Dispatch

Winning Ugly in Venezuela

How Hugo Chávez is painting his opponent as a gay, Zionist Nazi out to destroy the country. 

BY PETER WILSON | FEBRUARY 24, 2012

In Mexico, An Activist Says Her Farewells

For more than a decade, Norma Andrade has been working to defend Mexico’s women from violence. Now she’s decided to get out.

BY LARRY KAPLOW | FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Tunisia Steps Out

How the little country that sparked the Arab Spring is becoming a regional player for the first time.

BY ALEX WARREN | FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Mosquebusters

When there's something Muslim in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Meet the British lawyer fighting Islam, one parking ticket at a time.

BY SPIKE JOHNSON | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We Lost a Great One

Remembering Marie Colvin.

BY SARAH A. TOPOL | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

California on the Seine

Nicolas Sarkozy is now officially running again for president -- but he's not looking very presidential. Will turning a staid French election into a California-style populist referendum work?

BY ERIC PAPE | FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Why the Egyptian Military Fears a Captains' Revolt

The generals ruling in Cairo face a new challenge to their authority -- rising discontent within the army's middle ranks.

BY PATRICK GALEY | FEBRUARY 16, 2012

China Goes Linsane

The phenomenal rise of NBA wunderkind Jeremy Lin is sweeping mainland China -- even though he's Taiwanese.

BY DAVID YANG | FEBRUARY 16, 2012

China's 'Come to Jesus' Moment

How Beijing got religion.

BY ERIC FISH | FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The World's Baby Factory

It's already the world's second-most populous country. So why is India turning grandmothers into mothers?

BY ANUJ CHOPRA | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

France's Newt Gingrich

Why is Marine Le Pen -- the savvy far-right French firebrand politician -- trying to blow up Nicolas Sarkozy's chances of holding on to the presidency?

BY ERIC PAPE | FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Sex for Sale in Beirut

Lebanon's "super nightclubs" straddle the line between brothel and strip club.

BY SULOME ANDERSON | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Cairo's Undercover Strongman

Meet Murad Muwafi, the most important man in Egypt you’ve never heard of.

BY MAGDY SAMAAN | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Is Putin's Fake Rival the Real Deal?

Everyone thought billionaire playboy Mikhail Prokhorov was just a patsy for Vladimir Putin to run against and crush. But what if he wins?

BY SIMON SHUSTER | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Revenge of Montozy

Is Italy's "Super Mario" prime minister poisoning the love affair between Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy?

BY AARON WIENER | FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Rebels Without a Clue

Why can't the Syrian opposition get its act together?

BY JUSTIN VELA | JANUARY 31, 2012

The Prisoners' Dilemma

While Myanmar's reforms this year may appear speedy to outside observers, for its imprisoned activists, the changes are long overdue. 

BY MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN | JANUARY 30, 2012

The Lesson of Bani Walid

In post-Gaddafi Libya, the dream of a stable central government is fading. Militias are filling the gap.

BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | JANUARY 28, 2012

Hard Times in Hebron

Can the thriving Palestinian economy survive as millions of U.S. aid dollars slow to a trickle?

BY JACKIE SPINNER | JANUARY 27, 2012

Swimming against the Tide

Will Nicolas Sarkozy ditch the French mission in Afghanistan to save his own presidency?

BY ERIC PAPE | JANUARY 26, 2012

Egypt’s Revolutionary Narrative Breaks Down

With Hosni Mubarak long gone, a heavily Islamist parliament in place, and the military in uneasy command of the country, who speaks for the revolution?

BY LAUREN E. BOHN | JANUARY 26, 2012

Will There Be a Central Asian Spring?

Kazakhstan may not be ripe for revolution, but the West is making the same mistakes it made in the Arab world.

BY JOANNA LILLIS | JANUARY 26, 2012

Soldiers of Conscience

The Egyptian military insists it supports the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. So why are these men still in prison?

BY PATRICK GALEY | JANUARY 24, 2012

Paper Tigers

Myanmar may be opening to democracy, but just how free is the country’s notoriously closed media?

BY SEBASTIAN STRANGIO | JANUARY 20, 2012

Best Friends with Benefits

How Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy got their groove on.

BY KAREN LEIGH | JANUARY 19, 2012

From Paris with Love

Dear Mitt: What's this European socialist nightmare you're so afraid of? Trust me, la belle vie ain't that bad.

BY ERIC PAPE | JANUARY 13, 2012

My Mesopotamian Getaway

Fishing with handguns and touring ancient ruins in post-American Iraq.

BY EMMA SKY | JANUARY 13, 2012

Burma's Tightrope

Burma's mysterious president insists that he wants democracy. But can he deliver?

BY AUNG ZAW | JANUARY 12, 2012

Behind Bars in the Deep State

Does a shadowy mullah in Pennsylvania really hold the reins of power in Turkey? If not, then why are the country’s leaders so intent on silencing a single investigative journalist?

BY JUSTIN VELA | JANUARY 11, 2012

Burning Our Heritage

Why is the Egyptian military letting our history go up in smoke?

BY ADEL ABDEL GHAFAR | JANUARY 10, 2012