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

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

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

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

Is the International Community Finally Getting Serious About Stopping Assad?

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

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

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

Spring Break

Danger Zone

The Rumors of the Euro’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

How Obama Is Mishandling the Violence Wracking the Muslim World

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

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

What Russia’s Election Was Really About

What Israelis Hear When Obama Officials Talk About Iran