Environment
16 Ways to Fix Burma
On the eve of the country's historic elections, 16 experts give us their prescriptions for the future.
MARCH 30, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
The Pope dons a sombrero, French police hunt suspected Islamists, and a Tongan king is laid to rest.
MARCH 30, 2012
The Chinese-African Union
Why is China spending $200 million for this new over-the-top headquarters for the African Union?
MARCH 19, 2012
Onward and Upward
Why economics -- the dismal science -- is far too pessimistic when it comes to analyzing the amazing gains in poverty eradication.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 5, 2012
A Long Walk Through a Dry Country
Walking through a land of chronic hunger.
Photos by MIKE HETTWER | MARCH 2, 2012
Freezing in the Dark
Europe's energy demands exceed what Russia can produce, and this latest cold front proves the continent has no strategy for fixing the problem. Is shale gas the solution?
BY ROBIN M. MILLS | FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Keystone Kops
Environmentalists picked the wrong battle in opposing the Keystone XL project.
BY AMY MYERS JAFFE | FEBRUARY 3, 2012
Forest Bump
The global economic crisis is good news for trees, but how can we make sure the gains keep coming?
BY CHARLES KENNY | JANUARY 23, 2012
The Smog That Ate Beijing
What China's capital really looks like.
BY SEAN GALLAGHER | JANUARY 18, 2012
The General's Luck Runs Out
Does the killing of the notorious guerrilla leader Kishenji mean the end of India's four-decade Maoist insurgency, or the beginning of its next chapter?
BY JASON MIKLIAN | NOVEMBER 30, 2011
The Stories You Missed in 2011
10 events and trends that were overlooked this year, but may be leading the headlines in 2012.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Cold, Hard Economics
Why changing your old lightbulbs and toting your eco-friendly canvas shopping bag around won't save the planet.
BY GERNOT WAGNER | NOVEMBER 8, 2011
The Cleanest Place in Africa
Once synonymous with genocide, Rwanda is now a budding police state. It's also a stunning African success story.
BY DAVID DAGAN | OCTOBER 19, 2011
Think Again: Nuclear Power
Japan melted down, but that doesn't mean the end of the atomic age.
BY CHARLES D. FERGUSON | NOVEMBER 2011
The Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century
The second installment of an interview with Daniel Yergin.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 5, 2011
The Black Hole of 9/11
As we assess the legacy of the 10th anniversary of America's seminal terrorist attack, it's worth looking at 10 events from the past decade that have actually been more important.
BY DAVID J. ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 29, 2011
Cloudy with a Chance of Insurgency
Does extreme weather cause war? Don't count on it.
BY CHARLES KENNY | AUGUST 29, 2011
How the West Was Drilled
From Alberta to the Brazilian Coast, a tour of the new American oil frontier that could eclipse the Middle East.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | AUGUST 17, 2011
Red, Delicious, and Rotten
How Apple conquered China and learned to think like the Communist Party.
BY CHRISTINA LARSON | AUGUST 1, 2011
Greening It Alone
The world is building a low-carbon global economy -- with or without the United States.
BY CHARLES KENNY | AUGUST 1, 2011
Man Bites Shark
Why are shark attacks on the rise? Because the balance of power between man and shark lies firmly -- too firmly -- with man.
BY JULIET EILPERIN | JULY 29, 2011
Shark Attack
Pacific islanders once worshipped them, but they're now the sea's most feared predator -- not that they deserve the tag. A look at the complex relationship between humans and sharks.
CAPTIONS BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | JULY 29, 2011
Hot Air Zone
Naoto Kan’s statement taking on Japan’s nuclear industry isn’t likely to accomplish anything.
BY ROBERT DUJARRIC | JULY 14, 2011
Red China's Green Buildings
China has discovered that environmental design is an efficient way to save money and earn prestige.
CAPTIONS BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | JULY 6, 2011
Where the River Ends
The mighty Yangtze is dwindling -- and a debate has emerged in China over the role of the Three Gorges Dam in exacerbating this summer's devastating drought.
BY CHRISTINA LARSON | JUNE 2, 2011
Finish Doha, Save the Fish
How global trade talks could replenish our overfished seas.
BY PETER ALLGEIER | APRIL 18, 2011
A Bad Trade
Obama has swapped smart policy for the same-old job-crushing trade deals.
BY TODD TUCKER | APRIL 18, 2011
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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