…as timely as today’s headlines, remarkably prescient, and creative
in finding new ways to explore complex ideas.

—2003 National Magazine Award citation

Founded in 1970 by Samuel Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel, and now published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., FOREIGN POLICY Magazine is the premier, award-winning magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas. Our mission is to explain how the world works—in particular, how the process of global integration is reshaping nations, institutions, cultures, and, more fundamentally, our daily lives.

FP covers a staggering variety of complicated but vital issues [and] offers
original takes on topics prescient to the offbeat.

Equal parts scout and translator, we draw on the world’s leading journalists, thinkers, and professionals to analyze the most significant international trends and events of our times, without regard to ideology or political bias. Whether dissecting George W. Bush’s national security strategy, hunting for the real identity of the “international community,” or investigating the rise of Japanese pop culture, we strive to combine original thinking with real-world examples of ideas in action.

What You WON'T Find in FP

• Cliché sound bites masquerading as reportage
• Predictable, read-them-a-hundred-times analyses of examined-to-death global stories
• Polite essays that fail to challenge your assumptions, excite your passions, or raise your ire

What You WILL Find in FP

• Iconoclastic thinking designed to catch you off guard—and make you think
• Points of view that are decidedly different, refreshingly global, occasionally shocking, and often surprising
• A completely fresh takes on the issues, ideas, and events that drive world politics, economics, and culture

intelligent and innovative

In a field that too often equates seriousness with boredom, FP presents time-starved and information-saturated readers with innovative editorial features, eye-catching layouts, graphics, and artwork—and a healthy dose of irreverence.

…dares to make international relations interesting to the
non-policy-wonk community

FP is dedicated to reaching a broad, nonspecialized audience that recognizes that what happens “there” matters “here,” and vice versa. Our readers include some of the most influential leaders in business, government, and other professional arenas in the United States and more than 90 other countries.

In addition to our flagship edition and Web site, www.foreignpolicy.com , FP has a growing stable of foreign editions and syndication partners who disseminate our content worldwide—expanding FP's discussion and debate of international issues to a truly global audience of more than 10 million readers.

FP is distinguished by the clarity and vigor of its mission—to explain how
globalization is changing the way the world works—and by delivering on that promise.

Just two years and one-half years after relaunching from a quarterly academic journal to a bimonthly, full-color general interest magazine, FP was awarded the 2003 National Magazine Award for General Excellence in its circulation category—the industry’s highest honor. FP ’s revamped and retooled format also received Folio magazine’s 2001 Editorial Excellence Award, Gold Ozzie Award for Best Redesign, and Silver Ozzie Award for Best Overall Design.