Dispatch

A Country with Fourteen Psychiatrists

Libya is trying to build a new democracy. But that's a tall order for a society plagued by bad memories.

BY PORTIA WALKER | JULY 26, 2012

Mitt's Pilgrimage

Can Romney swing American Jewish voters to the GOP ticket with his trip to Israel?

BY OREN KESSLER | JULY 25, 2012

The Ghost of Abu Yahya

The memory of the al Qaeda commander known as "the next Osama" lives on in a remote Libyan village.

BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA | JULY 23, 2012

The Fog of Civil War

What's really going on in Syria is too complicated to fit in a headline.

BY STEPHEN STARR | JULY 23, 2012

Blowing up the Death Star

Syria's rebels score a direct hit.

BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | JULY 18, 2012

A Current of Faith

As a divided Libya heads toward a historic vote, an Islamic "frame of reference" unites the country's political neophytes.

BY MARY FITZGERALD | JULY 6, 2012

A Hollow Victory

Yemen's new president claims to have driven al Qaeda from its strongholds. But Yemenis fear the militants will be back.

BY ADAM BARON | JULY 2, 2012

Sympathy for the Devil

Nostalgia for an ousted tyrant is on the rise in Ivory Coast.

BY AUSTIN MERRILL | JUNE 29, 2012

Turkey's Not Messing Around Anymore

But does Prime Minister Erdogan have a plan for what comes next in Syria?

BY JUSTIN VELA | JUNE 27, 2012

No Country for Armed Men

Pakistan is in such bad shape, even the generals don't want to stage a coup.

BY AHMED RASHID | JUNE 22, 2012

"The Wounded Will Be Killed"

An American photojournalist describes what he saw during the month he spent in a Syrian village under siege.

BY ROBERT KING | JUNE 21, 2012

In Search of Merbama

Will Barack Obama's wooing of the German chancellor pay dividends in November?

BY KAREN LEIGH | JUNE 20, 2012

Drachmail and the New Democrats

Can Germany's Angela Merkel hold fast against Greek brinksmanship?

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | JUNE 18, 2012

Out with a Whimper

No matter who wins the presidential elections, Egypt's revolution is in trouble.

BY ASHRAF KHALIL | JUNE 18, 2012

Limbo Land

A journey into the heart of Mali, a nation divided, with no good end in sight.

BY PETER CHILSON | JUNE 14, 2012

Pit of Dreams

Can China's rust belt reinvent itself as a tourist destination?

BY JONATHAN KAIMAN | JUNE 14, 2012

Cold War

Why are India and Pakistan sacrificing hundreds of soldiers' lives over an uninhabitable icy wasteland?

BY MYRA MACDONALD | JUNE 11, 2012

Putin's Secret War

The bloody Islamic insurgency in Russia's backyard.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | JUNE 8, 2012

The Cup Runneth Over

As Europe’s biggest sporting tournament kicks off in Ukraine, will political controversy and racism mar the country’s moment in the sun?

BY DAVID L. STERN | JUNE 8, 2012

On Assad's Doorstep

The revolution is finally coming to the once quiet, now tense streets of inner Damascus.

BY JULIEN BARNES-DACEY | JUNE 7, 2012

Once More Unto the Breach

Egypt's battered revolutionaries can't decide if they're winning -- or on the verge of a historic defeat.

BY SARAH A. TOPOL | JUNE 4, 2012

Shotgun Divorce

Pakistan's top diplomat is charged with resurrecting a relationship with the United States that seems only to get worse with time.

BY DAVID KENNER | JUNE 4, 2012

A Man With No Country

The vulgar political afterlife of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

BY ALEX MASSIE | MAY 29, 2012

Power Ballad

What happens when you mix a trashy Europop spectacle with an oil-soaked Caspian dictator?

BY HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS | MAY 24, 2012

Sleepless in Jerusalem

Egypt's presidential elections are keeping Israeli officials awake at night. Will their most important Arab friend soon be an enemy?

BY OREN KESSLER | MAY 24, 2012

Ask Me No Questions…

How come Egyptian polls are so useless?

BY ASHRAF KHALIL | MAY 23, 2012

Syria's War Comes to Beirut

Sunday's spasm of violence bodes ill for Lebanese stability. But the real problem is that there's nobody in charge.

BY MITCH PROTHERO | MAY 21, 2012

The Syrian Exodus

Today's gruesome car bomb attack in Damascus only adds to the worries of Syrians agonizing over whether to stay or flee.

MAY 10, 2012

A Land Without a Rudder

Greeks are clearly relieved to have crushed a corroded old political system, but now there's nothing workable to replace it.

BY JOANNA KAKISSIS | MAY 9, 2012

Prison Island

Bahrain has badly botched its local version of the Arab Spring. And there seems to be no way out.

BY TOM MALINOWSKI | MAY 7, 2012