Media

Head of State

Hillary Clinton, the blind dissident, and the art of diplomacy in the Twitter era.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Dreams From Their Fathers

The dads who made the world's leaders who they are.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | 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

Ruling Facebookistan

The world's largest social networking site has a population nearly as large as China or India's. And the natives are getting restless.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | JUNE 14, 2012

Facebook's a Company. Get Over It.

Why is there so much glee over Mark Zuckerberg's IPO woes?

BY EMILY PARKER | JUNE 4, 2012

Too Hot for Tehran

The ayatollahs are going after a new generation of satirists. But that hasn't stopped Iran's best cartoonists-in-exile from exposing the country's deepest taboos.  

JUNE 1, 2012

Kill the Kill List

The Obama administration is grossly misreading international law when it comes to targeting terrorists.

BY DAPHNE EVIATAR , GABOR RONA | MAY 31, 2012

The Dictators Are Smarter Than You Think

Don't count the tyrants out. They've still got plenty of tricks up their sleeves.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 30, 2012

A Man With No Country

The vulgar political afterlife of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

BY ALEX MASSIE | MAY 29, 2012

Power Ballad

What happens when you mix a trashy Europop spectacle with an oil-soaked Caspian dictator?

BY HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS | MAY 24, 2012

The Silence in Sudan

Why did the United Nations stop reporting atrocities in Darfur?

BY COLUM LYNCH | MAY 7, 2012

A Kremlin Made of Sand

Vladimir Putin may not be as secure as he thinks.

BY LEON ARON | MAY 4, 2012

How Not to Write About Africa

The media shamefully neglects Africa -- until it decides to swarm a story with terrible coverage.

BY LAURA SEAY | APRIL 25, 2012

The Things They Carried: The War Reporter

ABC News senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz reveals what's inside her carry-on bag.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | MAY/JUNE 2012

The Not-So-Great Firewall of China

Social media won't drive the downfall of the Chinese Communist Party, but it is forcing government to be more transparent and responsive to the public.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | APRIL 17, 2012

The Arab Spring's Best Photos

The Pulitzer committee gives a nod to the best chroniclers of the revolutions.

APRIL 16, 2012

The Dictator's Inbox

Inside the circuitous trail that brought Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's scandalous emails into the public eye.

BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH 23, 2012

The Great Rumor Mill of China

Something strange is going on in Beijing. Here are the five most virulent conspiracy theories making the rounds -- and a stab at the likelihood of them panning out.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | MARCH 22, 2012

This World in Photos This Week

Greece goes up in flames, Xi comes to Washington, and Brazil's Carnival begins.

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Nationality: Democrat

Democracy and identity politics aren't mutually exclusive. But don't try telling that to the Chinese Communist Party.

BY ELLEN BORK | FEBRUARY 17, 2012

So You Want to Be Jerusalem Bureau Chief…

How to tackle -- and not tackle -- the most delicate assignment in journalism.

BY RON KAMPEAS | FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The Strange Revolution in Bahrain, One Year On

The revolt in little Bahrain is easy to ignore. But it’s actually part of a big global story.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 14, 2012

No Joke

Burma's famous comedian-cum-activist explains why he can forgive but refuses to forget.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Paper Tigers

Myanmar may be opening to democracy, but just how free is the country’s notoriously closed media?

BY SEBASTIAN STRANGIO | JANUARY 20, 2012

Even Better Than the Real Thing

The 10 best fake Twitter feeds on global politics.

JANUARY 17, 2012

Turkey's War on Journalists

As Prime Minister Erdogan's government grows increasingly intolerant of dissent, the media is bearing the brunt of its effort to silence its critics.

BY ALIA MALEK | DECEMBER 22, 2011

China’s Fox News

Meet Global Times, the angry Chinese government mouthpiece that makes Bill O'Reilly seem fair and balanced.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | OCTOBER 31, 2011

What Wikileaks Tells Us About Al Jazeera

Is the rapidly expanding Middle East satellite television network and voice of the Arab Spring as independent as it claims?

BY OMAR CHATRIWALA | SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

9/11 from Arab Shores

Ten years after the World Trade Center attacks, is 9/11 still a seminal moment or a historical footnote for the Middle East?

BY BORZOU DARAGAHI | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The Kremlin's Spin Machine … and Me

My adventures on Russia's first televised political debate in a decade.

BY JULIA IOFFE | SEPTEMBER 6, 2011