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Could Paris teach Washington a thing or two about protecting civil liberties while tracking down terrorists at home? In the United States, revelations that the Bush administration mandated domestic spying have caused a political uproar. France, however, has been spying on its citizens for years, as part of its effective, albeit controversial, counterterrorist system.

A Harvard professor who supported the invasion of Iraq moves back to his native Canada, wins a seat in parliament, and goes on to transform Canadian foreign policy. At least that’s how the Michael Ignatieff story is supposed to go.

Ariel Sharon was more than Israel’s Prime Minister. During the last four years, he became the embodiment of Israeli public sentiment. One of the few things he didn’t achieve was to leave Israel with a successor ready to fill his shoes.

The founding of Ariel Sharon’s new centrist party has been hailed as the dawn of a new political era in Israel. But it was actually Amir Peretz’s surprising win over Shimon Peres to lead the Labor party that decisively upended the status quo in Israeli politics. Peretz’s bold leadership and populist message are helping break Likud’s grip on power and moving Israel to the left.

How should free societies deal with terrorism? Steven Spielberg’s Munich, a film about Israel’s response to the terrorist killings at the 1972 Munich Olympics, gets to the heart of the question. An advance screening of the film hosted by Foreign Policy and Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs earlier this month brought together Kathleen Kennedy, the film’s coproducer, Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School, Dennis Ross, a former top U.S. Middle East envoy, and FP’s own editor in chief, Moisés Naím.

The world will remember 2005 for its natural disasters, the passing of a pope, and the ongoing insurgency in Iraq. But, all the while, FP’s editors have been keeping an eye out for those stories that fell through the cracks but will have a lasting impact for years to come. In a year-end FP exclusive, here are 10 stories you might have missed.

Ukraine’s Orange Revolution had a blue first anniversary. The reformist government is in disarray and some Ukrainians are wondering what has actually changed.

The world will remember 2005 for its natural disasters, the passing of a pope, and the ongoing insurgency in Iraq. But, all the while, FP’s editors have been keeping an eye out for those stories that fell through the cracks but will have a lasting impact for years to come. In a year-end FP exclusive, here are 10 stories you might have missed.

George W. Bush was supposed to be the CEO president, a big-picture guy who leaves the details to others. But more than two years after the invasion of Iraq, Bush is deep into the nitty-gritty.