Regions and Countries

Paris: ‘America is Back’ Paris: ‘America is Back’

People here are looking in wonderment at the culture that produced Obama and at the people who put him in the White House. In short, they're looking at us.

Nov 5, 2008 / Jordan Stancil

London: A Sense that the Nightmare is Over London: A Sense that the Nightmare is Over

When the votes were finally counted, Europe's wish to usher George W. Bush into the dustbin of history made for widespread jubilation.

Nov 5, 2008 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan

Peaceful Revolution in Maldives Peaceful Revolution in Maldives

An island nation long gripped by authoritarianism votes for democracy--and wins.

Nov 3, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette

India’s Persecuted Christians India’s Persecuted Christians

Members of India's poorest classes who converted to Christianity to escape the caste system, now find themselves the targets of brutal persecution by Hindu nationalists.

Oct 29, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette

The Cold War That Wasn’t The Cold War That Wasn’t

Deconstructing the New York Times fairy tale about how nasty Russia invaded innocent Georgia.

Oct 22, 2008 / Feature / Mark Ames

Milk Scandal Taints China’s Self-Image Milk Scandal Taints China’s Self-Image

The tainted milk crisis could prod China to act responsibly.

Oct 22, 2008 / Feature / Anna Greenspan

The Searchers The Searchers

Tribalism is in vogue among conservative Middle East scholars. But a better understanding comes from investigating regional ties rather than sectarian divisions.

Oct 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Moustafa Bayoumi

Jörg Haider’s Legacy Jörg Haider’s Legacy

Austria's most notorious right-wing politician died as spectacularly as he had lived--and in a Europe stunned by financial crisis, leaves a dangerous legacy.

Oct 20, 2008 / Feature / Slavenka Drakulic

Camp Bucca: Iraq’s Guantánamo Bay Camp Bucca: Iraq’s Guantánamo Bay

What will the United States do with 20,000 Iraqis in legal limbo?

Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / David Enders

Toxic Loans, Tainted Food Toxic Loans, Tainted Food

As financial markets reel from the US financial crisis and tainted Chinese dairy products are sold around the world, we're learning hard lessons on the limits of globalization.

Oct 7, 2008 / Feature / David E. Gumpert

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