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American drones have changed everything for al Qaeda and its local allies in Pakistan, becoming a fact of life in a secret war that is far from over.

The president is far more vulnerable than he thinks on foreign policy.

What's on the horizon for warfare in 2012? FP asked some of the world's top experts to fill in the blanks.

(*And Chekhov and Dostoyevsky.) The case for (re)reading Russia's greatest literary classics.

Meet Patrick Ball, a statistician who's spent his life lifting the fog of war.

But can it be controlled?

Don't fear the digital bogeyman. Virtual conflict is still more hype than reality.

The "war on terror" still casts a long shadow in some unlikely places.

How the president's drone war is backfiring.

When drones were created, how they're used, and what their future looks like.

How countries stack up against global corporations.

The global elites that really run the world.

Taking stock of Big Business vs. Big Government.

Six of the world's most notable "war hotels," in the words of journalists who spent time cooped up in them.

Welcome to the Serena Hotels, outposts of multi-star luxury in countries with zero-star conditions.

A peek inside the bag Knesset member Michael Ben-Ari schleps to work each day in Jerusalem.

The Middle East's real problem is poverty, not politics, says Israel's president.

U.S. presidents try, try, try to make peace in the Middle East.

Chronicling Israel and Palestine's path to becoming a catchphrase.

Why is distrust of immigrants so universal?