Central Asia
Obama Should Apologize
The facts are in: NATO forces mistakenly killed Pakistani soldiers. It’s time to swallow American pride and say we’re sorry.
BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | DECEMBER 22, 2011
The Condomnation of Vladimir Putin
Russia’s embattled ruler meets his public.
BY JULIA IOFFE | DECEMBER 16, 2011
Change Afghanistan Can Believe In
10 years later, life isn't just better -- it's much better.
BY CHARLES KENNY | DECEMBER 12, 2011
Northern Distribution Nightmare
Tensions in Pakistan are running high. So, to resupply U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Washington’s having to cut deals with some very unsavory regimes.
BY DAVID TRILLING | DECEMBER 6, 2011
Election Hardball, Kremlin Style
In advance of Sunday's parliamentary ballot, the pro-Putin camp is cracking down hard on independent election monitors.
BY JULIA IOFFE | DECEMBER 2, 2011
Putin and the Boo-boys
A new wave of anti-Putin sentiment is sweeping Russia, but with the once-and-future president still loved by more than two-thirds of the population, there's little hope for change.
BY JULIA IOFFE | NOVEMBER 29, 2011
The Elements' Armistice
Weather dictates the rhythm of nearly everything in rural Afghanistan, including war.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | NOVEMBER 28, 2011
War Outside the Frame
It's not Restrepo. The conflict in northern Afghanistan has no running time.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Kisses for Karimov
Uzbekistan's dictator is another Qaddafi-in-waiting. Realism is one thing, but the United States can't be afraid to call the devil by his name.
BY TOM MALINOWSKI | NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Crime Scene
The violence in northern Afghanistan today is so complicated that even Afghans have trouble untangling its roots.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Twitter vs. the KGB
Can social media save a journalist in trouble in a place like Kyrgyzstan?
BY NATALIA YEFIMOVA-TRILLING | NOVEMBER 11, 2011
America's Unsavory Allies
A look at the some of the bad guys the U.S. still supports.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 28, 2011
City of the Future
Karachi is violent, unhealthy, and unequal. Is that so bad?
BY STEVE INSKEEP | OCTOBER 17, 2011
Lord of War
The appearance of Viktor Bout, the so-called "Merchant of Death," in a Manhattan courtroom this week represents a milestone in the long battle to stop the black market arms trade.
BY COLUM LYNCH | OCTOBER 14, 2011
Meet the New Putin, Same as the Old Putin
As the de facto president seeks to reassure foreign investors, it's clear that everyone's a little on edge.
BY JULIA IOFFE | OCTOBER 7, 2011
Twilight of a Seat-Warmer
Medvedev's worst week ever just keeps on going.
BY JULIA IOFFE | OCTOBER 4, 2011
Confessions of an Xbox General
Can a computer game teach the Army how to defeat the Taliban?
BY MICHAEL PECK | SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Disaster Politics
The real story behind Putin's return to the throne: Russia is headed for economic catastrophe, and nothing he does can stop it.
BY JULIA IOFFE | SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Twilight in Manhattan, Dawn in Tripoli
America did nearly everything wrong in the post-9/11 world. The post-Arab Spring world is our chance to finally get it right.
BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Russia's Big Backyard
A grand tour of the stunningly diverse former Soviet states.
CAPTIONS BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | AUGUST 19, 2011
Roads to Ruin
Generations of conquerors and marauders have come and gone in northern Afghanistan, but the paths on which they travel have endured.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | AUGUST 17, 2011
In a Sick Country
Afghanistan is dying -- not because of the Taliban or the allied forces, but from minor ailments that are slowly killing off a population with no medical services to speak of.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | AUGUST 12, 2011
The Taliban Come to Mazar
Last month, NATO forces ceded this northern city to the Afghan army, calling it safe territory. But insurgent forces are on the doorstep.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | AUGUST 3, 2011
Assassin Nation
After more than three decades of targeted killings, is there anyone left alive who can actually run Afghanistan?
BY EDWARD GIRARDET | JULY 18, 2011
Who Killed Ahmed Wali Karzai?
The Taliban is taking credit for assassinating the Afghan president's powerful brother. But a personal feud seems more likely.
BY MATTHIEU AIKINS | JULY 12, 2011
A Thousand Points of Light
When it comes to bringing electricity to the developing world, small is beautiful.
BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY 11, 2011
Lift One from the Gipper
Tim Pawlenty has the Reaganite foreign policy talking points down, but do they add up to anything?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 1, 2011
The Road Home from Kabul
Drawing down troops from Afghanistan is the right move. Now it's time to focus on the real threat in the neighborhood: the one coming from Pakistan.
BY JOHN KERRY | JUNE 24, 2011
Let's Make a Deal
The United States and the Taliban should be able to work out a compromise on Afghanistan. But will the Afghans be able to live with it?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 24, 2011
Chicago street gang and Lyndon LaRouche appear in Qaddafi's FBI file
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
No, the Spanish can’t be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
Obama scolds military over sexual assaults
BY KEVIN BARON
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
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