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Stardust Across the Pond
Can Obama's magic rub off on David Cameron?
BY ALEX MASSIE | NOVEMBER 9, 2012
Kafka in Beijing
A tale of an alleged rape and one woman's futile quest for justice in modern China.
BY JOHN GARNAUT, SANGHEE LIU | NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Huville
My trip to the hometown of China’s soon-to-be ex-leader.
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Reform or Perish
The Communist Party knows what it needs to do. What's missing is the will.
BY MICHAEL PETTIS | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
It's the Brazilians, Stupid
Meet Brazil's James Carville -- and the other political consultants who are shaking up Latin America's electoral landscape.
BY MAC MARGOLIS | NOVEMBER 6, 2012
The Austrian Miracle
What's the secret of Austria's singular success, while the rest of Europe's economies founder?
BY DARDIS MCNAMEE | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
'Troubling' Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack
Sensitive documents found amid the wreckage of the U.S. consulate shine new light on the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Winter Is Coming
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are living in dire conditions, and the aid the world is providing is nowhere near enough.
BY DAVID KENNER | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
The Crisis That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Why Obama and Romney are both afraid to talk about the mess in Europe.
BY NICK SCHIFRIN | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Tourists and Terrorists
Residents of Syria's capital stare into the abyss.
BY JOHN PEDRO SCHWARTZ | OCTOBER 29, 2012
Georgia Versus the Forces of Chaos
In the wake of this month’s watershed election in Georgia, a new prime minister and an incumbent president are figuring out how to keep their personal enmity from breaking into open warfare.
BY MOLLY CORSO | OCTOBER 26, 2012
UnBonJuif
The return of French anti-Semitism is a lot scarier than just a few nasty tweets.
BY ERIC PAPE | OCTOBER 25, 2012
The War for Free Kurdistan
Can Syria's Kurds take advantage of the civil war to form their own government? Or are they too busy starting their own civil war?
BY LOVEDAY MORRIS | OCTOBER 25, 2012
The Battle for Britain
Will David Cameron be the prime minister who lost the United Kingdom as we know it?
BY ALEX MASSIE | OCTOBER 22, 2012
The Creation Myth of Xi Jinping
What do we really know about China's new leader?
BY JOHN GARNAUT | OCTOBER 19, 2012
Swiss Cheese
The EU's "strong" sanctions on Iran are full of holes, but might they be enough to prevent the U.S. going to war?
BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | OCTOBER 18, 2012
Afghanistan's Fiscal Cliff
Kabul-watchers are rightly worried about what the withdrawal of Western aid money will mean for one of the most impoverished countries on the planet. But everyone's asking the wrong questions.
BY MATTHIEU AIKINS | OCTOBER 17, 2012
The Ground Truth from Benghazi
The politicians in Washington are beating each other up over the Benghazi consulate attack. But they don't seem to be paying much attention to the evidence from the scene of the crime.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | OCTOBER 16, 2012
Guerrilla Country
Welcome to Free Syria, where the ammunition is scarce and roving packs of wild dogs subsist on corpses.
BY DAMIEN SPLEETERS | OCTOBER 15, 2012
The New Sheriff in Town
At an outpost on the Turkish-Syrian border, rebel fighters are the law.
BY SARAH A. TOPOL | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Return of the Czech Communists
Vaclav Havel is turning over in his grave.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Holding Civil Society Workshops While Syria Burns
Inside the State Department's very nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition.
BY JUSTIN VELA | OCTOBER 10, 2012
The Contest in Caracas
The Venezuelan election is too close to call. But one thing seems clear: No one expects Hugo Chávez to go down without a fight.
BY PETER WILSON | OCTOBER 5, 2012
The New Titan of Tbilisi
Eccentric billionaire (and exotic-pet enthusiast) Bidzina Ivanishvili just won a shock election in Georgia. But is he too crazy to actually govern?
BY SHAUN WALKER | OCTOBER 2, 2012
In Defeat, Georgia's President Confounds his Critics
Mikheil Saakashvili's conciliatory reaction to his party's loss in the election seems to prove his critics wrong. Now let's see if the winner can do as well.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 2, 2012
Georgia's Electoral Showdown
Emotions are running high as Georgians vote in a watershed parliamentary election.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 1, 2012
Save Benghazi
How the citizens of Benghazi are pushing back against the killers of a U.S. diplomat many considered their friend.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
Bachelor Padding
How lonely single men created China's dangerous real estate bubble.
BY ROSEANN LAKE | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Georgia Holds Its Breath
Rocked by a prison scandal and allegations from all sides over illicit campaigning, this tiny country's election has become a brawl between political heavyweights.
BY THOMAS DE WAAL | SEPTEMBER 26, 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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