Editors' Picks
The coming Palestinian statehood push at the United Nations is a train wreck. But with the U.S. Congress promising punishment for this effrontery, it's not just Palestinians who will come away grievously injured.
Israel's giant new natural gas find will transform the Middle East -- and add more fuel to an already combustible region.
A Dictator's Handbook for the President
To win in 2012, Obama's going to have to act a bit more like the tyrants he's so proud of toppling.
Everyone knows an independent Palestine, side by side with Israel, is unworkable right now. But it's even more hopeless than they think.
Palestine may be fragmented, but let's remember whose fault that is.

BY MOUIN RABBANI
What the death of Afghanistan's top negotiator means for peace

BY ANAND GOPAL
This year's Hugo Chavez reading list

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Perry: Obama’s Mideast policy 'naive, arrogant, misguided, and dangerous'

BY JOSH ROGIN
PLO official: Perry is a 'racist'
BY JOSH ROGIN
Seven simple steps to understanding Pakistan
BY TOM LYNCH
NATO succumbs to irrational exuberance
BY DAVID BOSCO
We're paying the price for ignoring Yemen
Is This the End of
The Al Jazeera Decade?
BY B. HOUNSHELL
DIRECTORY
When They Were Kings - An FP List By Colum Lynch
The United Nations has long been a playground for bad boy dictators. But there are a few notables who won't be making the trek to New York for the festivities and powwows this week.
09/20/2011
A short visual history of an awfully contentious idea.
09/20/2011
Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed - By Mouin Rabbani
Palestine may be fragmented. But let's remember whose fault that is.
09/20/2011
Depends what you consider rich. (But yes.)
09/20/2011
The Myth of the Middle Class - By Charles Kenny
The world's most pandered-to demographic is no more economically productive or civic-minded than anyone else.
09/19/2011
Egypt's Identity Crisis - By Steven A. Cook
The mood in Tahrir Square may be gloomy, but Egypt is right where it should be.
09/19/2011
What Wikileaks Tells Us About Al Jazeera - By Omar Chatriwala
Is the rapidly expanding Middle East satellite television network and voice of the Arab Spring as independent as it claims?
09/19/2011
Children of the Revolution: Libya - An FP Slide Show
The youngest Libyans adjust to life post-Qaddafi.
09/19/2011
The Promised Land - A Photo Essay By Amnon Gutman
For some Palestinians making a living means living in limbo.
09/16/2011