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The "healthy" and "unhealthy" imbalances of the Chinese economy and how they are likely to change.
In trying to play Israel and Hamas off of one another, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas might accidentally end up in a unity government with the terrorist group.
How have U.S.-Pakistan relations slipped so low?
A new U.S. policy that restricts Confucius Institutes starts a debate about China's influence abroad.
Can the European concept of "baby hatches" help curb sex-selective abortions and infanticide?
I hate to say it--and I really do hate to say it--but I told you so. This week's…
Soft power works great, except when it backfires
When officials spent billions of yuan to blanket Qingdao with pricey foliage, citizens fought back online.
Products from Nike to Apple to Lady Gaga offer a safe way to taste the forbidden fruit of American individualism.
South Africa's Thorny National Debate Over Nude Painting of President ZumaThu, 24 May 2012 16:24:23 GMT
What race, politics, and freedom of expression have to do with the controversial portrait.
So I was speaking on a panel about Iran this past weekend in Boulder, Colorado, at a very dynamic…
A story of two young students, torn apart by one of the world's most brutal regimes and reunited by the uprising against it
My Atlantic colleague Jeffrey Goldberg is worried that the current round of nuclear talks with…
Perhaps French President Sarkozy was just the first to go, and the remaining two corners of northern Europe's austerity triangle -- Germany's Merkel and the UK's Cameron -- could soon follow.
This paragaph from The New York Times's coverage today of the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5…
What China's Talking About Today: Hostility and Compassion for North KoreansWed, 23 May 2012 17:02:03 GMT
Web users fume over Chinese fishermen held hostage by North Koreans, another turn in a complex relationship going back to the Korean War.
Whoever wins this week's vote will have to deal with debt, food shortages, and more.
The Politics of Dignity: Why Nuclear Negotiations With Iran Keep FailingWed, 23 May 2012 11:31:00 GMT
A memo to the American delegation to Baghdad on understanding their Iranian counterparts
Anthony Cordesman, via Reuel Marc Gerecht and Mark Dubowitz, notes the centrality of Iran's nuclear program to the regime's strategic vision.
There is optimism in the air.
Egypt Votes: A Primer on the Arab World's First Free Presidential ElectionTue, 22 May 2012 22:19:08 GMT
Likely outcomes of the heavily contested first round, and what happens next
Further to my previous post, here's a novel take on Greece's options by Jacob Funk Kirkegaard at the Peterson Institute.
After North Koreans held 29 Chinese fishermen hostage, web users in Chine are calling for their country to take action against the long-time ally.
A half dozen or so activists showed their pride in a country that would put them to death for it
Allies of Robert Mugabe have labeled T.B. Joshua, the prominent televangelist, a "Satanist."
