Why Americans Should (Maybe) Worry About Czech Elections

Emily Tamkin |

SitRep: Trump to Decertify Iran, Punt the Rest to Congress

Paul McLeary |

Israel to Withdraw from UNESCO, Following United States

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

Army, Defense Companies Making Renewed Push for Laser Weapons

John Kester |

How Ballots Are Being Used to Delay the Congolese Election

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

U.S. Losing Legitimacy as Corruption Fighter, Experts Say

Martin de Bourmont |

SitRep: Europe, Congress Scrambling Ahead of Trump Iran …

Paul McLeary |

Saudi National Guard Prepping for New Deployment to Yemen …

Paul McLeary |

The Trump Administration Is Now Offering Cash Bounties for …

Rhys Dubin |

A Language Haven in Baltimore

Jesse Chase-Lubitz |

A Silk Road Marriage

Reid Standish |

Passport Is On Holiday (But We'll Still Compare Cat Photos …

FP Staff |

President of Philippines: God Told Me to Stop Calling People…

Siobhán O'Grady |

These 1-Star Yelp Reviews of Embassies Make Us Question the …

FP Staff |

Chechnya Sends Cops to Weddings to Make Sure Brides Don’t …

Siobhán O'Grady |

How a Meeting with the Dalai Lama Lost This Holocaust …

Siobhán O'Grady |

Thai Mourners Are Leaving Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of…

Siobhán O'Grady |

Gambia: The ICC Should Be Called the International Caucasian…

Siobhán O'Grady |

U.S. to Pull Out of UNESCO, Again

Colum Lynch |

The FBI's New U.S. Terrorist Threat: ‘Black Identity …

Jana Winter |

FBI and DHS Assessment Outlined Threat of Lone Offenders …

Jana Winter |

GOP Congressman Met in Moscow With Lawyer at Center of …

Elias Groll |

California Is Already Preparing for a North Korean Nuclear …

Jana Winter |

How a Russian Outlet Sought to Reach American Voters on …

Jenna McLaughlin |

Iran Nuclear Deal Critics Push Plan for ‘Global Economic …

Jana Winter |

Why Is Erik Prince Backing a Secure Communications Company?

Jana Winter |

Fire Spotted at Russian Diplomatic Building in D.C.

Jana Winter |

Russia Has Invented Social Media Blitzkrieg

Max Boot |

Army, Defense Companies Making Renewed Push for Laser Weapons

John Kester |

The Trump Administration Wants Refugees to Fit In or Stay Out

Lauren Wolfe |

America Will Always Lose Russia's Tit-for-Tat Spy Games

John Sipher |

Catalonia Leaving Spain Would Be Like Illinois Leaving the …

Daniel Runde |

A handy guide to current historical thinking on the American…

Thomas E. Ricks |

Trump’s Empty North Korea Threats Will Lead to Humiliation…

Philip Gordon |

The Trump Administration Is Now Offering Cash Bounties for …

Rhys Dubin |

Seven Reasons Why Putting U.S. Nukes Back in South Korea Is …

Jon Wolfsthal |

SitRep: Europe, Congress Scrambling Ahead of Trump Iran …

Paul McLeary |

Trump’s Empty North Korea Threats Will Lead to Humiliation…

Philip Gordon |

Saudi National Guard Prepping for New Deployment to Yemen …

Paul McLeary |

Seven Reasons Why Putting U.S. Nukes Back in South Korea Is …

Jon Wolfsthal |

Russia Is the Biggest Recipient of Chinese Foreign Aid

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

Your Apocalyptic Fantasies Aren’t Helping the North Korea …

Micah Zenko |

SitRep: Trump Demands Thousands of New Nukes

Paul McLeary |

North Korea Reportedly Hacks Treasure Trove of U.S., South …

John Kester |

How to Succeed in Business in North Korea

Justin Hastings |

Catalonia Leaving Spain Would Be Like Illinois Leaving the …

Daniel Runde |

Russia’s Neighbors Respond to Putin’s ‘Hybrid War’

Reid Standish |

A handy guide to current historical thinking on the American…

Thomas E. Ricks |

The Donald Trump-Kaiser Wilhelm Parallels Are Getting Scary

Stephen M. Walt |

U.S. to Pull Out of UNESCO, Again

Colum Lynch |

Meet the First Millennial to Run a Western Country

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

Britain Reportedly Considering Joining NAFTA Right as Trump …

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

Catalan President Backs Down From Independence Declaration

Martin de Bourmont |

Who’s Afraid of George Soros?

Emily Tamkin |

SitRep: Trump to Decertify Iran, Punt the Rest to Congress

Paul McLeary |

Israel to Withdraw from UNESCO, Following United States

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

How Ballots Are Being Used to Delay the Congolese Election

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

SitRep: Europe, Congress Scrambling Ahead of Trump Iran …

Paul McLeary |

Saudi National Guard Prepping for New Deployment to Yemen …

Paul McLeary |

The Trump Administration Is Now Offering Cash Bounties for …

Rhys Dubin |

Trump Is Inching Toward War With Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Hooman Majd |

If Trump Won't Certify the Nuke Deal, He Should Do This …

Ilan Goldenberg |

SitRep: Trump Heading to the DMZ; General Calls North Korea …

Paul McLeary |

Book excerpt: Afghan war vet Daniel Green summarizes the ‘…

Thomas E. Ricks |

SitRep: Corker Slams Trump; Generals Promise Victory in …

Paul McLeary |

Trump Nominates Robotics Promoter for Army Procurement …

John Kester |

Expelling the Taliban From Qatar Would Be a Grave Mistake

Laurel Miller |

Edgar (and Whalen) on Strategy (V): When you make the world …

Thomas E. Ricks |

Two new books on Pakistan’s ISI and its 'War for National …

Thomas E. Ricks |

SitRep: Iran Deal Drama From The Pentagon To The White House

Paul McLeary |

Pakistan Is Inviting Its Favorite Jihadis Into Parliament

Memphis Barker |

Air Force May Soon Deploy New Light Attack Aircraft in Iraq…

John Kester |

America Will Always Lose Russia's Tit-for-Tat Spy Games

John Sipher |

Here’s What Happens if Trump Really Decides to Decertify …

Elena Chachko |

Congress Is Dropping the Ball on Trump’s Obstruction of …

Susan Hennessey |

Rational Security on The E.R.: The “Moron” Edition

Benjamin Wittes |

The U.N. Can't Enforce Its Sanctions on the North Korean …

Megan Reiss |

Paul Manafort Isn’t a Deep-State Martyr

Susan Hennessey |

Is There Any Defense Against Low-Tech Terror?

Corri Zoli |

Rational Security on The E.R.: The "Lady, You Can Drive Your…

Benjamin Wittes |

Trump's Systematic, Deliberate Deception Is an Impeachable …

Bob Bauer |

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wants to Make Ex-Im Bank Great Again

Martin de Bourmont |

German Car Companies Are Driving the Country Off a Cliff

Bernhard Rieger |

Hostage Taking Is China's Small-Claims Court

David Dawson |

The Downfall of Nawaz Sharif and the Triumph of Stupidity

Mosharraf Zaidi |

Bad Code Is Already a Problem. Soon, Companies Will Be …

Paul Rosenzweig |

How Badly Is China's Great Firewall Hurting the Country's …

Christopher Balding |

If Trump Is Serious About Curbing Iran, He'll Kill Boeing's …

John Hannah |

China’s Seen Globally As Gaining Ground on United States

David Francis |

As America Retreats, the World Moves Forward on Trade

David Francis |

Japanese Retail Giant to Stop Selling Ivory

David Francis |

China Opens Its Bond Market To International Investors

David Francis |

Islamic State Revenues Down 80 Percent from 2015

David Francis |

Russia Is the Biggest Recipient of Chinese Foreign Aid

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

Not Everyone in Kurdistan Is Cheering Kurdish Independence

Campbell MacDiarmid |

A Field Trip to the Front Lines of the Qatar-Saudi Cold War

Simon Henderson |

Before U.N. Summit, World Tells Trump His ‘America-First …

Colum Lynch |

Angola’s Transition to Technocracy Won’t Be Victimless

Alex Vines |

Venezuela Quells Military Uprising, Fires Outspoken …

Jesse Chase-Lubitz |

Russia Looks to U.N. to Help It Profit From Syria Conquests

Colum Lynch |

The Palace Intrigue at the Heart of the Qatar Crisis

Simon Henderson |

64 Years Later, CIA Finally Releases Details of Iranian Coup

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

Kazakhstan Spent $5 Billion on a Death Star and It Doesn't …

James Palmer |

Can Saudi Arabia’s Young Prince Wean the Welfare State?

Elizabeth Dickinson |

Market Body Slams OPEC

Robbie Gramer |

The Invisible Threat

Jenna McLaughlin |

Why Is Erik Prince Backing a Secure Communications Company?

Jana Winter |

Trump Is Going After Legal Protections for Journalists

Helen Murillo |

Can Sessions Turn Off the Faucet?

Sharon Weinberger |

At DHS, Kelly Toed the Trump Line

Kavitha Surana |

Donald Trump Is Pushing America’s Special Forces Past the …

Micah Zenko |

McMaster Fires Iran Hawk From NSC

Kate Brannen |

There Is No Trump Doctrine, and There Will Never Be One

Rebecca Friedman Lissner |

Trump’s Budget Would Leave U.S. Ports Open to Nuclear …

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

The Trump Tower Peace Theory

Phillip Y. Lipscy |

The Hardest Part of Trump’s National Security Strategy to …

Peter Feaver |

Spy Chief, a Frequent Guest at the White House, is MIA at …

Jenna McLaughlin |

Expelling the Taliban From Qatar Would Be a Grave Mistake

Laurel Miller |

Pakistan Is Inviting Its Favorite Jihadis Into Parliament

Memphis Barker |

The Myth of a ‘Better’ Iran Deal

Colin Kahl |

Trump Needs a Diplomatic Surge for North Korea

Ben Cardin |

The World Knew Ahead of Time the Rohingya Were Facing …

Kate Cronin-Furman |

The Jig Is Up for Congo’s Embattled President

Kenneth Roth |

Syrians Are Ready to Accept Bashar al-Assad as President

Anchal Vohra |

It's Time For a New Syria Peace Process

Lisa Roman |

Inside Putin's Libyan Power Play

Lincoln Pigman |

The China-India Border Standoff: What Does Beijing Want?

Thomas Kellogg |

The Top Five Foreign-Policy Blunders Trump Hasn’t Made Yet

Stephen M. Walt |

Jerusalem's Forever Crisis

Yardena Schwartz |

This 18-Year-Old Chinese Woman Is Beating the Schools at Sex…

Amy Hawkins |

Beijing Deals Another Blow to Hong Kong's Autonomy

Suzanne Sataline |

China's New Megacity: The Anti-Beijing

Ma Tianjie |

Is Beijing Getting Scared of Homeschooled Confucian …

Sam Crane |

America's Green Card-for-Cash Program Is Making a Mess in …

Rong Xiaoqing |

A New 'Cure' for China's Millions of Web Addicts: Hack Their…

Ricardo Lewis |

Unpacking China's Curious 'Ivanka Fever'

Rebecca E. Karl |

When Xi Meets the Trumps

Stephen S. Roach |

It's Not Communism Holding China's Youth Back. It's Their …

Lu-Hai Liang |

When Marx Meets Islam

Ma Tianjie |

Did Tillerson's Beijing Visit Box Him in, or Start a Reboot?

Scott Kennedy |

Heads, Beijing Wins. Tails, Hong Kong Loses.

Suzanne Sataline |

SitRep: Trump Demands Thousands of New Nukes

Paul McLeary |

Trump Nominates Robotics Promoter for Army Procurement …

John Kester |

As U.S. Retreats From World Organizations, China Steps in to…

Colum Lynch |

Russian Drone Tech May Include Help From Iran

John Kester |

Report: Hypersonic Missiles Could Trigger a War

John Kester |

Abandoning Iranian Nuclear Deal Could Lead to New Wave of …

Kate Brannen |

Sex Dolls Are Replacing China's Missing Women

Mei Fong |

Is the NSA Doing More Harm Than Good in Not Disclosing …

Nicholas Weaver |

Twitter Suspended Far Fewer Terrorist Accounts in First Half…

Elias Groll |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
The Shocking Destruction of Puerto Rico

The Shocking Destruction of Puerto Rico

Ruby Mellen |
The World in Photos this Week

The World in Photos this Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
The World This Week in Photos

The World This Week in Photos

FP Staff |

Infographic: How Does the U.S. Stack Up to World in …

Robbie Gramer |

Infographic: How Does U.S. Health Care Stack Up to the …

Robbie Gramer |

Watch: The Global Flow of Asylum-Seekers In One Interactive …

Robbie Gramer |

Infographic: Here's How the Global GDP Is Divvied Up

Robbie Gramer |

Here’s What Russia’s Military Build-Up in the Arctic …

Robbie Gramer |

Mapping the Spread of the ISIS Plague

Dan De Luce |

Mapped: What Each EU Country Impacted by New Quota Plan …

Siobhán O'Grady |

Workers of the World, Divided!

Benjamin Soloway |

Europe's Migrant Crisis By the Numbers

Elaine Ayo |

Mapped: U.S. and Allied Missile Defenses Against North Korea

Paul McLeary |

Can Trump End the War in Syria?

Colin Kahl |

Watch: All the World’s Global Trade in One Interactive Map

Robbie Gramer |

Belgium and the Netherlands Redraw Borders in a Peaceful …

Robbie Gramer |

Turkey’s New Maps Are Reclaiming the Ottoman Empire

Nick Danforth |

Mapped: Brexit's Aftermath

C.K. Hickey |

Mapped: The Islamic State Is Losing Its Territory -- and Fast

Henry Johnson |

Mapping the Spread of the ISIS Plague

Dan De Luce |

Mapped: The Threat of the Zika Virus

Megan Alpert |

David Bosco

Max Boot

Rosa Brooks

Thanassis Cambanis

Elizabeth Dickinson

Laurie Garrett

Kim Ghattas

Julia Ioffe

Leela Jacinto

Whitney Kassel

Jeffrey Lewis

Aaron David Miller

Suzanne Nossel

Thomas E. Ricks

David Rothkopf

Kori Schake

Emile Simpson

James Stavridis

Bruce Stokes

James Traub

Stephen M. Walt

Lauren Wolfe

Michela Wrong

Micah Zenko

Russia Has Invented Social Media Blitzkrieg

Russia Has Invented Social Media Blitzkrieg

Max Boot |
The Donald Trump-Kaiser Wilhelm Parallels Are Getting Scary

The Donald Trump-Kaiser Wilhelm Parallels Are Getting Scary

Stephen M. Walt |
The Trump Administration Wants Refugees to Fit In or Stay Out

The Trump Administration Wants Refugees to Fit In or Stay Out

Lauren Wolfe |
The End of the End of the Cold War

The End of the End of the Cold War

Julia Ioffe |
Angela Merkel’s Great Escape

Angela Merkel's Great Escape

James Traub |
A handy guide to current historical thinking on the American Revolution

A handy guide to current historical thinking on the American…

Thomas E. Ricks |
Book excerpt: A Canadian officer remembers ‘The Battle Within’

Book excerpt: A Canadian officer remembers ‘The Battle …

Thomas E. Ricks |
The Pro-Free Speech Way to Fight Fake News

The Pro-Free Speech Way to Fight Fake News

Suzanne Nossel |
Book excerpt: Afghan war vet Daniel Green summarizes the ‘Characteristics of Successful Village Stability Operations’

Book excerpt: Afghan war vet Daniel Green summarizes the ‘…

Thomas E. Ricks |

A handy guide to current historical thinking on the American…

Thomas E. Ricks |

Book excerpt: A Canadian officer remembers ‘The Battle …

Thomas E. Ricks |

‘Hell no, we won’t go?’: We admire the military but …

Thomas E. Ricks |

Some thoughts on how we might get from where we’re at now …

Thomas E. Ricks |

What a new U.S. civil war might look like

Thomas E. Ricks |

Rumblings of a second Civil War: Some links

Thomas E. Ricks |

It is high time for a new edition of the classic study …

Thomas E. Ricks |

‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’: Some nice …

Thomas E. Ricks |

Not a war dog but

Thomas E. Ricks |

Trump’s Empty North Korea Threats Will Lead to Humiliation…

Philip Gordon |

Seven Reasons Why Putting U.S. Nukes Back in South Korea Is …

Jon Wolfsthal |

If Trump Won't Certify the Nuke Deal, He Should Do This …

Ilan Goldenberg |

Expelling the Taliban From Qatar Would Be a Grave Mistake

Laurel Miller |

The U.S. Needs Real Diplomacy to Counter North Korea in …

Grant T. Harris |

The Myth of a ‘Better’ Iran Deal

Colin Kahl |

Merkel Will Spend the Next Four Years Battling Forces at Home

Julie Smith |

The Ethnic Cleansing of the Rohingya Could Be the New …

Michael H. Fuchs |

Jesse Helms + Hugo Chávez = Donald Trump

Derek Chollet |

Catalonia Leaving Spain Would Be Like Illinois Leaving the …

Daniel Runde |

Is the Czech Republic Falling Under Putin’s Shadow?

Adam Ereli |

It’s Time for the United States to Grade the U.N. and …

Mark P. Lagon |

The United States Must Prevent Disaster in Kurdistan

John Hannah |

If the U.S. Reimposes Sanctions on Iran, Allies Will Follow

Richard Goldberg |

It's Time to Reckon With What It Would Really Take to Deter …

Daniel Blumenthal |

If Cuba Can't Keep U.S. Diplomats Safe, What's the Point of…

José R. Cárdenas |

Russia Isn’t the Answer to America’s Problems With North…

David J. Kramer |

German Democracy Is Too Strong for the Far Right to Destroy

Daniel Twining |
Latest
My FP

    Voices

    More Voices

    The Mag

    Read Full Issue

    Highlights From Slate

    ×
    Lightbox image

    You have read 0 of 5 free articles

    Global Thinkers 2015 Issue Cover
    click me