North Africa
A Martyr in Morocco
Do the protests in Morocco finally have enough steam to unsettle the monarchy?
BY BETWA SHARMA | JUNE 9, 2011
Pyongyang Spring
Could Kim Jong Il's regime be the next autocratic government to fall? Don't bet on it.
BY SEBASTIAN STRANGIO | JUNE 8, 2011
The Smallest Victims
The war in Libya has taken a shocking, wrenching toll on the children of Misrata and Benghazi.
BY RUTH SHERLOCK | MAY 27, 2011
A Day Under Fire with Anton
Two days before Anton Hammerl was killed in Libya, I spent a few, good, honest hours of war and peace in the field with him.
BY XAVIER MAS DE XAXÀS | MAY 20, 2011
Mad Dog in The Hague?
It might seem quixotic for the International Criminal Court to indict Libya's unrepentant leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi. But the call for justice can have a pragmatic effect too.
BY JAMES A. GOLDSTON | MAY 16, 2011
Think Again: Al Qaeda
The world's most notorious terrorist organization was never quite what Americans thought it was -- and Osama bin Laden's death doesn't mean that it's down for the count.
BY DANIEL BYMAN | MAY 3, 2011
Think Again: Libya
More than a month after the first bombs fell on Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces, the assumptions that led the United States into the war have mostly been proven wrong -- and a strategy to end it is still nowhere in sight.
BY MICAH ZENKO | APRIL 28, 2011
The Sounds of the Revolution
Nearly two months into Libya's uprising, the rhythms of rebellion in Benghazi seem almost normal.
BY RYAN CALDER | APRIL 11, 2011
Can Libya's Rebels Go Pro?
A visit to the embattled city of Ajdabiya finds the anti-Qaddafi resistance slightly less ragtag than before, but still not quite professional.
BY RYAN CALDER | APRIL 8, 2011
Making Fun of Qaddafi
The rebels may not be winning but they're successfully mocking Libya's leader -- Uncle Curly -- with flair. A look at the graffiti of the Libyan revolution.
APRIL 7, 2011
Benghazi Diary
Three weeks in the revolutionary heartland of eastern Libya.
BY RYAN CALDER | APRIL 7, 2011
The Two Faces of Libya's Rebels
The anti-Qaddafi forces are a strange mix of ragtag fighters and defector technocrats. And more than guns, the latter desperately need Western moral support.
BY JASON PACK | APRIL 5, 2011
Getting Libya's Rebels Wrong
Don't buy Qaddafi's line: The rebels aren't al Qaeda.
BY NAJLA ABDURRAHMAN | MARCH 31, 2011
Libya's Pickup-Truck Army
The tide seems to have turned against Libya's ragtag rebel army.
MARCH 28, 2011
The Revolution Will Soon Be Televised
Free Libya gets its own satellite channel, hosted by -- you guessed it -- Qatar.
BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | MARCH 28, 2011
The Young and the Restless
Morocco's young masses are frustrated with the monarchy's grip over the economy. And new promises of reform haven't been enough to quell a rising current of dissent.
BY RACHEL NEWCOMB | MARCH 25, 2011
The Eye of the Storm
With the rebels in the Libyan opposition stronghold of Benghazi, awaiting Muammar al-Qaddafi's next move.
BY PATRICK GRAHAM | MARCH 25, 2011
De Gaulle, He Ain't
Nicolas Sarkozy's misguided quest for glory in Libya.
BY ARTHUR GOLDHAMMER | MARCH 22, 2011
This Week at War: Quagmire Ahead
International airpower will be enough to escalate the civil war in Libya, but not to win it.
BY ROBERT HADDICK | MARCH 18, 2011
Does the World Belong in Libya's War?
Foreign Policy's crack team of international experts debate whether Washington, London, and Paris were right to step in.
MARCH 18, 2011
Qaddafi Under Siege
A political psychologist assesses Libya's mercurial leader.
BY JERROLD M. POST | MARCH 15, 2011
How Not to Intervene in Libya
Pundits and politicians are promoting all kinds of dangerous ideas for taking down Qaddafi. Here are five rules Obama should consider before plunging in blindly.
BY DIRK VANDEWALLE | MARCH 10, 2011
America Shouldn't Hijack Egypt's Revolution
Obama must resist the urge to help Egyptian democrats -- unless they demand it.
BY STEVEN A. COOK | MARCH 9, 2011
Still Fighting in Cairo
Egypt's revolution continues into another day.
BY MOHAMED EL DAHSHAN | MARCH 7, 2011
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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