Culture
Stalin Lives
The Soviet dictator died six decades ago. But Russians have yet to say farewell.
BY MASHA LIPMAN | MARCH 1, 2013
A Place of One's Own
Land is more than real estate. In many parts of the world, it’s the key to survival, belonging, and identity.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
Israel's Script Turns Sour
Hollywood used to portray Israelis as heroic and brave. Today, it's films about the brutality of the occupation that make it to the silver screen.
BY LISA GOLDMAN | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Does Hollywood Have a Foreign Policy?
Tinseltown’s biggest films tend to be highly critical of American power, but also reinforce the idea that the rest of the world is a place best avoided.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
The KGB Oscars
In Putin's Russia, it's the spies that are handing out the awards for the year's best movies.
BY SIMON SHUSTER | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
It's Not About Us
Forget about the “war on terror.” The next few decades will be dominated by the bitter divide within Islam itself.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
Marianne in Tunisia
How Delacroix's famous painting explains the troubled North African revolution.
BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
Military Brain Drain
The Pentagon's top brass is driving away all the smart people.
BY DAVID BARNO | FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Scotch This Plan
Scotland’s decaying capital city shows why this country is not ready for independence.
BY RICHARD J. WILLIAMS | FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Gay Paris
What has taken France so long to step up to the altar of equality?
BY ERIC PAPE | FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Israelis Love to Argue...
And four other tips for Barack Obama’s first presidential visit to Israel.
BY NATAN SACHS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
What Richard III Can Teach Us Today
The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Can Shakespeare’s fallen tyrant help us set it to rights?
BY JOHN WATKINS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Love Is a Battlefield
Are the Taliban using sex to fight America?
BY MUJIB MASHAL | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Marching Through the Monarchies
Two years after the Arab Spring awoke demons and democracy in the Middle East, I went to see whether changes had roiled the lands of royals.
BY EMMA SKY | FEBRUARY 1, 2013
France vs. Lance
The French aren't surprised by the fall of America's cycling hero. They knew he was cheating all along.
BY ERIC PAPE | JANUARY 17, 2013
Does the NRA Want to Turn America Into Afghanistan?
Because that's where we're headed.
BY JASON DEMPSEY | JANUARY 16, 2013
Party in the KSA
Behind high walls, the kingdom's restrictive Islamic laws don't apply.
BY AHMED AL OMRAN | JANUARY 14, 2013
Through a Glass Darkly
The bin Laden film has something for everyone -- but not what we need most.
BY DAVID COLE | JANUARY 10, 2013
The Nudgy State
How five governments are using behavioral economics to encourage citizens to do the right thing.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 2, 2013
The Convergence of Civilizations
The oft-predicted "clash of civilizations" has not materialized. If anything, values are converging across cultures.
BY CHARLES KENNY | JANUARY 2, 2013
The Global Linguistic Revolution
The world's fastest growing language is no language at all.
BY ROBERT MCCRUM | DECEMBER 31, 2012
Can There Be War Without Hate?
Surprisingly humane moments in combat -- and why they matter.
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | DECEMBER 24, 2012
In Defense of Civil Society
Civil society does exist in authoritarian countries.
BY KERRY COSBY | DECEMBER 20, 2012
Nothing Is Written
The triumph of democracy isn't inevitable. It has to be fought for.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 19, 2012
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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