Foreign Policy Explained

Foreign Policy
Editor:	Ravi Agrawal
Frequency:	Four issues annually
Format:	Digital Print
Total Circulation:	35,000
Circulation Year:	December 2021
Category:	News magazine, news site
Company:	Graham Holdings Company
Based:	Washington, D.C.
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Issn:	0015-7228

Foreign Policy is an American news publication founded in 1970 focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy. It produces content daily on its website and app,^[1] and in four print issues annually.

Foreign Policy magazine and ForeignPolicy.com are published by The FP Group,^[2] a division of Graham Holdings Company (formerly The Washington Post Company). The FP Group also produces FP Events, Foreign Policys events division, launched in 2012.

History

Foreign Policy was founded in late 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington, professor of Harvard University, and his friend Warren Demian Manshel to give a voice to alternative views about American foreign policy at the time of the Vietnam War.^{[3] [4]} Huntington hoped it would be "serious but not scholarly, lively but not glib".^[5]

In early 1978, after six years of close partnership, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace acquired full ownership of Foreign Policy. In 2000, a format change was implemented from a slim quarterly academic journal to a bimonthly magazine. It also launched international editions in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

In September 2008, Foreign Policy was bought by The Washington Post Company (now Graham Holdings Company).^[6] In 2012, Foreign Policy grew to become the FP Group—an expansion of Foreign Policy magazine to include ForeignPolicy.com and FP Events.^[7]

Style

According to its submission guidelines, Foreign Policy articles "strike the balance" between informed specialist research and general readability, and tend to be written in plain rather than "wonky" language.^[8]

Editorial stance

Foreign Policy endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election. This was the first time in its 50-year history the magazine endorsed a candidate.^[9]

Awards

Since 2003, Foreign Policy has been nominated for eight National Magazine Awards, winning six: three for its print publication and three for its digital publication at ForeignPolicy.com. FP is the only independent magazine that has won consecutive digital national magazine awards every year from being established in 2009.

2003

• Foreign Policy won the National Magazine Award for Outstanding Achievement and General Excellence in the under 100,000 circulation category.^[10]

2007

• Foreign Policy won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in the 100,000 to 250,000 circulation category.^[11]
• Foreign Policy was presented as a Gold Winner by the Eddie Awards for "Who Wins in Iraq", in the Consumer News/Commentary/General Interest category.^[12]

2008

• Folio Magazine Gold Editorial Excellence (Eddie) Award – Consumer Magazine, News/Commentary/General Interest (single article), "What America Must Do" by Kenneth Rogoff, Jan/Feb 2008.^[13]
• FPs "What America Must Do" feature received the Eddie Award as a Gold Winner for the Consumer News/Commentary/General Interest category for a Single Article.^[13]
• Folio Magazine Silver Editorial Excellence (Eddie) Award – Consumer Magazine, News/Commentary/General Interest (single article), "A World Enslaved" by Benjamin Skinner, Mar/Apr 2008.^[13]
• Folio Magazine Silver Editorial Excellence (Eddie) Award – Consumer Magazine, News/Commentary/General Interest (full issue), May/June 2008.^[13]
• Media Industry Newsletters (min) "Best of the Web" Award in the blog category for Passport a blog by the editors of Foreign Policy.^[14]

2009

• Foreign Policy won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in the 100,000 to 250,000 circulation category.^[15]
• Forbes RealClearWorld designated ForeignPolicy.com as a top international news site.^[16]

2010

• Foreign Policys "The Best Defense" column authored by Tom Ricks received the Digital National Magazine Award for best blog.^[17]

2011

• Foreign Policy and former editor-in-chief Susan Glasser were presented with a special citation for the Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting.^[18]
• "Turtle Bay", the reported blog by journalist Colum Lynch, won the Digital National Magazine Award for best reporting for a series of hard-hitting investigative articles about the United Nations.^[19]

2012

• Foreign Policy won an Overseas Press Club award for General Excellence for the best overall international coverage on a website.^[20]
• FPs "Qaddafi Files" won the National Magazine Award for Multimedia^[21]

2014

• Foreign Policy received its first design recognition for "The Surveillance State", appearing in its annual Global Thinkers issue in December 2013. The illustration by Oliver Munday accompanied the marquee story by novelist William T. Vollmann, who discussed "the surveillance state" we knowingly live in after the revelations of wide-reaching surveillance by the NSA. Munday's illustration for FP appeared in the American Illustration annual award book (#33).^[22]
• Foreign Policy writers won multiple awards from the United Nations Correspondents Association. Senior diplomatic reporter Colum Lynch received the silver medal for the Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize for his three-part series on the UNAMID peacekeeping mission in Darfur. FP contributor James Reinl won the gold medal in The United Nations Foundation Prize for print for his reporting on Somalia and Kenya, including his story in Foreign Policy titled "Crazy Town" about PTSD in Somalia.^[23]

2016

• Foreign Policy contributors received two Overseas Press Club awards for excellence in international reporting. Honorees included Tristian McConnell for his 2015 piece called "Close Your Eyes and Pretend to be Dead", detailing the deadly attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall in 2013. Christina Larson also received the award for her profile of the entrepreneur Zhao Bowen entitled "The Zhao Method" and featured FPs September/October 2015 print edition.^[24]
• Foreign Policy and photographer Andrew Quilty received the George Polk Award in photography for the three part photo series titled "The Man on the Operating Table", showing the destruction following airstrikes on Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan in October 2015.^[25]

See also

• Foreign policy of the United States

External links

"The Man on the Operating Table":

• Part 1: Inside the MSF Hospital in Kunduz
• Part 2: MSF Hospital Survivors Recount a Night of Horror
• Part 3: The Man on the Operating Table

Notes and References

1. Web site: Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas. Ola. Salem.
2. Web site: Foreign Policy Group. fpgroup.foreignpolicy.com. 23 July 2018. 18 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200118120929/https://fpgroup.foreignpolicy.com/. dead.
3. Web site: Samuel Huntington, 1927–2008 . 13 September 2014 . Foreign Policy . 16 February 2009 . 10 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120610045457/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/02/16/samuel_huntington_1927_2008 . dead .
4. Web site: 100 Years of Impact: A Timeline of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . 22 April 2015 . Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
5. News: Yester . Katherine . Samuel Huntington, 1927–2008 . 13 September 2014 . Foreign Policy . 16 February 2009 . 10 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120610045457/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/02/16/samuel_huntington_1927_2008 . dead .
6. News: Ahrens . Frank . Post Co. Buys Foreign Policy Magazine . 27 May 2014 . The Washington Post . 30 September 2008.
7. Web site: Foreign Policy Group History . Foreign Policy Group . 22 April 2015 . 22 April 2015 . 1 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201235528/http://fpgroup.foreignpolicy.com/about/history/ . dead .
8. Web site: Submissions. . Foreign Policy. 28 November 2018.
9. News: Hillary Clinton for President of the United States . October 9, 2016.
10. Web site: May 27, 2014 . Winners & Finalists . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181010181823/http://magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/winners-finalists . 10 October 2018 . 27 May 2014 . American Society of Magazine Editors.
11. Web site: 27 May 2014 . National Magazine Awards 2007 Winners Announced . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141128210359/http://www.magazine.org/asme/about-asme/pressroom/asme-press-releases/national-magazine-awards-2007-winners-announced . 28 November 2014 . 27 May 2014 . American Society of Magazine Editors.
12. News: A Good Year for FP . Foreign Policy blog . 20 December 2007 . 27 May 2014.
13. News: 2008 Eddie Awards Winners . Folio . 27 May 2014 . 23 September 2008.
14. Web site: Min Online. Min's 2008 Best of the Web Winners. Min Online. 27 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010429/http://www.minonline.com/news/6810.html. 28 May 2014. dead.
15. Web site: The Association of Magazine Media. The Association of Magazine Media. The Association of Magazine Media. 27 May 2014. 28 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010631/http://www.magazine.org/foreign-policy-2. dead.
16. Web site: RealClearWorld. Top International News Sites 2009. RealClearWorld. 27 May 2014.
17. Web site: October 12, 2010 . MRE 2010 contest winners announced . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120601033511/http://militaryreporters.org/2010/10/mre-2010-contest-winners-announced/ . 1 June 2012 . 27 May 2014 . Military Reporters and Editors Association.
18. Web site: Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Weinthal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting. Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. 27 May 2014.
19. Web site: Foreign Policy The Association of Magazine Media. The Association of Magazine Media. 27 May 2014. 10 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171010102620/http://www.magazine.org/foreign-policy-9. dead.
20. Web site: Overseas Press Club of America. GENERAL EXCELLENCE ONLINE AWARD 2011. 25 April 2012 . Overseas Press Club of America. 27 May 2014.
21. Web site: 2012 National Magazine Awards for Digital Media. American Society of Magazine Editors. 27 May 2014. 28 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010457/http://www.magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards/event-highlights/2012-national-magazine-awards-digital-media. dead.
22. Web site: American Illustration American Photography. American Illustration 33 Winners. American Illustration American Photography. 23 July 2018.
23. Web site: United Nations Correspondents Association. 2014 UNCA Award Winners. United Nations Correspondents Association. 23 July 2018.
24. Web site: Foreign Policy Group. Foreign Policy Receives Two Overseas Press Club Awards for Excellence in International Reporting. Foreign Policy Group. 23 July 2018.
25. Web site: George Polk Awards. Past George Polk Award Winners 2016. 23 July 2018.