Photo Essay
La Frontera
Weaving above, below, and across the U.S.-Mexico border over the course of a year, a photographer captures the violence and trauma of a deadly drug war and those caught in its crossfire.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY LOUIE PALU | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013
My Enemy, Myself
Who's your enemy? Why fight? Over the course of three years, Belgian-Tunisian photojournalist Karim Ben Khelifa has traveled to both sides of the world's longest-simmering conflicts to ask these pointed questions. What he heard from combatants in the Gaza Strip, the disputed Kashmir region along the India-Pakistan border, and tribally divided South Sudan captures the futility of wars that never end -- and can't be won. Tragically, bitter rivals are often fighting for the very same reasons.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARIM BEN KHELIFA | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013
Instagramming Iran
Touring the Islamic Republic through the one social network it hasn't cracked down on yet.
BY HOLLY DAGRES | DECEMBER 20, 2012
A Yemen Built for Two?
In their quest to unify the country after the Arab Spring, Yemen's new leaders are confronting a major obstacle: calls for secession.
BY LUKE SOMERS | DECEMBER 7, 2012
Vanishing Shanghai
Meet the people left behind amid the boom in China's largest city.
BY HOWARD W. FRENCH | OCTOBER 15, 2012
Golden Buddha, Hidden Copper
Twelve years after the Taliban blew up the world-famous Bamiyan Buddhas, a Chinese mining firm -- developing one of the world's largest copper deposits -- threatens to destroy another of Afghanistan's archeological treasures.
BY LOIS PARSHLEY | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
Children of War
Why we need a code of conduct for images of kids in conflict zones.
BY JAMES THOMAS SNYDER | JULY 27, 2012
Rumble in the Jungle
As Brazil takes the lead in bringing infrastructure development to South America, indigenous communities are fighting for their way of life.
BY NOAH FRIEDMAN-RUDOVSKY | JULY 20, 2012
Life Inside Little America in Afghanistan
Photos from a time when tiki bars and afternoons at the pool dominated the lives of Americans in Afghanistan.
BY RAJIV CHANDRASEKARAN | JUNE 26, 2012
Postcards from Hell, 2012
What does living in a failed state look like? A tour through the world’s 60 most fragile countries.
JUNE 18, 2012
Obama’s Shadow Wars
Missile-wielding drones and elite Special Forces units are the new face of American power, and the White House is increasingly relying on them to fight terror in the farthest corners of the globe.
MARCH/APRIL 2012
Drones: A Photo History
We think of drones as a modern invention, but they've been part of warfare for longer than you think. Here's a look at the evolution of drones and the way they've changed how war works.
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Portraits of a Massacre Foretold
A ground-level view of the Syrian regime's assault on Homs.
BY MULHAM AL-JUNDI | FEBRUARY 22, 2012
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Photos of a swinging Iran when the skirts were short, the dance was the twist, and America wasn't Enemy No. 1.
BY CARA PARKS | FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Winter's Palace
Photos of China's technicolor frozen wonderland.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JONATHAN BROWNING | FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Yemen's State Within a Failed State
A rare journey to the rugged province of Saada, the battle-torn region that has fallen out of the government's control during the past year.
PHOTOS BY TOM FINN | JANUARY 27, 2012
Haiti, 2 Years Later
A visit to the sites of the most iconic pictures of Haiti's 2010 earthquake to see what has -- and hasn't -- been reconstructed two years later.
BY BEN DEPP | JANUARY 13, 2012
War Dogs, Boomtowns, and Dead Dictators
Foreign Policy’s most popular photo essays of 2011.
DECEMBER 28, 2011
Shots Seen ‘Round the World
The photos that mattered in 2011.
CAPTIONS BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 23, 2011
Kim Jong Il's Life in Photos
A look back at the highlights of the Dear Leader's odd, unpredictable, and often quirky behavior as North Korea's leader.
DECEMBER 19, 2011
The World in Photos This Week
The end of the war in Iraq, more European chaos, and election fraud in Russia.
DECEMBER 16, 2011
Next Year, in Review
From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011
The Anti-Putin Brigade
Portraits of Russia's would-be revolutionaries -- and their intimate thoughts on Vladimir Putin and the country's dark political future.
PHOTOS BY KIRILL NIKITENKO | DECEMBER 5, 2011
16 Global Cities to Watch
From Singapore to Christchurch, the urban centers that are shaping the next century.
BY EDWARD GLAESER, SASKIA SASSEN | NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Mourning in Mogadishu
An exclusive portfolio by photographer Jared P. Moossy of the devastation wrought by famine.
PHOTOS BY JARED P. MOOSSY | NOVEMBER 22, 2011
Once Upon a Time in Mogadishu
A peek into the "pleasant" colonial past of the world's most dangerous city.
BY SOPHIA JONES | NOVEMBER 17, 2011
The Nine Lives of Silvio Berlusconi
The Italian prime minister has risen from the political grave almost too many times to count. But, with the latest, greatest crisis, it may finally be time to bid him arrivederci.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Dempsey to explain Afghan 'zero option' at NATO
BY KEVIN BARON
The risks of China's war against information
BY IAN BREMMER
Mali and the return of Francafrique
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
What happens when war dogs retire?
BY REBECCA FRANKEL
A murder mystery in the heart of Paris
BY ERIC PAPE
Why Turkey's public enemy No. 1 may be the only man who can end the Kurdish conflict
BY PIOTR ZALEWSKI
5 great reads for your weekend
BY LAURA CLARK
January/February 2013
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