Eastern Europe
The Year in Unfreedom
An encouraging number of the world's people voted in 2012. But voting does not a democracy make.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 4, 2013
Babies Wanted
A look at the 10 countries with the lowest fertility rates in the world.
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH | JANUARY 2, 2013
Poland's Shale Gas Dream
Polish leaders think they've found a path to energy independence, but their high hopes could prove premature.
BY DIMITER KENAROV | DECEMBER 26, 2012
Shield of the West
If it weren't for Poland, we'd all be speaking Mongolian right now.
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | DECEMBER 17, 2012
Europe's Pet Dictator
Parts of the old Soviet bloc have moved on. So why is Belarus still mired in despotism?
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 13, 2012
The Star Student
Poland is the classic market economy. But it knows that its future depends on staying close to the European Union.
BY JAKUB WIŚNIEWSKI | DECEMBER 12, 2012
Back to the (Soviet) Future
Dear Vladimir Putin, I'm a human rights activist, not a spy.
BY TANYA LOKSHINA | DECEMBER 5, 2012
Off with Their Heads
Has Vladimir Putin lost control of his “corruption crackdown”?
BY SIMON SHUSTER | DECEMBER 5, 2012
Barbarians at the Gate
Are Russia and China trying to take over the Internet? Probably. But so far they aren't having much luck.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 5, 2012
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The revenge of the Soviet military.
BY CELESTE A. WALLANDER | DECEMBER 4, 2012
The Migrant Money Machine
The developed world could make a big difference to the global economy simply by helping migrants to do what comes naturally: send money home.
BY PETER PASSELL | DECEMBER 4, 2012
Can You Save Diplomacy From Itself?
Carne Ross's quixotic crusade to help emerging nations get their seat at the table.
BY CRISTINA ODONE | NOVEMBER 26, 2012
The New Breakout Nations
Forget the BRICs. Meet seven unheralded countries to watch.
BY RUCHIR SHARMA | DECEMBER 2012
Moscow-on-Thames
Britain's Conservatives are rolling out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin's wealthy oligarchs.
BY MICHAEL WEISS | NOVEMBER 23, 2012
The World Is Not Enough
Why does the planet's No. 1 spy never go to the really dangerous places?
BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 15, 2012
The Corruption Pandemic
Why corruption is set to become one of the defining political issues of the 21st century.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Resetting the Reset
The United States needs to decide whether to treat Russia as a marginal global actor or an asset in America's global strategy.
BY DMITRI TRENIN | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Prosperity Isn't Just a Matter of Wealth
Man does not live by GDP alone. An introduction to the Legatum Institute's latest Prosperity Index.
BY PETER PASSELL | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
The Collaborator's Song
We often ask why some people choose to resist authoritarian regimes. But the better question might be why so many decide to cooperate.
BY ANNE APPLEBAUM | OCTOBER 31, 2012
Strategic Misdirection
Are the latest U.S. moves on missile defense making it less safe?
BY TOM Z. COLLINA | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Beware the Tyranny of the Mob
The growing insecurity of religious and ethnic minorities is one of the biggest problems arising from the Arab Spring. But much can be done to protect them.
BY JAMSHEED CHOKSY, EDEN NABY | OCTOBER 26, 2012
The Malaise in Ukraine
The business community is fed up with President Yanukovych's corruption and management. Is real change on the horizon?
BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | OCTOBER 23, 2012
Bar Nunn
The U.S. and Russia never really cured their nuclear mistrust. And now it's come back.
BY JEFFREY LEWIS | OCTOBER 17, 2012
How the Russian 'Reset' Explains Obama's Foreign Policy
The president's naivete about Vladimir Putin is the root cause of his failure.
BY DOUGLAS J. FEITH, SETH CROPSEY | OCTOBER 16, 2012
Return of the Czech Communists
Vaclav Havel is turning over in his grave.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Of Myths and Missiles
What Les Gelb gets wrong about the Cuban missile crisis.
BY STEPHEN SESTANOVICH | OCTOBER 12, 2012
The Big Bang Theory of Education
Authoritarian countries don't seem to be doing well at the knowledge business. That's probably no accident.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 11, 2012
Declassified
The son of a Red Army intelligence officer sent to die in a Siberian gulag discovers his father's KGB file, and a cottage industry of children-of-spies memoirs.
BY PETER BUCK FELLER | NOVEMBER 2012
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
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
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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