Editors' Picks
Burma's mysterious president insists that he wants democracy. But can he deliver?
Mitt Romney could be the first Latino president. So why is heblowing it?
Iran's provocative uranium-enrichment program is at the center of its confrontation with the West. It's also, potentially, the way out.
Looking ahead to the biggest foreign-policy debates of thegeneral election.
What the Arab Spring countries can learn from South Africa

BY CHARLES VILLA-VICENCIO
Want to hurt Iran? Start with Lebanese banks.
BY DAVID ASHER
How to get the world's elites to encourage democracy
New U.S. ambassador gets a chilly reception in Moscow

BY JOSH ROGIN
Andrew Sullivan says Obama's critics are dumb. Are they?
BY STEVE LEVINE
U.S. accuses Sudan of deliberately blocking food aid
BY COLUM LYNCH
Could Europe's woes determine Obama reelection?
BY DAVID BOSCO
Is It Worth Billions To Prevent the Last Cases of Polio?
By Charles Kenny
What the World Thinks of Mitt's Tough Talk
By Uri Friedman
The European Country Where Freedom Is Going Backward
By Michael Jordan
DIRECTORY
How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis - By Heleen Mees
And why it matters today.
01/17/2012
The Eradication Calculation - By Charles Kenny
Does it really make sense to spend billions of dollars to wipe out the few remaining cases of polio?
01/17/2012
Making Up Is Hard to Do - by Charles Villa-Vicencio
As the Arab Spring countries are about to learn, reconciliation is hard, grinding work.
01/17/2012
Even Better Than the Real Thing
The 10 best fake Twitter feeds on global politics.
01/17/2012
The Iraqi Revolution We'll Never Know - By Michael Wahid Hanna
Imagine for a moment that the United States never invaded Iraq. Would the Arab Spring have toppled Saddam anyway?
01/17/2012
The LWOT: Hezbollah Suspect Leads Thai Police to Chemical Stash
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01/17/2012
What the World Makes of Mitt - By Uri Friedman
Romney's rise may be producing yawns at home, but the Republican frontrunner has touched a nerve (make that several nerves) overseas.
01/16/2012
I Watched North Korea's Propaganda Film So You Don't Have To - By Adam Cathcart
New footage from North Korean state TV offers a rare glimpse at the (not necessarily real) life of Kim Jong Un.
01/13/2012
Inside a Changing Myanmar - An FP Slide Show
As the United States restores diplomatic relations, photos from a country in transition.
01/13/2012