Latin America
Latin America's Paraguayan Hangover
Some Latin American leaders have peculiar ideas about what constitutes an assault on democratic principles.
BY MAC MARGOLIS | JULY 9, 2012
Mexico's Bright Light
Even as the country around it sinks into a morass of drug-fueled crime, Mexico City has remained surprisingly safe.
BY LARRY KAPLOW | JUNE 29, 2012
Mexico's Bloody Future
Mexico will elect a new president on July 1, but the violent war on (and between) the drug cartels that President Felipe Calderón began in 2006 shows no signs of diminishing.
BY LILIAN TIMMERMANN | JUNE 28, 2012
Lost Highways
Can Mexico continue its impressive economic growth even as the drug war looks increasingly hopeless?
BY MALCOLM BEITH | JUNE 28, 2012
A Campaign About Nothing
Why are Mexico's presidential candidates ignoring the 800-lb. gorilla in the room -- the failing drug war?
BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | JUNE 28, 2012
Coups Ain't What They Used to Be
Want to take over the state? You don't need to put tanks in the street anymore.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 27, 2012
Chile's Countercyclical Triumph
Though politicians love to talk about saving for a rainy day, not many have actually managed to pull it off. How Chile bucked the trend.
BY JEFFREY FRANKEL | JUNE 27, 2012
Why Is the U.S. Selling Billions in Weapons to Autocrats?
The export of American arms to countries around the world -- even those actively repressing their own citizens -- is booming.
BY ZACH TOOMBS, R. JEFFREY SMITH, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JUNE 21, 2012
For Multilateralism, Is This the Dark Moment Before the Dawn?
Let's hope so.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 18, 2012
A Requiem for Calderon
The outgoing Mexican president had a golden opportunity to change his country for the better -- and he blew it.
BY ALINA ROCHA MENOCAL | JUNE 18, 2012
Political Fat Cats, Global Edition
The United States doesn't have a monopoly on money in politics.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2012
The Dictator Hunter's Wanted List
9 former autocrats and bad guys that should be made to pay for their crimes.
BY REED BRODY | JUNE 18, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Egypt implodes (again), Greeks head for the polls, and Shiite pilgrims converge on a bloody Baghdad.
JUNE 15, 2012
The Bolivarian Legacy
Hugo Chávez and his leftist allies will leave little behind other than failed economic policies, massive corruption, and shrinking political freedoms.
BY DOUGLAS FARAH | JUNE 13, 2012
A Failure to Communicate
Why is the Obama administration using its radio station to attack the Cuban Catholic Church?
BY FULTON T. ARMSTRONG | JUNE 1, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
An ex-president is convicted, England celebrates, and Angela Merkel feeds a penguin.
JUNE 1, 2012
The Dictators Are Smarter Than You Think
Don't count the tyrants out. They've still got plenty of tricks up their sleeves.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 30, 2012
Romney: Year One
What would happen if you took Mitt Romney's foreign-policy promises extremely literally?
BY DANIEL DREZNER | MAY 25, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Egypt's first free election begins, NASA gets some commercial help, and Chen Guangcheng lands in New York.
MAY 25, 2012
Down, but Not Out
Just because Brazil’s growth rates are slowing, doesn’t mean the doomsayers are right.
BY ALBERT FISHLOW | MAY 18, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
France fetes a new president, Spanish activists take to the streets, and Ratko Mladic finally goes to trial.
MAY 18, 2012
The Global Middle Class Is Bigger Than We Thought
A new way of measuring prosperity has enormous implications for geopolitics and economics.
BY SHIMELSE ALI, URI DADUSH | MAY 16, 2012
Burma Can Bring It
It’s true: Burma faces an uphill climb in its transition to democracy. But the odds may be better than you think.
BY MICHAEL ALBERTUS, VICTOR MENALDO | MAY 14, 2012
Dictators With Mommy Issues
Some of the world's most ruthless leaders have had surprisingly close -- if deeply troubled -- relationships with their mothers.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 11, 2012
Getting Ready for Life after Castro
Managing the transition to a democratic Cuba: A user’s guide.
BY JAIME SUCHLICKI | MAY 11, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
France gets a new president, neo-Nazis make gains in Greece, and Putin hits the ice.
MAY 11, 2012
Where in the World Is Same-Sex Marriage Legal?
It's not just those liberal Northern Europeans who have embraced homosexual unions.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 10, 2012
The Ravenous Dragon and the Fruits of Adversity
Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.
BY PETER PASSELL | MAY 7, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Chen Guangcheng became an icon, demonstrators rallied for May Day, and Newt Gingrich bowed out.
MAY 4, 2012
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
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
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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