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It's All Greek to Them
What Europeans just don't get about Greece. Hint: Despite appearances, they're not all lazy anarchists.
BY JOANNA KAKISSIS | JUNE 30, 2011
Justice League
The case for calling off the Tomahawks and bringing Muammar al-Qaddafi to The Hague.
BY DAVID SCHEFFER | JUNE 29, 2011
No Safe Haven?
The long saga that led to Ratko Mladic's arrest shows that international pressure does work. It just takes time.
BY KENNETH ROTH | MAY 26, 2011
Victor's Justice
As Egypt prepares to prosecute Hosni Mubarak, here's a look at five other countries that have -- with mixed success -- put former leaders on trial for their crimes.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 25, 2011
Mad Dog in The Hague?
It might seem quixotic for the International Criminal Court to indict Libya's unrepentant leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi. But the call for justice can have a pragmatic effect too.
BY JAMES A. GOLDSTON | MAY 16, 2011
Tortured Logic
The United States didn't need to waterboard anyone to get Osama bin Laden.
BY MATTHEW ALEXANDER | MAY 4, 2011
Show Me Everything But the Money
Why we should spend less time worrying about what people in developing countries think about government corruption, and more time looking at everything else.
BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY 2, 2011
The Prisoners' Dilemma
Does WikiLeaks' newest document dump tell us anything we don't know about Guantánamo, or is it just another reminder that the United States' least worst place is now its most intractable legal problem? FP asked four experts on military law and interrogation to weigh in on the Gitmo papers.
APRIL 25, 2011
Second Thoughts
How much does Richard Goldstone's Gaza retraction matter?
BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 22, 2011
What Happens When the Arab Spring Turns to Summer?
Ruminations on the revolutions of 2011.
BY DAVID IGNATIUS | APRIL 22, 2011
Russia's Crime of the Century
How crooked officials pulled off a massive scam, spent millions on Dubai real estate, and killed my partner when he tried to expose them.
BY JAMISON FIRESTONE | APRIL 20, 2011
The Making of a Police State
Over the last few years, the UAE has become increasingly oppressive. The recent crackdowns show how bad it really is.
BY CHRISTOPHER M. DAVIDSON | APRIL 14, 2011
Caught in the Crossfire
Caught between prosecutors and the defense in the trial of famed anti-Castro militant, Luis Posada Carriles, a storied reporter -- now, the Justice Department's "star witness" -- feels the pinch.
BY ANN LOUISE BARDACH | MARCH 15, 2011
Still Fighting in Cairo
Egypt's revolution continues into another day.
BY MOHAMED EL DAHSHAN | MARCH 7, 2011
Understanding Libya's Michael Corleone
The international community saw Muammar's Western-educated, reform-minded son as the best hope for a freer, more democratic Libya. Did they get him wrong?
INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MARCH 7, 2011
Harvard for Tyrants
How Muammar al-Qaddafi taught a generation of bad guys.
BY DOUGLAS FARAH | MARCH 4, 2011
The End of the Arab Dream
Muammar al-Qaddafi's fall won't just mark the close of an awful dictatorship -- it will end the Arab world's disastrous half-century-long affair with utopian governing fantasies.
BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 25, 2011
Cairo It Ain't
Pro-democracy protesters have started something big in Yemen. But are they going to like how it ends?
BY HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS | FEBRUARY 24, 2011
Neocons and the Revolution
How the Arab revolt is rocking the neoconservative world.
BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Legal Limbo
How the International Criminal Court is freezing the conflict in Darfur.
BY JÉRÔME TUBIANA | FEBRUARY 23, 2011
A Warlord's Last Chance
Why Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor thinks there was an international conspiracy against him.
BY JOHNNY DWYER | FEBRUARY 21, 2011
Echoes of Belgrade
From Minsk to Cairo, the nonviolent democratic uprisings of the past decade have been influenced by the tactics and imagery of Serbia's 2000 Bulldozer Revolution.
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Fortress Tahrir
After two brutal days, the epicenter of the Egyptian revolution has a battle-hardened feel.
BY ASHRAF KHALIL | FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Gimme Shelter
Why is Hosni Mubarak clinging to power? Maybe because the life of an exiled dictator isn't what it used to be.
BY SCOTT HORTON | FEBRUARY 2, 2011
The Least Worst Venue
The Obama administration's plan to resume military commission trials for Guantánamo detainees isn't as terrible as civil liberties advocates think.
BY ROBERT CHESNEY | JANUARY 21, 2011
Case Closed
Lebanon's Christian community has lost faith in the court established to prosecute the killers of the country's former premier. That's good news for Hezbollah, and bad news for the United States and its allies.
BY DAVID POLLOCK | JANUARY 20, 2011
No Victors in Lebanon
As the Lebanese government unravels, it's hard to see how anyone comes out on top.
BY ELIAS MUHANNA | JANUARY 13, 2011
Justice for a Spy
It's time for Obama to grant Jonathan Pollard clemency for his crimes.
BY LAWRENCE KORB | JANUARY 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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