Opinions about events beyond our borders.

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• Bangladesh for Beginners Why Americans should care about the increasingly radical insurgency.
  Eliza Griswold Dec. 29, 2005
  
• Not All Nonrevolutions Are Created Equal Why unremarkable elections still matter.
  Ian Bremmer Dec. 27, 2005
  
• Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Sharon's stroke proved once again that Israel has a leadership crisis.
  Shmuel Rosner Dec. 20, 2005
  
• Ariel Sharon's Flight of Fantasy His new party could revolutionize Israel's political culture.
  Shmuel Rosner Nov. 22, 2005
  
• Ukraine's Unfinished Revolution Can the new democracy withstand a murder investigation?
  Peter Savodnik Nov. 14, 2005
  
• Old Europe's New Jobs The elegant second acts of European politicians.
  David Bosco Nov. 10, 2005
  
• The French Eat Their Young Paris needs less red tape and a lot more jobs.
  Elisabeth Eaves Nov. 9, 2005
  
• A Stealthy Victory for the Turkish Military Their wings have been clipped, but they're still the big winners in the EU membership process.
  Steven A. Cook Oct. 28, 2005
  
• No Absence of Mehlis Syria faces the music over Rafik Hariri's assassination.
  Michael Young Oct. 24, 2005
  
• So, Farewell Then, Joschka Fischer The German America needs most leaves politics.
  Michael Scott Moore Oct. 18, 2005
  
• A Whisper Instead of a Scream HBO's loose-nukes docudrama is much too subtle.
  Peter Savodnik Oct. 17, 2005
  
• Getting Things Done Pakistan's self-help society mobilizes; President Musharraf faces his own crisis.
  Mahnaz Ispahani Oct. 14, 2005
  
• One Earthquake, Two Countries Natural disaster hasn't united these nuclear neighbors.
  Miranda Kennedy Oct. 14, 2005
  
• No U.S. Visa for You! But How About a Nice Trip to Iraq? Why America loves Poland's soldiers but not her tourists.
  Scott MacMillan Oct. 6, 2005
  
• All Oligarchs Are Not Created Equal Russia's latest energy power play.
  Kim Iskyan Oct. 4, 2005
  
• Impervious Iran Why America is powerless to stop Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
  Vivienne Walt Sept. 30, 2005
  
• What's Good for the IRA ... Northern Ireland's unionists learn a lesson from the enemy.
  Scott MacMillan Sept. 16, 2005
  
• The Lonely Life of the Visiting Dictator How will Belarus' president spend his time in New York?
  Peter Savodnik Sept. 15, 2005
  
• Storm Warning How the flood compromises U.S. foreign policy.
  Richard N. Haass Sept. 9, 2005
  
• Santa Claus vs. Mr. Danger Washington's fixation with Hugo Chávez is helping spread his "Bolivarian revolution" across Latin America.
  Alexandra Starr Sept. 1, 2005
  
• What Does Democracy Look Like? How to spot real change in the Middle East.
  Steven A. Cook Aug. 24, 2005
  
• Unprepared for the Worst What Iraq's constitution means for the rest of the Arab world.
  Michael Young Aug. 23, 2005
  
• The Rules of Disengagement At its heart, the Gaza withdrawal is all about law and order.
  Shmuel Rosner Aug. 17, 2005
  
• The Adams Family The IRA is still at war.
  Scott MacMillan Aug. 1, 2005
  
• The Art of War Children's drawings illustrate Darfur atrocities.
  Dr. Annie Sparrow July 14, 2005
  
• Stir of Echoes London 7/7 and New York 9/11.
  Carne Ross July 11, 2005
  
• The London Bombings Slate's take on the terrorist attacks.
  July 7, 2005
  
• Deutschland's Iron Lady Is Angela Merkel the next Maggie Thatcher?
  Clay Risen July 5, 2005
  
• Cruel To Be Kind The best way for aid groups to help Zimbabwe is to halt donations until after Mugabe's gone.
  Bill Corcoran July 1, 2005
  
• No. 2 in Tehran In Iran's presidential election, the race to watch is for second place.
  Scott MacMillan June 17, 2005
  
• An EU Referendum Cheat Sheet What are the French voting about?
  Elisabeth Eaves May 27, 2005
  
• Under Western Eyes Bush has gotten it right in Lebanon.
  Michael Young May 25, 2005
  
• Those Ungrateful Bosnians We liberated them. Why are they still against us?
  Yaroslav Trofimov May 23, 2005
  
• Afghan Poppycock Hamid Karzai's halfhearted jihad.
  David Bosco May 18, 2005
  
• When Fred Met Gladys Charles and Camilla—a love story.
  Laura Barton April 7, 2005
  
• Mr. Bush, Tear Down This Trade Barrier How we could really help Ukraine.
  Peter Savodnik April 1, 2005
  
• Watching the Defectors What happens to North Korean refugees when they make it to the south?
  Soyoung Ho March 23, 2005
  
• Gerry's Kids The IRA and Sinn Fein are in trouble. So where does Gerry Adams go from here?
  Scott MacMillan March 11, 2005
  
• The Next Big Race After nuclear arms, is energy next?
  Kim Iskyan March 1, 2005
  
• Let Freedom Ring Hollow Why Bush won't really stand with Burma's dissidents.
  Jai Singh Feb. 16, 2005
  
• Death of a Salesman Was Rafik Hariri's assassination a Syrian hit?
  Michael Young Feb. 15, 2005
  
• Beirut Blowback The presence of U.S. troops in Iraq emboldened the Lebanese opposition. Now Rafik Hariri is dead. What's our next move?
  Lee Smith Feb. 15, 2005
  
• Mincing Around With Minsk The European Union's ideas about aiding democracy movements are all wrong.
  Peter Savodnik Feb. 14, 2005
  
• Prince Charles Why Britons are passionately two-minded about his upcoming marriage.
  Inigo Thomas Feb. 11, 2005
  
• Is France Getting Religion? In the immigrant suburbs of Paris, secularism is on the wane.
  Elisabeth Eaves Feb. 1, 2005