Democracy
The Malaise in Ukraine
The business community is fed up with President Yanukovych's corruption and management. Is real change on the horizon?
BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | OCTOBER 23, 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
No Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
One of Africa's top business leaders talks about the challenges of encouraging good governance.
INTERVIEW BY TY MCCORMICK | OCTOBER 17, 2012
Where the Arab Spring Has Not Yet Sprung
The spirit of rebellion continues to simmer in the Middle East and North Africa. But you won’t see much about it in the headlines.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 17, 2012
The Ground Truth from Benghazi
The politicians in Washington are beating each other up over the Benghazi consulate attack. But they don't seem to be paying much attention to the evidence from the scene of the crime.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | OCTOBER 16, 2012
The Kingdom of Silence and Humiliation
Looking back on life under the Assad dynasty.
BY AHED AL HENDI | OCTOBER 16, 2012
To Leave or Not to Leave
President Hugo Chávez’s victory in the presidential election has some Venezuelans wondering whether it's time to leave.
BY DANIEL LANSBERG-RODRIGUEZ | OCTOBER 16, 2012
A Revolutionary Foreign Policy
The Muslim Brotherhood's political party promises to transform Egypt's place in the world.
BY AMR DARRAG | OCTOBER 16, 2012
Amputation is No Cure for Cancer
South Sudan is gone. But the government in Khartoum still can't escape what ails Sudan.
BY JON TEMIN | OCTOBER 15, 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 New Sheriff in Town
At an outpost on the Turkish-Syrian border, rebel fighters are the law.
BY SARAH A. TOPOL | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Remembering the White Terror
25 years after the end of authoritarianism, Taiwan is still struggling to come to terms with its past.
BY AMBER PARCHER | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Blindsided
The results of Georgia’s parliamentary election caught American pollsters completely off guard. They should have tried asking the right questions.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Return of the Czech Communists
Vaclav Havel is turning over in his grave.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Pick
China's most famous dissident never wanted the honor.
BY YU JIE | OCTOBER 11, 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
Chavez Rides Again
Make no mistake: Hugo Chávez's victory in Sunday's election marks another step in the erosion of Venezuela's democratic institutions.
BY MICHAEL ALBERTUS | OCTOBER 9, 2012
The Reform of the King
Morocco's mysterious young monarch is promising a "third path" between democracy and tyranny. Is it a model for the Arab world -- or a myth?
BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 2012
Epiphanies from Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The "Black Swan" theorist reflects on the most stable country in human history and the folly of the European Union.
INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | NOVEMBER 2012
The Biggest Liars
If politicians are unusually dishonest, we citizens bear some of the responsibility.
NOVEMBER 2012
No Exit
For the first time in many years, Venezuela’s presidential election is raising the possibility of an electoral defeat for Hugo Chávez. But if he loses, does that mean he’ll go?
BY DANIEL LANSBERG-RODRIGUEZ | OCTOBER 4, 2012
An Idealist on Death Row
Why the desperate fate of a little-known Sudanese human rights activists poses some fundamental questions about what it means to be human.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 3, 2012
Unsung Heroes
Some of the world's bravest dissidents are pursuing their fight against injustice with little attention from the outside world. But that doesn't mean they aren't worth knowing about. Here's a list of remarkable people who rarely make it into the headlines.
BY TOM MALINOWSKI | OCTOBER 3, 2012
In Defeat, Georgia's President Confounds his Critics
Mikheil Saakashvili's conciliatory reaction to his party's loss in the election seems to prove his critics wrong. Now let's see if the winner can do as well.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 2, 2012
Georgia's Electoral Showdown
Emotions are running high as Georgians vote in a watershed parliamentary election.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 1, 2012
Save Benghazi
How the citizens of Benghazi are pushing back against the killers of a U.S. diplomat many considered their friend.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
Rebooting the Bureaucracy in Georgia
As Georgian voters prepare to vote in a crucial parliamentary election, a look back at one of the signature programs of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
BY RICHARD BENNET | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
In Georgia, Two Machines Are Better Than One
The run-up to Georgia's October 1 election has been dirty, demeaning, and rife with abuses of power and allegations of corruption. It’s also the best thing to happen to Georgia in a long time.
BY SCOTT RADNITZ | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Why We Give the Lady a Hard Time
An open letter to the critics of our criticism.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | SEPTEMBER 26, 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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