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A Better Bank
Why President Obama's curious nomination for the new chief of the World Bank could turn out to be a smart pick -- and an interesting indication of how aid lending is changing for good.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 26, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
A tragedy in Toulouse, spring has sprung, and a general testifies.
MARCH 23, 2012
The Fallout from Toulouse
Will the massacre in France turn out to be Nicolas Sarkozy's Oklahoma City?
BY ERIC PAPE | MARCH 22, 2012
Le Nouveau Normal
The Toulouse shootings are macabre and tragic, but in the end a banal and fading version of extremism.
BY JUSTIN VAÏSSE | MARCH 22, 2012
A Tragedy in Toulouse
Could a series of seemingly race-inspired killings in France upend the presidential election?
BY ERIC PAPE | MARCH 19, 2012
Help Wanted
Five things that are making it more difficult to get advanced economies back to work.
BY BYRON AUGUSTE, SUSAN LUND, AND JAMES MANYIKA | MARCH 16, 2012
Pandering in Paris
With President Nicolas Sarkozy closing the gap in the run up to elections, challenger Francois Hollande is falling back on the tired, old Socialist battle cry.
BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 16, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Obama takes a basketball break with buddy David Cameron, Japan marks the earthquake anniversary, and a couple of bridges take a beating.
MARCH 16, 2012
Why Would Anyone Want to Join the EU?
The European Union is flailing, feckless, and fundamentally undemocratic.
BY ALAN SKED | MARCH 14, 2012
Cameron Bets on Obama
The British prime minister is a lot more like the American president than you think. And he clearly believes Barack is headed for victory in November.
BY OLIVER KAMM | MARCH 14, 2012
The Parchin Trap
Don't count on the IAEA uncovering a smoking gun at Iran's military complex.
BY MARK FITZPATRICK | MARCH 13, 2012
No Teacher Left Behind
The good news is that more kids are in school, and for longer, than ever before. But if we want them to actually learn something, it's time to focus on the teachers.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 12, 2012
What David Cameron Can Teach the GOP
American Republicans have all but destroyed their brand during this election cycle. Their once-and-future Tory allies across the pond can teach them how to build it back up.
BY ALEX MASSIE | MARCH 12, 2012
The Last Waltz
After a week of soul-searching and post-mortems of "the revolution," the final anti-Putin rally felt like the closing chord of a long and ebullient improvisation.
BY JULIA IOFFE | MARCH 10, 2012
Six International Newspaper Columnists Who Actually Like Mitt Romney
The Republican candidate has boosters in unlikely places -- from Canada to the Congo.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | MARCH 8, 2012
Battle Royale
Why is Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein picking a fight with France's foremost racist politician?
BY ERIC PAPE | MARCH 8, 2012
How I Would Not Lead the World Bank
Do NOT, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, pick me.
BY WILLIAM EASTERLY | MARCH 5, 2012
Mind the Gap
Inequality is an increasing problem around the world. But there are cures.
BY PETER PASSELL | MARCH 1, 2012
Save the Middle East's Christians
France will remain by the side of the Arab world's embattled minority.
BY ALAIN JUPPÉ | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Brazil's New Swagger
South America's emerging superpower is coming into its own. But with great power comes great responsibility.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Nasty Electoral Rhetoric Goes Global
Putin's reelection strategy: Blame the world for everything.
BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Mosquebusters
When there's something Muslim in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Meet the British lawyer fighting Islam, one parking ticket at a time.
BY SPIKE JOHNSON | FEBRUARY 22, 2012
Among the Mosquebusters
A look at the reactionary forces waging a legal turf war against Islam in England -- and inside the mosque they hope to kick out.
BY SPIKE JOHNSON | FEBRUARY 22, 2012
California on the Seine
Nicolas Sarkozy is now officially running again for president -- but he's not looking very presidential. Will turning a staid French election into a California-style populist referendum work?
BY ERIC PAPE | FEBRUARY 17, 2012
This World in Photos This Week
Greece goes up in flames, Xi comes to Washington, and Brazil's Carnival begins.
FEBRUARY 17, 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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