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I know counterterrorism and the CIA -- and almost everything in Homeland is ridiculous. But I'm still watching.
BY BRUCE HOFFMAN | DECEMBER 18, 2012
Newtown and the Doomsday Preppers
Could survivalism really have played a role in Friday's massacre?
BY J.M. BERGER | DECEMBER 17, 2012
The Dark Side of Oscar Niemeyer
Brazil's most celebrated architect leaves behind a decidedly mixed legacy.
DECEMBER 11, 2012
The Architect of the Future That Never Was
The failed dreamscapes of Oscar Niemeyer.
BY RICHARD J. WILLIAMS | DECEMBER 11, 2012
Decline Is a Choice
The West has nothing to fear but fear itself.
BY HUBERT VÉDRINE | DECEMBER 10, 2012
The Anti-Godfather
How a mayor set out to save a Sicilian city from neglect and Mafia influence.
BY LAURA BACON, RUSHDA MAJEED | DECEMBER 10, 2012
The Tale of the Kidnapped Princeling
How critical can the powerful be of the truly powerful in modern China?
BY JOHN GARNAUT | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Paris on the Yangtze
A look at the Western villages and monuments that are popping up all over China.
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
The Global Thinkers' Book Club
From psychology to biography, economics to tech, see what some of the world’s top minds are reading.
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Photos from the first North American retrospective of China's most famous dissident artist, Ai Weiwei.
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Why Family Is a Foreign-Policy Issue
Helping women strike a work-life balance would change the world more than you might think.
BY ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER | DECEMBER 2012
Homeland Insecurity
The new Red Dawn movie is really just a throwback to the ‘80s ... the 1880s.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 23, 2012
Turkey's Weakest Export
Turkey says it wants to be a model for democracy in the Middle East. But so far its actions lag behind its achievements.
BY GAMZE COŞKUN | NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Thanksgiving is Un-American
Seriously. What you need to know about the international origins of the most American of holidays.
BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Mongol Hordes Take Manhattan
Before there was Red Dawn, there was Red Napoleon.
BY J.M. BERGER | NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Shaken, Not Stirred by CIA 'Values'
Why do the CIA director's peccadilloes rile us more than his policies?
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Prosperity Isn't Just a Matter of Wealth
Man does not live by GDP alone. An introduction to the Legatum Institute's latest Prosperity Index.
BY PETER PASSELL | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
The Not-So-Funny Papers
Exclusive cartoons from the Afghan mujahideen.
BY MATTHEW TREVITHICK | OCTOBER 26, 2012
The Changing Face of Mecca
Artist Ahmed Mater returns to Islam's holiest site to capture the enormous changes as modernity meets tradition.
BY AHMED MATER VIA CREATIVE TIME REPORTS | OCTOBER 26, 2012
UnBonJuif
The return of French anti-Semitism is a lot scarier than just a few nasty tweets.
BY ERIC PAPE | OCTOBER 25, 2012
The Man Who Brought the Black Flag to Timbuktu
A new Islamist strongman has taken the stage in North Africa. His rising power is giving him a lot of bad ideas.
BY WILLIAM LLOYD-GEORGE | OCTOBER 22, 2012
Why a Constitution Is a Bad Place for a Blasphemy Law
A constitutional ban on blasphemy might sound like a good idea to some. But it can mean less freedom for everyone.
BY KATRINA LANTOS SWETT, ROBERT P. GEORGE | OCTOBER 15, 2012
The Big Bang Theory of Education
Authoritarian countries don't seem to be doing well at the knowledge business. That's probably no accident.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 11, 2012
In Post-Revolution Egypt, Talk Shows Redefine the Political Landscape
In Egypt, the hosts of political talk shows have become the arbiters of public discussion and debate. But do they know how to wield their newfound power?
BY FATIMA EL-ISSAWI | OCTOBER 10, 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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