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Photo Essay: I Know What Barack Obama Did This Summer

Having trouble keeping track of everything that happened on Barack Obama’s whirlwind world tour? FP is here to help.

The FP Interview: Richard Holbrooke on Radovan Karadzic

Amb. Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. assistant secretary of State and the chief negotiator of the Dayton Peace Agreement, shares his reflections on captured war criminal Radovan Karadzic, international justice, and how to deal with Osama bin Laden.

Seven Questions: When Nuri Met Barack

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki set off an international media firestorm when he appeared to endorse Barack Obama’s timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. What was Maliki up to, and is he really strong enough to stand on his own? To find out, FP caught up with McClatchy reporter Nancy Youssef in Baghdad.

The World’s Top 20 Public Intellectuals

In our last issue, we named the world’s top 100 public intellectuals and asked readers to vote for those they deem most deserving of the top honors. Now, 500,000 votes later, we reveal the results of the reader poll. Plus, members of the Top 100 name the intellectuals they believe should have made the list.

Beijing 2008
Think Again: The Olympics

The Olympic Games were founded to bridge cultural divides and promote peace. Instead, they often mask human rights abuses, do little to spur political change, and lend legitimacy to unsavory governments. Worse, the Beijing Games could still be the most controversial of all. By John Hoberman

Failed States
The Failed States Index 2008
Whether it is an unexpected food crisis or a devastating hurricane, the world’s weakest states are the most exposed when crisis strikes. In the fourth annual Failed States Index, Foreign Policy and The Fund for Peace rank the countries where state collapse may be just one disaster away.

When Professors Go to War

Why the Ivory Tower and the Pentagon don’t mix. By Hugh Gusterson

The List: The World’s Worst Advisors

Some say a leader is only as good as his advisors. Here’s a look at a few would-be sages who should have never been listened to, much less given a job.

The Failed States Index 2008
Whether it is an unexpected food crisis or a devastating hurricane, the world’s weakest states are the most exposed when crisis strikes. In the fourth annual Failed States Index, Foreign Policy and The Fund for Peace rank the countries where state collapse may be just one disaster away.

The U.S. Military Index
In an exclusive new index, Foreign Policy and the Center for a New American Security surveyed more than 3,400 active and retired officers at the highest levels of command about the state of the U.S. military. They see a force stretched dangerously thin and a country ill-prepared for the next fight.

The Global Food Fight
There are many culprits we can blame for higher food prices. But the poor isn’t one of them. By Moisés Naím


	China's Economic Fluctuations
	President Bush in the Middle East
	Financing Energy Efficiency in China
	What America Must Do
	Politics More Dangerous than Nukes
	The Myth of the Authoritarian Model: How Putin's Crackdown Holds Russia Back
	U.S.-Iran Confrontation in Strait of Hormuz
	Europe and the U.S.: Confronting Global Challenges