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.
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