Human Rights
Failed Index
Foreign Policy's definition of a failed state raises more questions than it answers and unfairly stigmatizes African countries that are moving in the right direction.
BY ELLIOT ROSS | JUNE 29, 2012
The Court of Last Resort
Will the ICC's next decade see the court expand the stop-start gains of its first 10 years?
BY RICHARD DICKER | JUNE 29, 2012
The Missing 50 Percent
There’s no real democracy without full representation for women.
BY SUSAN A. MARKHAM | JUNE 29, 2012
The Old Grey Lady in Red China
Will the just-launched New York Times Chinese-edition get censored by Beijing's media watchers?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | JUNE 28, 2012
Putin's Got America Right Where He Wants It
And that's bad news for Obama.
BY MICHAEL WEISS | JUNE 28, 2012
The Sudanese Stand Up
The best way to help the protesters in Sudan? Cover the story.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 27, 2012
Sudan Needs a Revolution
The protest movement against Omar al-Bashir is growing -- fast -- and it needs the world’s support.
BY AMIR AHMAD NASR | JUNE 26, 2012
Why America Can't Have It All
Anne-Marie Slaughter is on to something bigger than she realizes.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 25, 2012
Build Burma from the Ground Up
Relying only on the state to implement democratic reforms in Burma is a fool’s errand. But there’s a better way.
BY ELLIOTT PRASSE-FREEMAN | JUNE 22, 2012
The Twisted Arc of History
In the land of no-good-options, is Barack Obama doing enough to push the cause of human rights in the Middle East?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 22, 2012
Debating the Failed States Index
Was this year's ranking of the world's most fragile states on target? Five countries respond.
JUNE 22, 2012
Why Is the U.S. Selling Billions in Weapons to Autocrats?
The export of American arms to countries around the world -- even those actively repressing their own citizens -- is booming.
BY ZACH TOOMBS, R. JEFFREY SMITH, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JUNE 21, 2012
The Martyrdom of Al Qusayr
Images from photojournalist Robert King’s recent visit to a Syrian community under siege.
JUNE 21, 2012
"The Wounded Will Be Killed"
An American photojournalist describes what he saw during the month he spent in a Syrian village under siege.
BY ROBERT KING | JUNE 21, 2012
Her Work Isn’t Done
This week the world is celebrating Aung San Suu Kyi’s achievements as a pro-democracy activist. Now the question is: Can she finish the job?
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 20, 2012
The Underestimated Prince Nayef
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is dead. He will be missed far more than most observers of the kingdom will admit.
BY MICHAEL STEPHENS | JUNE 18, 2012
Head of State
Hillary Clinton, the blind dissident, and the art of diplomacy in the Twitter era.
BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | JULY/AUGUST 2012
Old-Fashioned Diplomacy in the
Twitter Age
An exclusive interview with the secretary of state.
INTERVIEW BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | JULY/AUGUST 2012
How Bad Is Bad?
Although the 10 worst failed states don’t necessarily suffer from the same problems, they do share one thing in common: a miserable quality of life for most of their people. And when they’re stacked up against the United States, the meaning of “failure” is devastatingly clear.
JUNE 18, 2012
General Mladic in The Hague
A report on evil in Europe -- and justice delayed.
BY MICHAEL DOBBS | JULY/AUGUST 2012
The Dictator Hunter's Wanted List
9 former autocrats and bad guys that should be made to pay for their crimes.
BY REED BRODY | JUNE 18, 2012
The Five Stages of Egypt's Revolution
It matters little who wins the presidency this weekend -- a much bloodier uprising is inevitable.
BY CHARLES HOLMES | JUNE 15, 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
The Freedom to Hate
As sectarian violence lashes Burma, the media are using their newfound freedom for destructive ends.
BY HANNA HINDSTROM | JUNE 14, 2012
The Devil They Know
Why the West shouldn't expect Russia's policy on Syria to change anytime soon.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 13, 2012
The Bolivarian Legacy
Hugo Chávez and his leftist allies will leave little behind other than failed economic policies, massive corruption, and shrinking political freedoms.
BY DOUGLAS FARAH | JUNE 13, 2012
Blood in the Caucasus
Scenes from the war zone in Russia's backyard.
BY DIANA MARKOSIAN | JUNE 8, 2012
Putin's Secret War
The bloody Islamic insurgency in Russia's backyard.
BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | JUNE 8, 2012
Sit this One Out
Why Obama shouldn't use drones to go after Mali's Islamic radical separatists.
BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 8, 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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