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By the end of July, 25 percent of American combat troops are due to withdraw from Iraq. FP sat down with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, to find out how he plans to draw down without leaving chaos behind.

The tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto was merely the coup de grâce for a U.S. strategy that was already doomed to failure. When Pervez Musharraf falls, too, will American leaders finally wake up and see Pakistan for what it is, not for what they wish it to be?

Are we running out of oil? FPTV speaks with Vijay Vaitheeswaran and Robert L. Hirsch about their conflicting views on the future of the world's greatest addiction.

Dmitri Trenin explains why the mullahs in Tehran may be willing to shelve their nuclear plans permanently in exchange for a little face time with the United States.

Yang Jianli spent five years in a Chinese prison on political charges. He tells FP why he believes some American policymakers are hypocrites when it comes to China and what he hopes President Bush will say at the Beijing Games.

In his January/February cover story, “A World Without Islam,” Graham Fuller takes issue with those who blame religion for the rift between East and West. He imagines what the world have looked like without Islam—and argues that it would look much the same. Now, he answers your questions about the role of religion, the future of the Middle East, and whether America invites terrorism upon itself.

FP speaks with Reza Aslan about why the next American president should leave God out of the war on terror.

Economist Kenneth Rogoff argues that if the United States wants to clear the air with the rest of the world, it should start with $6 gasoline.

Jessica T. Mathews tells FP why it’s time to talk to Syria.

Want to track the movements of your president’s plane? Here’s how to do it.

Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman’s new book, Point of No Return, has topped best-seller lists there for months. FP sat down with Bergman to get an inside look at the book that intelligence expert Ephraim Kam calls in the January/February issue an “impressive inquiry into the Iran-Hezbollah-Israel triangle.”

For nearly a decade, one man has ruled Russia. Marked by scandal, enormous oil profits, and confrontation with the West, Vladimir Putin’s tenure has been nothing if not dramatic. A look back at some of the moments that defined his presidency.