This Week on Foreign Affiars.com -"The Best Of"

December 27, 2012

This Week on ForeignAffairs.com

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The Best of Print in 2012

Francis Fukuyama on the future of history, Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell on how China sees America, Ned Parker on the Iraq we left behind, Ruchir Sharma on why the rest stopped rising, and more. Read

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The Best of Web in 2012

Yochai Benkler on why Anonymous isn't a threat to national security, Charli Carpenter on "The Game of Thrones" as international relations theory, Seth Jones on al Qaeda regrouping in Iran, Marina Ottaway on Egypt's secularists, and more. Read

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Best International Relations Books of 2012

Rachel Kleinfeld's "Advancing the Rule of Law Abroad," Adair Turner's "Economics After the Crisis," Fredrik Logevall's "Embers of War," John Turner's "Brigham Young," and more. Read