Syria
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
Save Us from the Liberal Hawks
Syria's a tragedy. But it's not our problem.
BY DAVID RIEFF | FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Don't Count on a Syria Intervention
In the end, Americans just aren't interested in getting involved in promoting democracy overseas.
BY SCOTT CLEMENT | FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Syria's Ground Zero
The city of Homs is bearing the brunt of Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown.
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
The Cynics at the Gates
The world is more prepared to stop atrocities than ever before, but it is still unwilling -- or unable -- to actually bring those atrocities to an end.
BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 3, 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
Brothers in Arms
Vladimir Putin's stubborn support for the Syrian regime is intended to shore up his faltering support within Russia.
BY MICHAEL WEISS, JULIA PETTENGILL | FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Finish Him
Without international intervention, there's a good chance that Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad, could still rule for years.
BY DANIEL BYMAN | FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Rebels Without a Clue
Why can't the Syrian opposition get its act together?
BY JUSTIN VELA | JANUARY 31, 2012
Observing the Observers
The Arab League's monitoring mission in Syria has been a miserable failure, and no international white knight is waiting in the wings. Syrians are on their own.
BY AMAL HANANO | JANUARY 9, 2012
Assad's Lebanese Invasion
The Syrian regime wants to crush any expression of dissent in its fragile neighbor. President Bashar al-Assad's allies in Beirut are only too happy to oblige.
BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | DECEMBER 22, 2011
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.
BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011
Assessing Assad
The Syrian leader isn't crazy. He's just doing whatever it takes to survive.
BY BRUCE BUENO DE MESQUITA, ALASTAIR SMITH | DECEMBER 20, 2011
Bashar al-Assad Is Every Bit His Father's Son
The family that slays together stays together.
BY JERROLD M. POST, RUTHIE PERTSIS | DECEMBER 20, 2011
Looking Back at the Arab Spring
From Tunisia to Tahrir Square, the pictures that defined a movement.
DECEMBER 12, 2011
Next Year, in Review
From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011
On the Front Line with Syria's Free Army
Along the Turkish border, a ragtag rebel group of Syrian defectors, believers, and volunteers fights for their survival and the future of their country.
BY JUSTIN VELA | DECEMBER 8, 2011
Inside Syria's Economic Implosion
Under the weight of sanctions and eight months of protests, the Syrian economy is starting to buckle. But that doesn't mean business leaders will abandon the regime.
BY STEPHEN STARR | NOVEMBER 15, 2011
The Opposition Position
The Syrian revolutionary movement now has officially formed a national council. And it's not as fragmented or weak as you think.
BY AUSAMA MONAJED | OCTOBER 3, 2011
Follow the Money
A simple reform created for stopping terrorist financiers could dramatically strengthen international sanctions, and cut off the flow of funds to some of the world’s worst regimes.
BY STUART LEVEY, CHRISTY CLARK | OCTOBER 3, 2011
Ten More WikiLeaks You Missed
From the Indian April Fools cable to Hanoi's sexy discos to China's dangerous nuclear plants, Julian Assange's hits just keep on coming.
AUGUST 30, 2011
The Nexus and the Olive Tree
The White House needs to tune out the dramatic events of Syria and Libya and focus on America's strategic goals in the region.
BY MICHAEL DORAN | AUGUST 22, 2011
A Revolution, with Qualifications
What the naysayers got right about the Arab Spring.
BY JAMES TRAUB | AUGUST 19, 2011
Revolution's End
Looking at the Arab Spring through 20 years of post-Soviet history.
BY SUSAN GLASSER | AUGUST 8, 2011
Once Upon a Time in Damascus
Stunning photos of Syria in a simpler day.
BY TY MCCORMICK | AUGUST 4, 2011
The Last Stand of Bashar al-Assad?
With more blood in the streets of Syria, can Washington apply enough pressure to finally bring down the tyrant in Damascus?
BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL, JOSH ROGIN | AUGUST 1, 2011
The Last Tourist in Syria
In search of old friends and new realities in a surreal and empty Damascus.
BY EMMA SKY | JULY 28, 2011
The Arab Recession
They may be cheering for democracy, but for most countries affected by the Arab Spring the economic news will have them crying.
BY TY MCCORMICK | JULY 22, 2011
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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