Eastern Europe
What Was at Stake in 1962?
A closer look at the nuclear stockpiles of the world's two superpowers as the Cuban Missile Crisis began.
BY RACHEL DOBBS | JULY 17, 2011
A Farewell to Russia
Democracy may not be the stuff of Viktor Yanukovich's dreams, but the Ukrainian president is quietly strengthening ties with the European Union.
BY RAJAN MENON | JULY 12, 2011
Bad Times in Belarus
Could protests and a lousy economy topple dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko? Or are his thugs just too efficient?
BY SHAUN WALKER | JULY 8, 2011
Hanging Chads in Tirana
Are there lessons from Bush v. Gore for Albania?
BY JAMES A. BAKER III | JUNE 30, 2011
After the Fall
The 15 countries of the former Soviet Union have taken radically different political paths over the last two decades.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 24, 2011
Empty Words
When are Westerners going to learn that reform talk is cheap in the Kremlin?
BY JULIA IOFFE | JUNE 21, 2011
Three Days in Foros
In August 1991, Soviet hardliners held Mikhail Gorbachev captive at a Crimean resort in a last-ditch effort to save the crumbling Soviet empire. Anatoly Chernyaev, Gorbachev's foreign policy advisor was there when it happened. In this excerpt from the diary he kept at the time -- newly translated into English -- he tells the story of the coup attempt that destroyed the USSR.
BY ANATOLY CHERNYAEV | JUNE 21, 2011
Postcards from Hell, 2011
Images from the world's most failed states.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 20, 2011
Fading Legacy
Yelena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov were giants. Why do so few Russians remember them?
BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | JUNE 20, 2011
Meltdown
For the first time, Boris Yeltsin's right-hand man tells the inside story of the coup that killed glasnost -- and changed the world.
BY GENNADY BURBULIS WITH MICHELE A. BERDY | JULY/AUGUST 2011
Gorby, the Man Who Changed the World
Life in the limelight for the West's favorite Soviet.
BY EDMUND DOWNIE, SOPHIA JONES | JUNE 20, 2011
The Long, Lame Afterlife of Mikhail Gorbachev
A cautionary tale about what happens when you fail to see the revolution coming.
BY ANNE APPLEBAUM | JULY/AUGUST 2011
How'd We Do Covering the Revolution?
Looking back with a generous dose of humility.
BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | JULY/AUGUST 2011
The Far Side of the Soviet Moon
Ten of Russia's most disturbing unsolved mysteries.
BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | JULY/AUGUST 2011
Road Rage in Russia
Moscow's elite has decided it doesn't need to follow the traffic laws. Will there be a pedestrian revolution?
BY JULIA IOFFE | JUNE 14, 2011
Billions for Missile Defense, Not a Dime for Common Sense
At a time of tight budgets, doubling down on a risky, easily foiled technology is more foolish than ever.
BY YOUSAF BUTT | JUNE 10, 2011
The Least Wanted Most Wanted Man
The inside story of how the United States and NATO let war criminal Ratko Mladic evade justice for 16 years -- and why it matters.
BY DAVID SCHEFFER | JUNE 2, 2011
No Safe Haven?
The long saga that led to Ratko Mladic's arrest shows that international pressure does work. It just takes time.
BY KENNETH ROTH | MAY 26, 2011
All Tomorrow's Parties
When one fake opposition party stops effectively distracting the Russian people, what's the Kremlin to do? Give them a new one, of course.
BY JULIA IOFFE | MAY 25, 2011
The Dark Side of Istanbul
Despite a rich history, Istanbul is a city coping with the difficulties of modernization and rapid growth.
MAY 5, 2011
Russia's Crime of the Century
How crooked officials pulled off a massive scam, spent millions on Dubai real estate, and killed my partner when he tried to expose them.
BY JAMISON FIRESTONE | APRIL 20, 2011
The Pipeline Paradox
Why is the United States helping Iran sell natural gas?
BY GAL LUFT | APRIL 12, 2011
Think Again: The Afghan Drug Trade
Why cracking down on Afghanistan's opium business won't help stop the Taliban -- or the United States' own drug problems.
BY JONATHAN P. CAULKINS, JONATHAN D. KULICK, AND MARK A.R. KLEIMAN | APRIL 1, 2011
Stiff Upper Lip
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have shaved off his mustache, but it's going to take a whole lot more than that to convince the world that he's not a dictator. FP investigates the whiskers that autocrats wear.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 30, 2011
Purging the Bad Guys: A How-To Guide
Why the post-Communist transitions of Eastern European governments hold some surprising lessons for the fledgling democracies in Egypt and Tunisia.
BY MICHAEL J. JORDAN | MARCH 29, 2011
Atomic Dogs
Fukushima wasn't the only nuclear accident waiting to happen. From Bulgaria to New York, here are five other nuclear power plants to keep an eye on.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 17, 2011
Thug Life
Think Mubarak was bad? Kosovo's leaders are accused of being organ-smuggling, drug-dealing goons -- and the United States is looking the other way.
BY WHIT MASON AND BRONWYN HEALY-AARONS | FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Echoes of Belgrade
From Minsk to Cairo, the nonviolent democratic uprisings of the past decade have been influenced by the tactics and imagery of Serbia's 2000 Bulldozer Revolution.
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
How Russia and China See the Egyptian Revolution
In Moscow and Beijing, the powers that be are understandably unsettled by events in Cairo -- and Washington can't afford to ignore their reaction.
BY FIONA HILL | FEBRUARY 15, 2011
Source: State Department Slow-Walking Syria Aid
BY JOHN HUDSON
In Medieval Europe, Bad Weather Was Especially Bad for Jews
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Let's Face It: We're Stumbling into War with Syria
Want to Reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process? Start with 3G.
BY ALEC ROSS
Why It's Time to Pull U.S. Troops from Europe
BY SEAN KAY
The Suddenly Booming Business of Secretive Communications
BY ELIAS GROLL
BY URI FRIEDMAN
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