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It's the Brazilians, Stupid

Meet Brazil's James Carville -- and the other political consultants who are shaking up Latin America's electoral landscape.

BY MAC MARGOLIS | NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The Collaborator's Song

We often ask why some people choose to resist authoritarian regimes. But the better question might be why so many decide to cooperate.

BY ANNE APPLEBAUM | OCTOBER 31, 2012

Requiem for a Russian Spy

A CIA veteran remembers his Soviet counterpart.

BY MILTON BEARDEN | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The New Asian Tiger?

Ten things you didn't know about Vietnam's rise. 

BY MARCO BREU, RICHARD DOBBS | FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Best of ArabLeaks

Just how much did these cables change the world?

MARCH 9, 2011

Why We Can't Rule Out an Egyptian Reign of Terror

A historian's look at revolution and its discontents.

BY DAVID A. BELL | FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Revolutionary Road

Almost as long as there have been governments, there have been attempts to overthrow them. But what does history tell us about the recent uprisings in the Middle East?

BY BRITT PETERSON | FEBRUARY 7, 2011

The Russians Return

Russia's back in Afghanistan, this time in cooperation with the West -- but do objectives really align?

BY JAMES KIRCHICK | NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Europe After the Berlin Wall: 4 Surprises

For Europe the effects of the Berlin Wall's collapse were almost as surprising as the fall itself. Here are 4 of the unexpected consequences that the end of the Soviet Union had for Europe -- ones even the experts didn't see coming.

BY MOISÉS NAÍM | NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The Rift that Began in Tiananmen Square

When Deng Xiaoping met with Mikhail Gorbachev in May 1989, neither communist leader could have predicted that the events simultaneously transpiring in Tiananmen Square would ricochet around the world -- all the way to the Berlin Wall.

BY CHEN JIAN, JEFFREY A. ENGEL | NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Who Brought Down the Berlin Wall?

Reagan? Economics? The CIA? Why the usual suspects get too much credit. Part of an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The Memory Trap

Why remembrance of past imperial glory holds back Russia today. Part of an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

BY NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA | NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The Myth of Deutschland Über Alles

When the Berlin Wall came down, the world cheered -- and the West Germans sipped lattes. Part of an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

BY JOSEF JOFFE | NOVEMBER 5, 2009

1989: The Lost Year

For Gorbachev and Bush Sr., it was 12 months of missed opportunities. The first in an FP series, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | NOVEMBER 4, 2009