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Is Bashar al-Assad Syria’s Abraham Lincoln?
The Syrian president's fans are comparing him with the hero of America's Civil War. Here's why they're wrong.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 14, 2012
The Corruption Pandemic
Why corruption is set to become one of the defining political issues of the 21st century.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Nightmare Squared
Longing for the days of Kim Jong Il? Maybe it's time to transfer your affections to the delusional dictator of Equatorial Guinea.
BY PEDRO PIZANO | NOVEMBER 6, 2012
It's the Brazilians, Stupid
Meet Brazil's James Carville -- and the other political consultants who are shaking up Latin America's electoral landscape.
BY MAC MARGOLIS | NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Coming to America
China wants to buy its way onto your TV screen. Will it work?
BY ALEX PASTERNACK | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
The Collaborator's Song
We often ask why some people choose to resist authoritarian regimes. But the better question might be why so many decide to cooperate.
BY ANNE APPLEBAUM | OCTOBER 31, 2012
Me and My Censor
A reporter's memoir of what it's like to tell the truth about today's China.
BY EVELINE CHAO | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Georgia Versus the Forces of Chaos
In the wake of this month’s watershed election in Georgia, a new prime minister and an incumbent president are figuring out how to keep their personal enmity from breaking into open warfare.
BY MOLLY CORSO | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Interrogation Techniques
What Bob Schieffer can learn from the CIA.
BY AMY ZEGART | OCTOBER 24, 2012
In Praise of Apathy
It's time to stop deriding the Americans who refuse to vote. They're trying to tell us something.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 24, 2012
The Malaise in Ukraine
The business community is fed up with President Yanukovych's corruption and management. Is real change on the horizon?
BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | OCTOBER 23, 2012
The Glory Days
What it was like to work at Newsweek at its best.
BY JONATHAN ALTER | OCTOBER 19, 2012
No Exit
For the first time in many years, Venezuela’s presidential election is raising the possibility of an electoral defeat for Hugo Chávez. But if he loses, does that mean he’ll go?
BY DANIEL LANSBERG-RODRIGUEZ | OCTOBER 4, 2012
Game Change: China Edition
What if American political reporters covered the Chinese horse race?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | OCTOBER 4, 2012
Unsung Heroes
Some of the world's bravest dissidents are pursuing their fight against injustice with little attention from the outside world. But that doesn't mean they aren't worth knowing about. Here's a list of remarkable people who rarely make it into the headlines.
BY TOM MALINOWSKI | OCTOBER 3, 2012
Georgia's Electoral Showdown
Emotions are running high as Georgians vote in a watershed parliamentary election.
BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 1, 2012
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Seven countries where Internet freedom is under threat.
BY SANJA KELLY, SARAH COOK | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Why We Give the Lady a Hard Time
An open letter to the critics of our criticism.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
The Problem with Patriotism
The dispute over islands in the East China Sea is stirring up nationalist passions in the region. That doesn't bode well for the future of democracy.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Buddhist Monks Behaving Badly
The boys in saffron are marching again. But this time there’s nothing that's noble about it.
BY FRANCIS WADE | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Delhi Laughs
The heavy-handed political cartoons that have India's government hot under the collar.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
Freeing the Press
Will the relaxation of Burma's severe censorship laws usher in the age of a responsible, responsive media -- or are Burmese journalists right to worry that the state is still watching them closely?
BY MIN ZIN | SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
The Life and Death of a Great Russian City
The tragic plot to destroy Nizhny Novgorod's centuries-old historic city center.
BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | AUGUST 22, 2012
What's Glenn Greenwald's Problem?
The outgoing Salon blogger can't seem to have an honest discussion without accusing his debate partners of malicious motives.
BY DANIEL TROMBLY | AUGUST 16, 2012
Breaking the Arab News
Egypt made al Jazeera -- and Syria's destroying it.
BY SULTAN AL QASSEMI | AUGUST 2, 2012
Children of War
Why we need a code of conduct for images of kids in conflict zones.
BY JAMES THOMAS SNYDER | JULY 27, 2012
The Fog of Civil War
What's really going on in Syria is too complicated to fit in a headline.
BY STEPHEN STARR | JULY 23, 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
The Sudanese Stand Up
The best way to help the protesters in Sudan? Cover the story.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 27, 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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