Race/Ethnicity
An Idealist on Death Row
Why the desperate fate of a little-known Sudanese human rights activists poses some fundamental questions about what it means to be human.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 3, 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
Taking on the Gangs in Cape Town
How local officials in a township in post-apartheid South Africa confronted the challenge of gang violence.
BY RICHARD BENNET | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Buddhism Problem
Why isn't Burma's democracy icon speaking up for minorities -- and against her country's nationalistic, racist, xenophobic, and occasionally violent Buddhist majority?
BY WILLIAM MCGOWAN | SEPTEMBER 17, 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
The City with a Short Fuse
How a shrewd politician defused ethnic tension and improved public services in one of Indonesia’s most dysfunctional cities.
BY RUSHDA MAJEED | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
The Gang That Can't Shoot Straight
The Syrian National Council has failed to galvanize international support for the rebellion -- and it has only itself to blame.
BY MALIK AL-ABDEH | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Wandering Sikhs
From India to Wisconsin, a look at one of the world's most misunderstood religions.
AUGUST 6, 2012
Dereliction of Duty
A new U.N. report has highlighted Rwanda's responsibility for continuing conflict in the Congo. Washington's inaction is an outrage.
BY JEFFREY TAYLER | JULY 10, 2012
Death in the Nuba Mountains
The brutal regime in Khartoum has a new weapon more deadly than bombs: hunger.
BY TREVOR SNAPP | JULY 9, 2012
Burma's Misled Righteous
How Burma’s pro-democracy movement betrayed its own ideals and rehabilitated the military
BY FRANCIS WADE | JULY 5, 2012
Sympathy for the Devil
Nostalgia for an ousted tyrant is on the rise in Ivory Coast.
BY AUSTIN MERRILL | JUNE 29, 2012
General Mladic in The Hague
A report on evil in Europe -- and justice delayed.
BY MICHAEL DOBBS | JULY/AUGUST 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
The World in Photos This Week
France fetes a new president, Spanish activists take to the streets, and Ratko Mladic finally goes to trial.
MAY 18, 2012
Anatomy of a Massacre
Investigating the worst war crime in modern Europe.
BY MICHAEL DOBBS | MAY 15, 2012
Getting Ready for Life after Castro
Managing the transition to a democratic Cuba: A user’s guide.
BY JAIME SUCHLICKI | MAY 11, 2012
The Bedroom State
The new politics of sex -- from Iran to India and 7 countries in between.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY/JUNE 2012
Patriot Games
How the FBI spent a decade hunting white supremacists and missed Timothy McVeigh.
BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 18, 2012
16 Ways to Fix Burma
On the eve of the country's historic elections, 16 experts give us their prescriptions for the future.
MARCH 30, 2012
Let's Stop Miscasting Africans
Africans are way past the victim thing -- but Westerners don't seem to be there yet. A tale of two films.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 13, 2012
A Recipe for Freedom
Five lessons from South Africa's transition to democracy. Excerpts from a recent speech by the country's ex-president.
BY F.W. DE KLERK | MARCH 12, 2012
In the Name of the Lord
While controversy rages around the #StopKony campaign, a look at the progression of the Lord's Resistance Army from a Ugandan rebel force to a regional terror group.
MARCH 8, 2012
The Personality Problem
In an age of globalization and revolutionary upheaval, grand impersonal forces might appear to be winning out. But don't discount the human factor.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 7, 2012
Not-So-Super Tuesday
The real winner of the Republican primary is Barack Obama.
BY RUY TEIXEIRA | MARCH 6, 2012
Hoping Against All Hope
Tibetans are setting themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule. So is there anything the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile can do about it?
BY SUDIP MAZUMDAR | MARCH 5, 2012
Why Washington Is the Syrian Opposition's Next Battlefront
Syria’s opposition faces an uphill battle in its efforts to win backing from U.S. policymakers.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Waiting for Spring
If the Middle East is your yardstick, the countries of Central Asia ought to be on the verge of revolution. But don't hold your breath.
BY SCOTT RADNITZ | 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
Separated at Birth
Indonesia's transition to democracy can tell us a lot about the likely course of Egypt's revolution. There's good news and there's bad news.
BY JOHN T. SIDEL | FEBRUARY 15, 2012
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
May/June 2013
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