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A recently released videotape of Serbian paramilitary forces killing unarmed Muslims during the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica has caused public outcry in Serbia. FP asked David Scheffer, who helped negotiate the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, about war crimes suspects still at large, the status of prosecutions, and the price of justice.

FP_ART Saudi Arabia's King Fahd is nearing his last days. His successor, Crown Prince Abdullah, has held the reins since 1995. Yet Fahd’s recent hospitalization put the kingdom’s security forces on high alert and drove up oil prices. What gives? FP asked veteran Saudi watcher F. Gregory Gause about succession in the House of Saud, explosive allegations in a recently published U.S. book, and political developments in the kingdom.

Hong Kongs Tung Chee-hwa may have seemed clueless in office. But the hapless leader did more for the territorys democratic hopes than anyone else.

Some say President Bush acts like an autocrat. Then again, so have most of America’s greatest presidents.

How the price of gas, and its volatility, could force a double-dip in the Great Recession.

A blanket hold placed late last week by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on all State Department nominees appears to have been lifted on Saturday, administration sources tell The Cable.

Three million displaced in Pakistan could turn the tide for the country -- or for the Taliban.

Regional economic experts agree: The end of the recession just means the end of the beginning of bad times.