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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
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
The Baghdad Syndrome
Eight not-so-simple steps to making sure that Libya doesn't repeat Iraq's mistakes.
BY LARRY KAPLOW | AUGUST 26, 2011
Glenn Beck's Crusade
America's most famous talk-show host brings his brand of chutzpah to Jerusalem. Are Israelis listening?
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | AUGUST 25, 2011
Hotels for Hacks
A look at some of the world's famous hotels, loved, hated, and holed up in by far-flung war correspondents.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING, TY MCCORMICK, BENJAMIN PAUKER | AUGUST 24, 2011
The Sweet Smell of Schadenfreude
The world is crowing over America's near-economic meltdown.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | AUGUST 2, 2011
In Defense of Hacks
Britain's press is sensationalistic, sloppy, and scandal-prone -- and America would be lucky to have one like it.
BY TOBY HARNDEN | JULY 21, 2011
How Saudi Arabia and Qatar Became Friends Again
And why their rapprochement could mean an early end for the Arab Spring.
BY SULTAN SOOUD AL QASSEMI | JULY 21, 2011
Straight Guy in Scotland
What the "Gay Girl in Damascus" hoax tells us about ourselves and the media in the era of the Arab Spring.
BY DAVID KENNER | JUNE 13, 2011
A Martyr in Morocco
Do the protests in Morocco finally have enough steam to unsettle the monarchy?
BY BETWA SHARMA | JUNE 9, 2011
Tweets of Gore
NPR social-media guru Andy Carvin explains the ethics of Twitter in a time of revolutionary upheaval.
Interview by BLAKE HOUNSHELL | MAY 6, 2011
Muzzling the Truth
The death and rebirth of a Benghazi newspaper shows how Qaddafi crushed Libya's press for four decades - and how it's now roaring back.
BY DAVID KENNER | MAY 4, 2011
The Fight of Their Lives
As the international community prepares to intervene, the citizens of Benghazi are building the institutions that could give them a fighting chance against Qaddafi's forces.
BY SARAH BIRKE | MARCH 18, 2011
The Zoolander Effect
The fashion industry's faux pas on global issues would be funny, if they weren't so tragically inept.
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Is Bashar al-Assad really winning?
BY DAVID KENNER
Forget the Sunni-Shiite divide. It's the inter-Sunni conflicts you should watch.
A guide to Iran's elite eight presidential candidates
BY MARYA HANNUN
Can Haiti's president lead his fractured country out of crisis?
BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL
High-ranking Chinese official asks: Why are Jews so smart?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
The 4 key points of Barack Obama's counterterrorism speech
BY JOHN HUDSON
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