International Organizations

Can Tunisia Save the Arab Spring?

Of all the Arab Spring countries, little Tunisia is the one that's making the most progress toward full-fledged democracy.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 7, 2013

On Your Left, the Decline and Fall

Visiting Brussels soon? A new museum offers a peek into the future to see how the European dream died.

BY GARETH HARDING | JUNE 4, 2013

Reforming the Democracy Bureaucracy

Washington's democracy promotion community is a mess. Here's how to fix it.

BY MELINDA HARING | JUNE 3, 2013

Arms Twisting

Why won't Obama sign his own weapons treaty next week?

BY RACHEL STOHL | MAY 30, 2013

The Price of Peace

How much is a U.N. blue helmet actually worth?

BY DAVID BOSCO | MAY 29, 2013

An Ambiguous Anniversary in Cambodia

So whatever happened to the most ambitious peacekeeping operation in history?

BY KAREN J. COATES | MAY 28, 2013

Ship Storm

There may be valid reasons to question the wisdom of reforming U.S. food aid. But saving the Merchant Marine isn't one of them.

BY JOHN NORRIS | MAY 21, 2013

The Prickly Politics of Aid

Development aid is inherently political - and that's not a bad thing.

BY THOMAS CAROTHERS, DIANE DE GRAMONT | MAY 21, 2013

Too Many Stakeholders Spoil the Soup

Broadening global governance of the Internet sounds like a reasonable aim, but it’s actually cover for some very undemocratic behavior.

BY ELI DOURADO | MAY 15, 2013

A Liberal Case for Drones

Why human rights advocates should stop worrying about the phantom fear of autonomy.

BY JOSHUA FOUST | MAY 14, 2013

If Poverty Ends, Then What?

Why aid organizations should focus on making rich people happy, not making poor people less hungry.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | MAY 13, 2013

The Next Head of the WTO? Choose Wisely.

It's time to put someone from the BRICS in charge of the world's leading trade body.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 30, 2013

What China and Russia Don't Get About Soft Power

Beijing and Moscow are trying their hands at attraction, and failing -- miserably.

BY JOSEPH S. NYE | APRIL 29, 2013

Into Africa

Believe the hype. Africa's rise is real.

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | MAY/JUNE 2013

It's Not Business As Usual At the World Bank

The improbable controversy over the World Bank's flagship business survey.

BY DALIBOR ROHAC, MARIAN L. TUPY | APRIL 26, 2013

Boston's Jihadist Past

Long before the marathon bombing, Islamists in Massachusetts were helping militants in Chechnya.

BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 22, 2013

How to Detect a Nuclear Test on Your iPhone

The rapidly growing opportunity to crowd-source national security.

BY CHRISTOPHER STUBBS, SIDNEY DRELL | APRIL 9, 2013

Ten Questions for the New BRICS Bank

The great emerging markets want to start their own bank. But it doesn't seem like they've really thought it through.

BY ISOBEL COLEMAN | APRIL 9, 2013

Make Way for the Hybrids

Yes, institutions are important. But institutions that actually work are even better.

BY MATT ANDREWS | APRIL 2, 2013

Walking the Talk

How Pope Francis can really help the poor -- and why he'll help the Catholic Church, too, in the process.

BY CHRIS BAIN | MARCH 27, 2013

One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Other

South Africa is a mess. So why does it get to sit at the BRICS big boy table?

BY ROY ROBINS | MARCH 26, 2013

How the Catholic Church Lost Argentina

Was it the dirty war, the social conservatism, or both?

BY EMILY SCHMALL | MARCH 22, 2013

Lessons Learned from Kenya’s Election

Kenya’s general election wasn’t perfect -- but it was peaceful. Here’s why.

BY KRISTIN M. LORD , JACQUELINE WILSON | MARCH 19, 2013

Defeating Extreme Poverty

An exclusive excerpt of USAID's 2013 Annual Letter.

BY RAJIV SHAH | MARCH 18, 2013

Lost in the Desert

What does the Obama administration make of Egypt's Mohamed Morsy? Not much. But they've still got to figure out how to work with him.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 15, 2013

America’s March Madness Problem

We're Duke.

BY MARC LYNCH | MARCH 14, 2013

Mad Money

Why foreign aid is at the heart of civil war in Congo.

BY ANJAN SUNDARAM | MARCH 5, 2013

Our Experience in Luvungi

International Medical Corps responds to Laura Heaton's investigation of mass rape in a small Congolese town.

BY MICAH WILLIAMS, WILL CRAGIN | MARCH 5, 2013

Let Them Eat Subsidies

The Obama administration could revolutionize aid and save billions -- if only Congress would stand up to the farm lobby.

BY JOHN NORRIS | MARCH 1, 2013

While America Slept

How the United States botched China's rise.

BY KISHORE MAHBUBANI | FEBRUARY 27, 2013