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Cutting U.S. military aid to Pakistan might be just what the world's most frustrating alliance needs.
From peace-loving Captain Euro to Canada's killer lumberjack, Captain America's got company.
Machiavelli's got nothing on Iran's Supreme Leader.
Americans have complained for years that their government is broken. And, says Norman Ornstein, this time they're right.
Russian official lets loose on "monster" GOP senators
BY JOSH ROGIN
In Sudan, even the peacekeepers need protection
BY COLUM LYNCH
The anxious life of the world's petrocrats
BY STEVE LEVINE
Kandahar's mayor joins the long list of Afghanistan's victims
BY EDMUND DOWNIE
American leadership is alive and well, just not inside the Beltway
The lessons one of America's top generals learned from Iraq
BY GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY
Al-Shabab declares war on delicious samosas
BY SOPHIA JONES
Obama Needs to Do More Than Just Say 'No' to Palestine
BY M. MUASHER
BY JOHN S. BLACKTON
BY ROBERT ZELIGER
A Pointless Stop On the Latin American Leftist Tour
BY YOANI SANCHEZ
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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
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Opening Gambit
The Forgetting Stone - By Mariko Nagai
"No matter how many years may pass, do not forget this warning": A poet’s look at Japan’s centuries of rebuilding over fault-lines, from FP’s latest ebook.
07/27/2011
Female Engagement - An FP Special Photo Feature
In Afghanistan, a Marine's work is never done.
07/27/2011
From Gridlock to Crash - By Robert Zeliger
The debt ceiling debate is surely not Congress’s finest hour. But here are five times that the legislative branch has really gotten in the way of the White House’s foreign policy.
07/27/2011
With the debt ceiling impasse and legislative gridlock sucking all the air out of Washington, Foreign Policy asked the experts: Is this really the worst Congress ever?
07/27/2011
The Last Pilgrims to Havana - By Yoani Sánchez
Visiting Fidel Castro used to be a proud rite of passage for Latin American leftist leaders like Peru's Ollanta Humala. Now it's an act of charity.
07/27/2011
Something's Got to Give - By Marwan Muasher
President Obama must act now to prevent the Israel-Palestinian conflict from descending into chaos.
07/27/2011
The Abortion Trap - By Mara Hvistendahl
How America's obsession with abortion hurts families everywhere.
07/26/2011
Heavy Metal - An FP Special Photo Feature
U.S. Marines on the front lines of Afghanistan.
07/26/2011
Rumble in the Jungle - By Elizabeth Dickinson
In Colombia, FARC operations are on the rise as the guerrilla movement changes strategy and returns to its insurgent roots.
07/26/2011