Freedom
Above the Law
Pakistan's activist lawyers and judges may have thrown out Pervez Musharraf, but they're no democrats. In fact, they're a grave and growing threat to Pakistan's future.
BY ANATOL LIEVEN | FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Saudi Arabia Is Arming the Syrian Opposition
What could possibly go wrong?
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | FEBRUARY 27, 2012
When Assad Won
A bloody six-year civil war fought against Bashar al-Assad's father presents a cautionary tale for Syria's modern-day rebels.
BY DAVID KENNER | FEBRUARY 22, 2012
This World in Photos This Week
Greece goes up in flames, Xi comes to Washington, and Brazil's Carnival begins.
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Waiting for Spring
If the Middle East is your yardstick, the countries of Central Asia ought to be on the verge of revolution. But don't hold your breath.
BY SCOTT RADNITZ | FEBRUARY 17, 2012
No Joke
Burma's famous comedian-cum-activist explains why he can forgive but refuses to forget.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Immunizing the Body Politic
Want to promote democracy in Burma? Start by making sure people are well enough to vote.
BY JACK C. CHOW | FEBRUARY 7, 2012
The Little Economy That Could
If you're looking for an unlikely economic success story, you can hardly do better than Mauritius.
BY JEFFREY FRANKEL | FEBRUARY 2, 2012
A Forward Strategy of Freedom
It's neither perfect nor pretty, but the Arab Spring proves that neoconservatives were right all along.
BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS | JANUARY 23, 2012
The Top 10 Trends in Global Freedom
One might expect, given last year's headlines across the Middle East -- as well as promising political developments in authoritarian countries from Myanmar to Cuba -- that 2011 was a banner year for freedom. The reality is more complicated.
BY ARCH PUDDINGTON | JANUARY 18, 2012
The Slow Death of 'Asian Values'
Why the latest news from Malaysia helps to undermine authoritarianism throughout the region.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 18, 2012
Occupy Everywhere
In this year of protests, is it really fair to compare the grievances of the Occupy movement to the courage of the Arab Spring?
BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 30, 2011
Turkey's War on Journalists
As Prime Minister Erdogan's government grows increasingly intolerant of dissent, the media is bearing the brunt of its effort to silence its critics.
BY ALIA MALEK | DECEMBER 22, 2011
The Anti-Putin Brigade
Portraits of Russia's would-be revolutionaries -- and their intimate thoughts on Vladimir Putin and the country's dark political future.
PHOTOS BY KIRILL NIKITENKO | DECEMBER 5, 2011
Realpolitik and the Myanmar Spring
Wondering why Hillary Clinton is in Myanmar right now? Hint: it's all about China.
BY BERTIL LINTNER | NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Libya’s Sexual Revolution
How the uprising turned young Libyan men from hopeless layabouts into marriageable heroes.
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | OCTOBER 26, 2011
An Islamist, a Liberal, and a Former Regime Loyalist Walk into a Cafe...
Three Libyans try to make sense of their country after Qaddafi.
BY RYAN CALDER | OCTOBER 21, 2011
Divine Election
As Tunisians prepare for the Arab Spring's first free election, they are discovering that democracy, too, can be messy.
BY DON DUNCAN | OCTOBER 21, 2011
Victory Lap
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron tour free Tripoli.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
The Lost Lessons of Freedom
The march toward openness and democracy in the Soviet Union began under my great-grandfather, Nikita Khrushchev, flowered under Mikhail Gorbachev, and has nearly been erased in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
BY NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA | AUGUST 19, 2011
A Revolution, with Qualifications
What the naysayers got right about the Arab Spring.
BY JAMES TRAUB | AUGUST 19, 2011
Egypt's Protest Art
Art from the graffitists, cineastes, cartoonists, and photographers who are making Egypt's post-revolution phase a bit more colorful.
AUGUST 4, 2011
Guilty Until Proven Guilty
In the cage of justice, sometimes a courtroom's verdict is long foretold.
BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 3, 2011
The African Summer
The fires of democratic revolution won't spread south after the Arab Spring. And that's a good thing.
BY CALESTOUS JUMA | JULY 28, 2011
Five Months of Waiting
What happens when a revolution stalls out?
BY SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS | JULY 15, 2011
Palestine Lost
A new generation of Palestinian activists are less interested in forging a state than in winning their rights.
BY RACHEL SHABI | JULY 13, 2011
Redrawing the Map
South Sudan may be independent, but new countries are becoming increasingly rare.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 13, 2011
First, They Came for the Lawyers
China's newest campaign of repression.
BY JEROME A. COHEN | JULY 12, 2011
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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