Iraq Is a Mess. But Leaving Was the Right Call.

Iraqi Kurdistan Is Booming. Will It Ever Be a Separate State?

Out of Iraq: The War Is Over But the Repercussions Are Just Beginning

Is There Any Way To Help the People of North Korea?

The Greatest Crimes of the World’s Most Terrible Dictator

Blame Canada! The Right-Wing Menace To Our North.

In Praise of Vaclav Havel

The Depressing Reality of Egyptian Politics: It’s Islamists vs. the Military.

What Monitoring Its Election Taught Me About Russia’s Desire For Democracy

Meet the Gun-Toting, Teetotaling, Jet-Skiing Russian Billionaire Running Against Putin

Is the International Community Finally Getting Serious About Stopping Assad?

Spring Break

Danger Zone

Where Did Nick Kristof Get the Idea That the Muslim Brotherhood Is Moderate?

Is Microfinance Pushing the World’s Poorest Even Deeper Into Poverty?

The Rumors of the Euro’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

Why Russia’s Post-Putin Future May Not Be Democratic

How Obama Is Mishandling the Violence Wracking the Muslim World

A Visit With a Fundamentalist Member of Egypt’s New Parliament

What Russia’s Election Was Really About