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ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group Why Counterterrorism Won’t Stop the Latest Jihadist Threat By Audrey Kurth Cronin ISIS may use terrorism as a tactic, but it is not a terrorist organization. Rather, it is a pseudo-state led by a conventional army. So the counterterrorism strategies that were useful against al Qaeda won’t work in the fight against ISIS.

Dreaming of Russia in Ankara Is Erdogan Following in Putin's Footsteps? By Claire Sadar Many suspect Erdogan of taking Turkey in an Islamist direction. But his real objective is a different kind of state: a secular autocracy more similar to Russia than Iran.

Facing a Fragile Ceasefire If the Deal Doesn't Hold, Don't Arm Ukraine By Rajan Menon and Kimberly Marten If the recently brokered ceasefire fails to stop the fighting in Ukraine, the United States should still refrain from sending arms.

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The Trouble With Race By Gideon Rose Racial tensions have been at the center of American political debate recently, but the story of racial and ethnic division is actually a global one. So for the March/April issue, we did a deep dive into racial issues in comparative and historical perspective.

How to End Piracy Lessons from the Last Decade By Conor Seyle Governments have traditionally combatted piracy with brute military force. More recently, however, states have opted for a different approach and seen surprising success.

Iran, With Love Letter from Tehran By @pedestrian In Iran, mass urbanization, increasing access to social media, and a more secular public space (despite propaganda otherwise) have made finding potential mates leagues more complicated.

Behind the March/April 2015 Cover: Meet Artist Angélica Dass By Angélica Dass Cover artist Angélica Dass discusses her Humanae project.

Turkey's Blasphemy Barometer Sacrificing Free Speech in Istanbul By Piotr Zalewski In Turkey, the government and judiciary are using blasphemy laws to justify censorship.

True Colors A Conversation With Angélica Dass  By Angélica Dass Angélica Dass talks to Foreign Affairs about the March/April cover image, her experience of race in Brazil and Spain, and how she matches portrait subjects to the Pantone color matching their skin.

Energy's Hottest Sector By Gideon Rose Shale isn’t the only energy story of interest, nor even the only potentially revolutionary one. The electricity sector is quietly undergoing its own transformation, and it is likely to yield dramatic economic and social benefits.

Unplugging Putin TV How to Beat Back the Kremlin Propaganda By Peter Pomerantsev The West's ability to counter the Kremlin's skillful propaganda is now a matter of global security. Here's how to do it.

Why Countering Extremism Fails Washington's Top-Down Approach to Prevention Is Flawed By Humera Khan Traditionally, countering violent extremism has been limited to military and government-led counterterrorism efforts that have ignored the crucial role of civil society in preventing radicalization.

China's Predictable Slowdown Why the Economists Got It Wrong By Salvatore Babones It has been clear for a long time that China's rate of economic growth would eventually decelerate for a number of reasons.

Hamas Nears the Breaking Point Why Egypt Is to Blame By Benedetta Berti and Zack Gold At a rally for Hamas in Gaza, a spokesman for the group warned that the continued blockade on the area “will push Hamas to carry out actions which could be described as crazy.” When it comes to Hamas, such rhetoric is par for the course—except for one thing: the target of the...

Havana Calling Easing the Embargo Will Open the Cuban Telecom Sector By Jose W. Fernandez and Eric Lorber Easing the U.S. embargo on Cuba will provide companies with immediate economic opportunities, so long as they are willing to bear the administrative and bureaucratic burdens of conducting business in a nation untouched by U.S. industry for 54 years.

What's Inside the New Issue: March/April 2015 By Gideon Rose Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, previews the new issue.