Freedom
The Lady and the General
Meet the political odd couple driving democratic reform in Burma.
BY KURT M. CAMPBELL | DECEMBER 2012
A Change Is Gonna Come
Chen Guangcheng on freedom, violence, and the possibility of a revolution in China.
INTERVIEW BY ISAAC STONE FISH | DECEMBER 2012
Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age
Across the world, the battle for free speech is pitting governments and corporations against activists and average citizens.
BY LEE C. BOLLINGER | DECEMBER 2012
Five Myths about the Chinese Internet
The Great Firewall is neither great, nor a firewall. Discuss.
BY EVELINE CHAO | NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Dreams of Their Fathers
Cambodia's people want freedom. Can Obama deliver?
BY KAREN J. COATES | NOVEMBER 19, 2012
The Key to Bringing Democracy to China
It's naked self-interest, stupid.
BY YASHENG HUANG | NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Human Rights Now
Six ways China's new leader could be the reformer the Chinese have been waiting for.
BY SOPHIE RICHARDSON | NOVEMBER 15, 2012
Is Bashar al-Assad Syria’s Abraham Lincoln?
The Syrian president's fans are comparing him with the hero of America's Civil War. Here's why they're wrong.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 14, 2012
The Inconvenient Revolution
An interview with a leading human rights activist from Bahrain
BY AZZURRA MERINGOLO | NOVEMBER 7, 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 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
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Pick
China's most famous dissident never wanted the honor.
BY YU JIE | OCTOBER 11, 2012
Putin's Miscalculation
It was a big mistake to pick on a pregnant human rights activist. The world must hold whoever was responsible to account.
BY KENNETH ROTH | OCTOBER 5, 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
The Great Persian Firewall
Should we care that Iran just turned off Google?
BY ART KELLER | SEPTEMBER 28, 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
He's With the Band
An interview with the first man of Pussy Riot.
INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
The Revolution in Tunisia Stalls
Even before last week's riots at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, the progress of Tunisia's revolution was beginning to look rocky. Here's why.
BY FADIL ALIRIZA | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Commandos for Jesus
Meet the former Green Berets delivering aid to some of the most blighted corners of Burma, and saving souls along the way.
BY DANIEL LOVERING | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Senseless
Why does President Barack Obama refuse to call the killing of our Libyan ambassador "murder"?
BY NEWT GINGRICH, JOHN A. MCCALLUM | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Free Speech in the Age of YouTube
Barack Obama couldn't censor that anti-Islam film -- even if he wanted to.
BY ROBERT C. POST | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Buddhism Problem
Why isn't Burma's democracy icon speaking up for minorities -- and against her country's nationalistic, racist, xenophobic, and occasionally violent Buddhist majority?
BY WILLIAM MCGOWAN | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Buddhist Monks Behaving Badly
The boys in saffron are marching again. But this time there’s nothing that's noble about it.
BY FRANCIS WADE | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
It's Time to Act in Syria
Yes, it's true: Military involvement in Syria has its risks. But the costs of non-intervention are growing by the day.
BY MARK N. KATZ | SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
Delhi Laughs
The heavy-handed political cartoons that have India's government hot under the collar.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
Freeing the Press
Will the relaxation of Burma's severe censorship laws usher in the age of a responsible, responsive media -- or are Burmese journalists right to worry that the state is still watching them closely?
BY MIN ZIN | SEPTEMBER 6, 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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