2010
The Limbo State - An FP Slideshow
Scenes of life in postwar Abkhazia.
12/29/2010
Who Says Foreign Policy Can't Look Good? - Our Best Art of 2010
FP had a pretty good year when it comes to art, with National Magazine Award nominations for cover and for photography -- our first ever in both categories. Here, we celebrate the brilliant designers and photographers who translate ideas (and occasional wonkiness) into things of beauty.
12/29/2010
The Coffee Republic - By Thomas de Waal
A dangerous drift in postwar Abkhazia.
12/29/2010