Dispatch

Mr. Normal's Odd Government

François Hollande's trip to America was a quiet success. But did he just appoint an unruly team of rivals as his ministers back home?

BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 21, 2012

Mr. Nice Guy

France has chosen François Hollande, but can she fall in love with a man who lacks the passion of leaders past?

BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 7, 2012

President Sarkozy's Desperate Mayday

With friends and foes ganging up on him, Nicolas Sarkozy's run for a second term is looking bleak.

BY ERIC PAPE | MAY 1, 2012

Still the One

Muammar al-Qaddafi may be history in Libya, but in this remote African kingdom he reigns supreme.

BY ANDREW GREEN | MAY/JUNE 2012

The Fallout from Toulouse

Will the massacre in France turn out to be Nicolas Sarkozy's Oklahoma City?

BY ERIC PAPE | MARCH 22, 2012

The Ritz-Carlton of Failed States

Welcome to the Serena Hotels, outposts of multi-star luxury in countries with zero-star conditions.

BY MICHAEL Z. WISE | MARCH/APRIL 2012

South Africa's Awkward Teenage Years

The Rainbow Nation has finally arrived on the world stage -- but did its conscience stay at home?

BY EVE FAIRBANKS | JAN/FEB 2012

The Lap of Luxembourgery

So what if it has the world's highest per capita GDP? A visit to the debt-ridden capital of European complacency.

BY ERIC PAPE | SEPT/OCT 2011

Fortress India

Why is Delhi building a new Berlin Wall to keep out its Bangladeshi neighbors?

BY SCOTT CARNEY, JASON MIKLIAN, KRISTIAN HOELSCHER | JULY/AUGUST 2011

Half a Miracle

Medellín's rebirth is nothing short of astonishing. But have the drug lords really been vanquished?

BY FRANCIS FUKUYAMA, SETH COLBY | MAY/JUNE 2011

A Saint for Lost Souls

Mexico's increasingly destitute poor are turning to what the U.S. military calls a "death cult" for comfort.

BY D.E. CAMPBELL | MAY/JUNE 2010

The Ottoman Revival

Turkish nationalism goes back to the future.

BY YIGAL SCHLEIFER | APRIL 15, 2009