The List

Famous KGB Spies: Where Are They Now?

The strange-but-true life stories of seven Soviet spooks.

BY KATIE CELLA | JUNE 18, 2012

Political Fat Cats, Global Edition

The United States doesn't have a monopoly on money in politics.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Chinese Functionaries

Why are Chinese readers so entranced by tales of low-level bureaucratic intrigue?

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The Dictator Hunter's Wanted List

9 former autocrats and bad guys that should be made to pay for their crimes.

BY REED BRODY | JUNE 18, 2012

Dreams From Their Fathers

The dads who made the world's leaders who they are.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 15, 2012

An Annotated Guide to All Those White House Leaks

The 10 Obama administration disclosures that Attorney General Eric Holder should investigate.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | JUNE 13, 2012

Swing Producers

Ten states where the energy debate could decide the U.S. election in November.

BY LOGAN BAYROFF | JUNE 12, 2012

Will India Ever Really Be America's Partner?

Ten big things Washington is still waiting on from New Delhi.

BY CHRISTOPHER CLARY | JUNE 11, 2012

Longform’s Picks of the Week

The best stories from around the world.

JUNE 8, 2012

Good Leak, Bad Leak

A look at the Obama administration's hot-and-cold approach to secrets.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | JUNE 8, 2012

China’s Lies, Damn Lies, and Secret Statistics

Besides pollution figures, what else is Beijing trying to keep hush-hush?

BY TREFOR MOSS | JUNE 7, 2012

Bye-Bye OPEC

Ten new global energy powers.

BY LOGAN BAYROFF | JUNE 5, 2012

Good Foreigner, Bad Foreigner

China's love-hate relationship with expats.

BY ANNE HENOCHOWICZ | JUNE 1, 2012

Target: Iran

A closer look at the six facilities that could mean the difference between war and peace.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 31, 2012

Battleship Earth

Does the Pentagon have the right weapons to fight off an alien invasion?

BY CARA PARKS, JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 30, 2012

China's Game of Thrones

Four Chinese leaders who show just how corrupt the system has become. 

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | MAY 30, 2012

The Five Worst Atrocities of the Syrian Uprising

Time and again, the Syrian regime has shocked the world. But those hoping the international community would be spurred into action have been just as frequently disappointed.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 29, 2012

The Name Is Bond. Eurobond.

Europe's debt crisis gets a new potential hero, with Germany once again cast in the role of villain.

BY HEATHER A. CONLEY AND UTTARA DUKKIPATI | MAY 25, 2012

Romney: Year One

What would happen if you took Mitt Romney's foreign-policy promises extremely literally?

BY DANIEL DREZNER | MAY 25, 2012

5 World Events That Could Swing the U.S. Election

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are slugging it out over the economy, but the world may have a trick or two up its sleeve.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 24, 2012

The 7 Worst Songs of Eurovision 2012

The lowlights of Europe's annual tribute to trashy Europop.

BY LOIS PARSHLEY | MAY 24, 2012

Jobs for Billionaires

A few problems back here on Earth in need of some serious capital.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 24, 2012

5 Things the Pentagon Isn't Telling Us About the Chinese Military

Here's what you won't find in the Defense Department’s latest report on China's military rise.

BY TREFOR MOSS | MAY 23, 2012

Sonnets for the Mujahideen

The militant movement has a little-examined sensitive side.

MAY 18, 2012

Never Say Never

Remember when breaking up the eurozone was unthinkable? That was then.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 14, 2012

Comrade Locke

Why is China so obsessed with America's backpack-wearing, coupon-clipping ambassador?

BY ANNE HENOCHOWICZ | MAY 14, 2012

Dictators With Mommy Issues

Some of the world's most ruthless leaders have had surprisingly close -- if deeply troubled -- relationships with their mothers.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 11, 2012

Say It Ain't So, Joe

Ten things Joe Biden really should apologize for.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL, JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 11, 2012

Countries That Love Their Moms More Than America Does

A global guilt trip in honor of Mother's Day.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 11, 2012

Where in the World Is Same-Sex Marriage Legal?

It's not just those liberal Northern Europeans who have embraced homosexual unions.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 10, 2012