Politics

The LWOT: Chicago cab driver pleads guilty to material support charge

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Votes Versus Rights

The debate that's shaping the outcome of the Arab Spring.

BY CHARLES KURZMAN | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Cairo's Undercover Strongman

Meet Murad Muwafi, the most important man in Egypt you’ve never heard of.

BY MAGDY SAMAAN | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The LWOT: Four plead guilty to London Stock Exchange plot

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Georgian Paradox

As Georgia's recent experience demonstrates, fighting corruption and building democracy are two different things.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2012

The Lesson of Bani Walid

In post-Gaddafi Libya, the dream of a stable central government is fading. Militias are filling the gap.

BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | JANUARY 28, 2012

8 Geopolitically Endangered Species

Meet the weaker countries that will suffer from American decline.

BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI | JAN/FEB 2012

The Turkish Roundabout

Why Turkey is the biggest winner of 2011 -- and will soon be a significant power.

BY ASHRAF GHANI | DECEMBER 27, 2011

The World According to Ron Paul

Republicans are freaked out about what a libertarian isolationist in the White House would do to American power -- but not all Democrats are.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | DECEMBER 23, 2011

The LWOT: Iraqi VP wanted on terrorism charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 20, 2011

Reading Shakespeare in Pyongyang

Want to understand North Korea after Kim Jong Il’s death? Good luck. The palace intrigue in Pyongyang would put the bard to shame.

BY ABRAHAM M. DENMARK | JAN/FEB 2012

To the Barricades

From Tahrir Square to Wall Street to the Kremlin, 2011 was a year when politics was conducted in the street.

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: Senate, House edit detainee provision in defense bill

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The Sick Man of Pakistan

In Dubai for medical treatment with coup rumors swirling back home, Asif Ali Zardari's presidency appears to be on its last legs. So what else is new?

BY SHAMILA N. CHAUDHARY | DECEMBER 8, 2011

When Democrats Became Doves

With the GOP candidates eager to call Obama weak-willed on foreign policy, it's worth looking at how Democrats got stuck with this tag.

BY MICHAEL COHEN | DECEMBER 2, 2011

Ready for Their Close-Up

The votes are in, and Islamist parties are ascendant throughout the Arab world. But can they rule?

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 2, 2011

Newt's Numbers, Cain's Cuts

Is Gingrich trusted with the '3 a.m. phone call'? What the polls tell us about the Republican candidates on foreign policy.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Scenes from Tahrir's Groundhog Days of Rage

As violence and bloodshed return to the beating heart of Egypt's revolution, a deepening political crisis clouds the forthcoming elections.

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

With Us or (Mostly) Against Us

The Republican presidential hopefuls have a pretty clear idea of who they think America's enemies are. But what about its friends?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The LWOT: Norway's anti-terrorism laws tested in conspiracy case

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Burning for the Cause

From Tunisia to Tibet, self-immolation is now -- tragically -- back in vogue as a dramatic means of protest. But does it really work?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Berlusconi’s Final Act

Italy's buffoonish leader has finally resigned. But is he really leaving?

BY JAMES WALSTON | NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The Accidental Capitalists

Occupy Wall Street's threat of class war could be good for everyone -- rich and poor alike.

BY CHARLES KENNY | NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag

Hold the celebrations. Greece's new interim prime minister, Lucas Papademos, has his work cut out for him. First on the list: save the country from imploding.

BY NICK MALKOUTZIS | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

First, They Came for the Journalists

One year after Oleg Kashin was brutally attacked in Moscow, the noted journalist looks back on the clownishly futile investigations -- and the climate of fear that threatens his profession.

BY JULIA IOFFE | NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Europe's Facebook Fascists

Populist parties are sweeping the continent -- and Facebook. It's time we took them seriously.

BY JAMIE BARTLETT | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The End of FARC?

Why the killing of the Colombian insurgency's leader is a real chance for peace.

BY SILKE PFEIFFER | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The Rise of Ortega-ismo

Latin America's savviest left-wing firebrand shakes his fist with one hand while accepting donors' cash with the other -- and he's about to consolidate power even further in a bold stroke of undemocratic electioneering.

BY MALCOLM BEITH | NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The FP Interview: Condoleezza Rice on Obama, “Leading from Behind,” Iraq, and More

The former secretary of state dishes on what the current administration gets right -- and what it gets wrong.

BY JOSH ROGIN | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Can Trade Save Obama?

Exports are the best thing going for America right now. So why is the president so timid?

BY KATI SUOMINEN | NOVEMBER 1, 2011