Media

The Anti-Godfather

How a mayor set out to save a Sicilian city from neglect and Mafia influence.

BY LAURA BACON, RUSHDA MAJEED | DECEMBER 10, 2012

Barbarians at the Gate

Are Russia and China trying to take over the Internet? Probably. But so far they aren't having much luck.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 5, 2012

Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age

Across the world, the battle for free speech is pitting governments and corporations against activists and average citizens.

BY LEE C. BOLLINGER | DECEMBER 2012

Turkey's Weakest Export

Turkey says it wants to be a model for democracy in the Middle East. But so far its actions lag behind its achievements.

BY GAMZE COŞKUN | NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Words Are Weapons of Mass Destruction

Why Hamas should watch its language.

BY DAVID KEYES | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Predicting the Future Is Easier Than It Looks

Nate Silver was just the beginning. Some of the same statistical techniques used by America's forecaster-in-chief are about to revolutionize world politics.

BY MICHAEL D. WARD , NILS METTERNICH | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Human Rights Now

Six ways China's new leader could be the reformer the Chinese have been waiting for.

BY SOPHIE RICHARDSON | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

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

Hollywood

How foreign audiences saved Tinseltown.

BY STEPHEN GALLOWAY | NOVEMBER 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