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The City with a Short Fuse
How a shrewd politician defused ethnic tension and improved public services in one of Indonesia’s most dysfunctional cities.
BY RUSHDA MAJEED | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
Learning Europe's Lessons in Africa
Why five East African countries are trying to follow in the European Union's footsteps -- minus the common currency.
BY BLAIR GLENCORSE AND CHARLES LANDOW | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Left Behind
Obama has turned his back on us liberals. So why aren't we screaming about it?
BY TODD GITLIN | SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
The China Bubble
U.S. companies are banking their future success on tapping into the enormous Chinese market. They're in for a nasty surprise.
BY RICHARD D'AVENI | AUGUST 30, 2012
Building a Better China
The world's cities will experience massive growth over the next decade. But are they ready to handle it?
BY RICHARD DOBBS, JAANA REMES | AUGUST 13, 2012
Smokeless Stoves, Girl-Friendly Schools, and the Bloc That Wasn’t
Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.
BY PETER PASSELL | AUGUST 3, 2012
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Public health activists and pharmaceutical companies are finally joining forces to help developing countries get access to low-cost drugs.
BY ROGER BATE | JULY 23, 2012
Not Quite the Holy Grail
The changing global picture of foreign direct investment.
BY PETER PASSELL | JULY 13, 2012
Egypt's Subsidy Blues
When Egypt's next rulers finally tackle urgently needed economic reform, they should look to an unlikely model: Iran.
BY PETER PASSELL | JUNE 15, 2012
Ruling Facebookistan
The world's largest social networking site has a population nearly as large as China or India's. And the natives are getting restless.
BY REBECCA MACKINNON | JUNE 14, 2012
This Week at War: An Arms Race America Can’t Win
The United States has no chance in ship-for-ship showdown with China. Luckily, it shouldn't have to have one.
BY ROBERT HADDICK | JUNE 8, 2012
U.N. Human Rights Council Condemns Actual Human Rights Abusers!
Or, in praise of small victories.
BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 1, 2012
Two Worlds, One Climate
Forget Kyoto. There’s a much better way to persuade the developing world to fight climate change.
BY PETER PASSELL | MAY 23, 2012
In the Crosshairs
Why controlling the international arms trade can help to build stable societies.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 22, 2012
Meet the GUTS
The West isn't declining. Here are four world powers enjoying an astonishing renaissance.
BY BRUCE JONES AND THOMAS WRIGHT | MAY 17, 2012
The Miracle of Midland
How a West Texas oil town became an unlikely champion of human rights.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 15, 2012
Getting Ready for Life after Castro
Managing the transition to a democratic Cuba: A user’s guide.
BY JAIME SUCHLICKI | MAY 11, 2012
Really, Really Big Oil
Steve Coll's global tour of how ExxonMobil, the international "supermajor" and world's most profitable company, still rules.
INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MAY 4, 2012
Lying to Tell the Truth
Saving the world is no excuse for fudging the facts.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 1, 2012
Away From the Handouts
The argument for a new approach to development aid.
BY PETER PASSELL | APRIL 26, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Sarkozy comes in second in France, tension rises in South Sudan, and Australia remembers its fallen soldiers.
APRIL 26, 2012
Get an MBA, Save the World
If you want to work in international development, go work for a big, bad multinational company.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY/JUNE 2012
Dirty Laundry
If the West really wants to prevent developing countries from laundering money, it can start by cleaning up its own act.
BY PETER REUTER | APRIL 19, 2012
Punching Above their Weight
Forget the Big Apple or La La Land. It's Tampa, Phoenix, (and a couple hundred smaller U.S. cities) that are going to power the new U.S. economy.
BY JAMES MANYIKA, JAANA REMES, AND JAVIER ORELLANA | APRIL 18, 2012
Trustbusters
Why the Obama Administration is targeting Malaysia and Vietnam in the trans-Pacific trade talks.
BY GREG RUSHFORD | APRIL 13, 2012
Decoupling: Ties That No Longer Bind
Emerging market economies have protected themselves from global economic downturns.
BY PETER PASSELL | APRIL 4, 2012
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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