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What if the rest of the world could help choose the next U.S. president? A stunning new map of Gallup World Poll data from 70 countries shows that Barack Obama would win in a landslide.

Reza Aslan, Parag Khanna, Christopher Hitchens, Andrew Bacevich, and many more sharp minds offer unsolicited advice—some serious, some less so—for the woman vying to become a heartbeat away from the presidency.

Comprising one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, followers of Jesus have lived in Iraq for nearly 2,000 years. But with thousands of families fleeing on a biblical scale since the 2003 U.S. invasion, Iraqi Christians face an uncertain future.

In his column for the September/October issue of Foreign Policy, Editor in Chief Moisés Naím calls for “an audit of America’s foreign-policy double standards.” We asked readers to write in, telling us double standard in U.S. foreign policy bothered them the most. Here’s what they told us.

Personal attacks and inaccurate accusations are flying as John McCain and Barack Obama “take the gloves off” in the home stretch of the U.S. presidential election, and Americans might have a hard time imagining that it could get any worse. But as voters in the following five countries can attest, it definitely can.

Do you have what it takes to be a U.S. Foreign Service officer?

Rocked by violent protests this week, the new government in Thailand is paralyzed amid rumors of a fresh military coup.

In his article on President Bush’s foreign policy (“Think Again: Bush’s Legacy”), David Frum wrote that “the next Republican president [will] fall far short of the high standard set by the last one.” Many of our readers disagreed. Now, Frum answers their questions about the lasting international influence of America’s 43rd president.

Whether it’s through overfishing, new ethical standards, or nanny-state health measures, the following foods may some day soon disappear from menus forever. Eat up while you can.

With refugees fleeing by the tens of thousands and piracy running rampant, it’s clear that, whether on land or at sea, Somalia is still drowning in chaos.

Reliable global crime statistics are hard to come by, but here are five cities that stand in a class all their own when it comes to brutal, homicidal violence.