Dispatch

The General's Luck Runs Out

Does the killing of the notorious guerrilla leader Kishenji mean the end of India's four-decade Maoist insurgency, or the beginning of its next chapter?

BY JASON MIKLIAN | NOVEMBER 30, 2011

A House Divided

President Saleh may be stepping down, but the threat of civil war is growing.

BY TOM FINN , ATIAF AL-WAZIR | NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Elements' Armistice

Weather dictates the rhythm of nearly everything in rural Afghanistan, including war.

BY ANNA BADKHEN | NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Building a Better Turkey

Anatolia is booming, but some Turks are finding that their country’s new model for prosperity is rigged.

BY PIOTR ZALEWSKI | NOVEMBER 23, 2011

China’s Wild West

A new resort town transports China’s wealthy urbanites into the world of cowboys and Indians.

BY MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN | NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Second Republic of Tahrir

The ruling military generals in Cairo tried to placate the swelling crowds calling for their ouster today. But as the battles raged, it appears the junta may have already lost the people's trust.

BY ASHRAF KHALIL | NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Propagandastan

Why is the Pentagon spending tens of millions of U.S. tax dollars to whitewash the image of Central Asian dictatorships?

BY DAVID TRILLING | NOVEMBER 22, 2011

War Outside the Frame

It's not Restrepo. The conflict in northern Afghanistan has no running time.

BY ANNA BADKHEN | NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Chasing the Dragon in Tehran

Behind its façade of Muslim piety, Iran is one of the most drug-addled countries in the world.

BY ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Buildup Down Under

The American president insisted his historic visit to Australia was not about China. But, of course, that's exactly what it was about.

BY RORY MEDCALF | NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Do Egypt's Liberals Stand a Chance?

Two weeks before Egypt's first post-revolution elections, the Muslim Brotherhood and the remnants of the former ruling party look poised for a massive victory.

BY EVAN HILL | NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Berlusconi’s Final Act

Italy's buffoonish leader has finally resigned. But is he really leaving?

BY JAMES WALSTON | NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Inside Syria's Economic Implosion

Under the weight of sanctions and eight months of protests, the Syrian economy is starting to buckle. But that doesn't mean business leaders will abandon the regime.

BY STEPHEN STARR | NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Zuma's Revenge

Is South Africa's embattled president finally getting tough on corruption? Or just going after his enemies?

BY KAREN LEIGH | NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Crime Scene

The violence in northern Afghanistan today is so complicated that even Afghans have trouble untangling its roots.

BY ANNA BADKHEN | NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Twitter vs. the KGB

Can social media save a journalist in trouble in a place like Kyrgyzstan?

BY NATALIA YEFIMOVA-TRILLING | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Sins of Commission

After nine years, the alleged al Qaeda mastermind of the USS Cole bombing is finally getting his day in court. But does anyone still think a military commission at Gitmo is a fair trial?

BY LAURA PITTER | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

March of the Freshmen

Each year, China's incoming university students must partake in a ritual of patriotic military training. Is it brainwashing? Do they care?

BY ERIC FISH | NOVEMBER 10, 2011

First, They Came for the Journalists

One year after Oleg Kashin was brutally attacked in Moscow, the noted journalist looks back on the clownishly futile investigations -- and the climate of fear that threatens his profession.

BY JULIA IOFFE | NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Ballot Gone Bad

Liberia's peaceful election has descended into chaos, conspiracy, and violence.

BY F. CHARLES YOUNG | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Highway to Homs

A motorcycle ride across Syria, a country descending into chaos.

BY JOHN PEDRO SCHWARTZ | NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Hemlock Ballot

Why the Greek referendum controversy is a tragedy in slow motion.

BY NICK MALKOUTZIS | NOVEMBER 2, 2011

China’s Fox News

Meet Global Times, the angry Chinese government mouthpiece that makes Bill O'Reilly seem fair and balanced.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | OCTOBER 31, 2011

Libya’s Sexual Revolution

How the uprising turned young Libyan men from hopeless layabouts into marriageable heroes.

BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Dance of Daggers

A deadly, personal civil war between Yemen's president and his former friend, now archrival, threatens to tear apart a peaceful protest movement.

BY FP CORRESPONDENTS | OCTOBER 24, 2011

Austerity Bites

Parliament may claim that austerity has saved the country from a certain trip to Hades, but average Greeks would almost rather just go down in flames.

BY JOANNA KAKISSIS, NIKOLAS LEONTOPOULOS | OCTOBER 21, 2011

Pyongyang Rock City

Meet the hitmakers of the Hermit Kingdom.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | OCTOBER 21, 2011

Divine Election

As Tunisians prepare for the Arab Spring's first free election, they are discovering that democracy, too, can be messy.

BY DON DUNCAN | OCTOBER 21, 2011

Tunisia's Surprising New Islamists

Nine months after the revolution that kicked off the Arab Spring, I reunited with two of the first Tunisians to protest against Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. A lot has changed.

BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | OCTOBER 21, 2011

The Qaddafi Files

How we found Muammar al-Qaddafi's secret trove of private photographs -- and what they tell us about his long, sordid, and curious rule.

BY PETER BOUCKAERT | OCTOBER 20, 2011