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Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, was no good for Palestine. And his exit will make a peaceful solution more likely.

The Lisbon Treaty creates an EU president, sure. But it's the new foreign policy czar who might really change the world.

Why remembrance of past imperial glory holds back Russia today. Part of an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The new Israel lobby group made a spectacular entrance, but it now must walk a political tightrope to build its credibility.

What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.

Let's be honest: What Afghanistan has on its hands isn't an insurgency, it's a civil war.

Reagan? Economics? The CIA? Why the usual suspects get too much credit. Part of an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The top humanitarian official for the United Nations tells FP how to do aid in a time of war. Here’s a hint: it’s not pretty.

Natural gas pipelines, not military supply lines, could pave the way for stability in power-starved Central Asia.

The fall of the Berlin Wall united Germany and eliminated the Cold War's most potent symbol. Here are five barriers that continue to divide nations and disrupt lives today. Part of an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

When the Berlin Wall came down, the world cheered -- and the West Germans sipped lattes. Part of an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

What the Milan conviction of 23 U.S. officials means for those on trial and the future of diplomatic immunity.

Maybe history didn't end in 1989, but the world would certainly never be the same. From Berlin, to Beijing, to Burma, here are some of the most memorable images from a "year of miracles." Part of an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Here’s a hint: It's not Mousavi, Khatami, or Karroubi.

Elections could be the country's undoing. Or, it could be a good start for much-needed reform.

The Islamic Republic is facing a political and economic crisis. Obama must keep that in mind as he plans his next move.

Your facial hair says something about you in Afghanistan -- especially if you're a foreign soldier.

Norwegian photojournalist Jonas Bendiksen spent six weeks living in the slums of Nairobi, then Caracas, Mumbai, and Jakarta. His remarkable panoramic images take us inside slum families' lives, revealing the profound human impulse to fashion not only shelter but a home.

We ran the numbers and it's true: the watchdogs have their politics. But that might just be a good thing.

Hillary Clinton's retreat from the previous US demand for a settlement freeze leaves the administration's strategy for Israeli-Palestinian peace in limbo.