The List
A Palestinian Spring
Here's what you need to know about the protests in the West Bank.
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
What You Missed While You Were Live-Tweeting the Conventions
Believe it or not, there's been other news.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
7 Questionable Claims in the Democratic Platform
From Guantánamo to Joseph Kony, the boasts that could invite a backlash.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Corruptistan
Meet the oil barons, fashion divas, and ruling families of Central Asia.
BY KATHERIN MACHALEK | SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Counterprogramming
Five reasons why it's awkward that Condi's speaking at the GOP convention.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | AUGUST 29, 2012
Longform’s Picks of the Week
AUGUST 24, 2012
10 Foreign-Policy Flashpoints in the GOP Platform
The Republicans will present a united front at the convention, but divisive issues are bubbling below the surface.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | AUGUST 24, 2012
Gu Kai-lies?
The wacky and not-so-wacky conspiracy theories about China's trial of the century.
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | AUGUST 21, 2012
Five Reasons Julian Assange Will Love Ecuador
If he manages to leave the Ecuadorean embassy, a world of inviting dance clubs and sympathetic political leaders awaits.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | AUGUST 16, 2012
Putting the Vice Back in Vice President
Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate may be controversial. But it's safe to say he's probably less trouble than these five veeps.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | AUGUST 13, 2012
Meet China's Next Leaders
A who's who of the top contenders for the Middle Kingdom's most powerful jobs.
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | AUGUST 13, 2012
Tortured Reading
From the world's "best" travel guides, selections of the worst history and most contorted politics.
BY MICHAEL MOYNIHAN | AUGUST 13, 2012
Jobs of the Future
As technology shifts the workforce, some surprisingly traditional jobs are on the chopping block. Two words: medical robotics.
BY PARAG KHANNA, AARON SMITH | SEPT/OCT 2012
7 Ways America Can Get Its Mojo Back in Egypt
It won't be easy, but it's not impossible.
BY ERIC TRAGER | AUGUST 2, 2012
Syria's DIY Revolt
Syrian rebels are massively outgunned by Bashar al-Assad's regime. But as Assad's army bears down on Aleppo, it may find the armed opposition is more than ready.
BY ELIOT HIGGINS | JULY 30, 2012
5 Flashpoints in the South China Sea
Things are heating up in the Greater Pacific. Here are five key spots to watch.
BY ELIAS GROLL | JULY 26, 2012
Geolympics
From raised fists to fistfights, the eight most politically charged moments in Olympic history.
BY KATIE CELLA | JULY 26, 2012
From House Slaves to Banana People
Seven new words that explain modern China.
BY EVELINE CHAO | JULY 19, 2012
Just How Deadly Is Assad's Arsenal?
From anti-aircraft guns to chemical weapons, a close look at what Syria's strongman has up his sleeve.
BY JOHN REED | JULY 16, 2012
5 Signs of the Chinese Economic Apocalypse
From hog ratios to growing coal stockpiles, the Chinese economy is blinking red.
BY TREFOR MOSS | JULY 2, 2012
EuroFail
How many summits does it take to NOT solve the eurocrisis?
BY URI FRIEDMAN, HILLARY HURD | JUNE 28, 2012
The World's Most Meddlesome Supreme Courts
The United States isn't the only country where judges aren't exactly above the political fray.
BY KATIE CELLA | JUNE 25, 2012
5 Other People Ruining Zimbabwe
It's not just Robert Mugabe's fault the country is such a mess. (Just mostly.)
BY ERIN CONWAY-SMITH | JUNE 25, 2012
Why Is the U.S. Selling Billions in Weapons to Autocrats?
The export of American arms to countries around the world -- even those actively repressing their own citizens -- is booming.
BY ZACH TOOMBS, R. JEFFREY SMITH, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JUNE 21, 2012
8 Geographical Pivot Points
From Angola to Yemen, eight countries whose futures are tied up in the land they occupy.
BY MARGARET SLATTERY | JUNE 18, 2012
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
How 'Casablanca' explains the sequester
BY GORDON ADAMS
The 'Onion' latest victim of Syrian Electronic Army's fat jokes
Video: The Navy's stealth drone makes its first arrested landing
BY JOHN REED
Is U.S. credibility really on the line in Syria?
BY DARYL G. PRESS AND JENNIFER LIND
May/June 2013
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