Religion

It's Not About Us

Forget about the “war on terror.” The next few decades will be dominated by the bitter divide within Islam itself.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

White Smoke

An insider's guide to choosing the new pope.

BY DANIEL WILLIAMS | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We Report, the Cardinals Decide

10 top candidates to be the next pope.

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Arm the Syrian Rebels. Now.

Obama's cabinet had a plan to take down Bashar al-Assad. What went wrong?

BY MICHAEL DORAN, SALMAN SHAIKH | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Love Is a Battlefield

Are the Taliban using sex to fight America?

BY MUJIB MASHAL | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Syria's Secular Revolution Lives On

Islamist radicals may be gaining strength, but the spirit that sparked this uprising survives in the unlikeliest of places.

BY OMAR HOSSINO | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Marching Through the Monarchies

Two years after the Arab Spring awoke demons and democracy in the Middle East, I went to see whether changes had roiled the lands of royals.

BY EMMA SKY | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

On the Warpath with France's Avant-Garde

Following in the footsteps of the French military advance in Mali.

Photographs by FABIO BUCCIARELLI | JANUARY 31, 2013

Mali Is Not a Stan

When it comes to covering Africa's latest conflict, it's suddenly amateur hour.

BY LAURA SEAY | JANUARY 30, 2013

La Libération

French-led forces recapture the ancient town of Timbuktu.

JANUARY 29, 2013

Think Again: The Muslim Brotherhood

How did so many Western analysts get Egypt's Islamist movement so wrong?

BY ERIC TRAGER | JANUARY 28, 2013

Rainbow Coalition

A gay rights revolution is sweeping across the Americas. It's time for Washington to catch up.

BY J. LESTER FEDER | JANUARY 24, 2013

The Man Who Brought Down Bibi

Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself besieged by a resurgent Israeli left and an old ally-turned-rival on the right.

BY NICOLAS PELHAM | JANUARY 23, 2013

A More Sacred Union

How two words -- forged nearly a century ago -- help explain France's military intervention in Mali.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | JANUARY 17, 2013

Al Qaeda Country

Why Mali matters.

BY PETER CHILSON | JANUARY 15, 2013

Party in the KSA

Behind high walls, the kingdom's restrictive Islamic laws don't apply.

BY AHMED AL OMRAN | JANUARY 14, 2013

For Shame

Wait, Pakistan is blasting India for treating women badly?

BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL | JANUARY 4, 2013

The Year in Unfreedom

An encouraging number of the world's people voted in 2012. But voting does not a democracy make.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 4, 2013

Unholy Alliances

Israel's election is bringing together some strange bedfellows.

BY NOAH EFRON | JANUARY 3, 2013

Four Surprises That Could Rock Asia in 2013

Are we paying attention to the wrong crises?

BY MICHAEL MAZZA | JANUARY 3, 2013

Is It Over Yet?

Haunting photos of a year in the life of the war America is still fighting.

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Can There Be War Without Hate?

Surprisingly humane moments in combat -- and why they matter.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | DECEMBER 24, 2012

The World War on Christmas

Five places where Santa really does have to watch his back.

BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH | DECEMBER 24, 2012

Feeling the Pain in Tehran

As sanctions bite, some of Iran's leaders are signaling a willingness to come back to the negotiating table.

BY NAZILA FATHI | DECEMBER 21, 2012

The Midlife Crisis of Bangladesh

Bangladeshis want a reckoning with their bloody past. But they can do it without partisanship?

BY JOSEPH ALLCHIN | DECEMBER 21, 2012

Exit the Conciliator

Will Iraq fall apart if its president dies?

BY PETER W. GALBRAITH | DECEMBER 21, 2012

Nothing Is Written

The triumph of democracy isn't inevitable. It has to be fought for.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 19, 2012

The Talented Mr. Modi

Narendra Modi is still banned from the United States for his involvement in deadly anti-Muslim riots. Could he be the next leader of India?

BY SADANAND DHUME | DECEMBER 19, 2012

Syria's Time Is Running Out

The country tears itself further apart with each passing day. This is the moment to do something about it.

BY FREDERIC HOF | DECEMBER 19, 2012

Keeping the Light On

Celebrating Hannukah with the last Jews in Egypt.

BY BEN GITTLESON | DECEMBER 17, 2012