Opinions about events beyond our borders.

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• What Will the Palestinian Authority Do With All That Money? It can buy time, but can it buy a solution for Gaza?
  Shmuel Rosner Dec. 27, 2007
  
• Putin? Really? Time magazine gives Vladimir Putin way too much credit for Russia's economic recovery.
  Michael McFaul Dec. 26, 2007
  
• The Wahhabi Woman Problem Why no campaigns against Saudi Arabia's institutionalized sexism?
  Anne Applebaum Dec. 18, 2007
  
• Anxious Nations Don't Compromise What the Israeli reaction to the NIE report means for the peace process.
  Shmuel Rosner Dec. 11, 2007
  
• Getting Away From It All Why do so many of us want to disappear and start over?
  Anne Applebaum Dec. 11, 2007
  
• Everyone Look at the Teddy Bear! How the West is helping the Sudanese government whip up controversy for its own ends.
  Anne Applebaum Dec. 4, 2007
  
• America's Latest African Blunder How an about-face on a boundary issue could destabilize an entire region.
  Michela Wrong Nov. 29, 2007
  
• The New Dissidents Why does Putin bother to arrest the "Other Russia" protesters? Because he can.
  Anne Applebaum Nov. 27, 2007
  
• How To Judge the Success of the Annapolis Summit Think of it as a big party.
  Shmuel Rosner Nov. 20, 2007
  
• The Damage Done How the war in Iraq has hurt America.
  Anne Applebaum Nov. 20, 2007
  
• The Next Phase of the Iraq War Why we must welcome thousands of Iraqi refugees to the United States.
  Daniel Byman Nov. 15, 2007
  
• After the Counterrevolution Georgia is yet another country where Washington declared "mission accomplished" too soon.
  Anne Applebaum Nov. 13, 2007
  
• The New Fellow-Travelers Why actors and models love to hang out with Hugo Chávez.
  Anne Applebaum Nov. 6, 2007
  
• Mixed Messages The case for standing by Musharraf.
  Lee Smith Nov. 6, 2007
  
• Turkey Threatens To Jump Ankara beat Congress; now it's taking on the Bush administration.
  Shmuel Rosner Oct. 30, 2007
  
• See No Politics, Hear No Politics, Speak No Politics The dream role of the political spouse.
  Anne Applebaum Oct. 30, 2007
  
• Skype Dreams Why Estonia and other Central European countries are justified in discussing the past.
  Anne Applebaum Oct. 16, 2007
  
• Civil Disobedience on the Web British bloggers stand up to threats of libel lawsuits.
  Michael Weiss Oct. 10, 2007
  
• Bashar the Gambler Why is Syria taking so many strategic and political risks?
  Daniel Byman Oct. 9, 2007
  
• Understanding the Israeli Attack on Syria We now know a little about what happened, but it'll be a long time before we know what it means.
  Shmuel Rosner Oct. 9, 2007
  
• Double Dutch The Dutch government once again threatens to abandon Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
  Anne Applebaum Oct. 8, 2007
  
• Putin's Surprise The nonstop thrill ride of Russian politics.
  Anne Applebaum Oct. 2, 2007
  
• Why Don't They Like Us as Much as They Used To? The United States has lost its aura of competence. That's a problem.
  Anne Applebaum Oct. 2, 2007
  
• Ahmadinejad's Dangerous Game Why he wanted to speak at Columbia.
  Anne Applebaum Sept. 25, 2007
  
• It's the Selection Process, Comrade Who'll be Russia's next president? That's not important.
  Anne Applebaum Sept. 18, 2007
  
• Complaining Solves Nothing We know what Petraeus wants to do in Iraq, but what about Iran?
  Shmuel Rosner Sept. 11, 2007
  
• Osama's Vision of the Future The real message of Bin Laden's bizarre video rant.
  Anne Applebaum Sept. 11, 2007
  
• The Convert's Zeal Radical Islamism has become a magnet for some of the world's angriest people.
  Daniel Benjamin Sept. 7, 2007
  
• The Princess and Her Pea-Sized Legacy Diana didn't change Britain.
  Anne Applebaum Sept. 4, 2007
  
• Should We Be Worried About Russia and China Ganging Up on the West? Probably not. Here's why.
  Ian Bremmer Aug. 29, 2007
  
• Action-Oriented Morality How can Israel turn away refugees from Darfur?
  Shmuel Rosner Aug. 28, 2007
  
• Moroccan Roulette What happens if you hold an election and nobody comes?
  Tamara Cofman Wittes Aug. 24, 2007
  
• No Experience Necessary Do you need to know the name of Pakistan's leader to be a good president?
  Anne Applebaum Aug. 21, 2007
  
• The Jordan Factor It needed help when its neighbors were strong; now it needs help when its neighbors are weak.
  Shmuel Rosner Aug. 15, 2007
  
• We Will Spin Them on the Beaches Why do we care where politicians take their vacations?
  Anne Applebaum Aug. 14, 2007
  
• Selling Arms to the Saudis Is Washington manipulating Riyadh, or is it the other way around?
  Shmuel Rosner July 31, 2007
  
• Letters From the Past Hillary Clinton's 40-year-old correspondence reveals nothing about her candidacy.
  Anne Applebaum July 30, 2007
  
• The Problems With Putinism Its adverse effects on Russia's would-be middle class.
  Anne Applebaum July 23, 2007
  
• Why Did the Cairene Cross the Road? To help Americans understand how democracy works in the Middle East.
  Steven A. Cook July 17, 2007
  
• The Only Choices Are Bad Choices Endless plans, no good options for Iraq.
  Anne Applebaum July 17, 2007
  
• How To Wage a Pullout Withdrawal is a tricky business.
  Shmuel Rosner July 12, 2007
  
• How a Smile Sunk the Conservatives Brown has the Tories singing the blues.
  Anne Applebaum July 10, 2007
  
• Argentina's Power Couple Cristina Kirchner's path from first lady to president is almost assured. But she's no Hillary.
  Daniel Politi July 6, 2007
  
• What's the Difference Between London and Baghdad? Vigilant traffic wardens, trusted police officers, and women who complain.
  Anne Applebaum July 3, 2007
  
• The Hong Kong Handover Hangover Ten years on, the natives are restless.
  Daisann McLane June 29, 2007
  
• Tony Blair Is the Wrong Man for the Job Bringing peace to the Middle East is a noble goal, but he wants to do too much.
  Shmuel Rosner June 27, 2007
  
• Trusting Abbas Is the Palestinian leader too old to change?
  Shmuel Rosner June 20, 2007
  
• Life, Liberty, and Politicians' Maddening Way With Words The infuriating blandness of political speech.
  Anne Applebaum June 19, 2007
  
• Is This the End of the Two-State Solution? The consequences and possibilities of the civil war in Gaza.
  Shmuel Rosner June 14, 2007
  
• The Blind Men and the Elephant Different nations reach different conclusions about the G8 summit.
  Anne Applebaum June 12, 2007
  
• Who Killed Alexander Litvinenko? Exclusive excerpts from Death of a Dissident.
  Alex Goldfarb June 7, 2007
  
• Six Days of Incompetence The Six-Day War was first and foremost about the international community's failure to stand up to an aggressor.
  Shmuel Rosner June 5, 2007
  
• Farewell, New Europe How Bush administration blunders destroyed the budding pro-American alliance.
  Anne Applebaum June 5, 2007
  
• Separate Ways Iran and Syria are close in Lebanon. Will it last?
  Michael Young May 31, 2007
  
• Chinese Love Triangle Washington needs to embrace a new diplomatic geometry.
  Michael Fullilove May 22, 2007
  
• e-Stonia Under Attack An old-fashioned diplomatic dispute plays out in cyberspace.
  Anne Applebaum May 22, 2007
  
• Afghansomaligaza Is Gaza worse off than Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia?
  Shmuel Rosner May 16, 2007
  
• Who Is Tony Blair? The riddle of Britain's retiring prime minister.
  Anne Applebaum May 15, 2007
  
• What's Next for Nigeria? Sure, the elections were rigged, but the economic future is relatively rosy.
  Ian Bremmer May 10, 2007
  
• So, Farewell Then, Jacques Chirac Take your scorn for the Anglo-American world with you.
  Anne Applebaum May 8, 2007
  
• What Americans Can Learn From the Winograd Report All wars are alike, and so are all investigations of failed wars.
  Shmuel Rosner May 1, 2007
  
• Voting With Their Feet Nicolas Sarkozy appeals to France's exiled risk-takers.
  Anne Applebaum May 1, 2007
  
• Fighting Malaria in Uganda A slide show from the front lines.
  Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum Photos April 25, 2007
  
• The World Is Watching It takes a global village to cover a massacre.
  Anne Applebaum April 24, 2007
  
• A Tale of Two Cities Moscow vs. Kiev: Which demonstration deserves your support?
  Anne Applebaum April 17, 2007
  
• A Useful Distraction Why the Iranian mullahs will never silence Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
  Ian Bremmer April 16, 2007
  
• Sarko, Ségo, or Bayrou? What you need to know about the French elections.
  Amanda Watson-Boles April 13, 2007
  
• Knut Is Cute But can he save the world?
  Anne Applebaum April 10, 2007
  
• The Italian Lived; the Afghan Died How ransoming a foreign journalist played into the Taliban's hands.
  Gregory Warner April 9, 2007
  
• Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil In oil-rich Chad, 98 percent of residents have no access to electricity.
  John Ghazvinian April 3, 2007
  
• The 50-Year Itch Why are EU member states so underwhelmed by the organization's achievements?
  Anne Applebaum March 27, 2007
  
• Torture Is Counterproductive The response to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's confession proves it.
  Anne Applebaum March 20, 2007
  
• The Iran Beauty Contest Republican candidates have an Iran strategy: Say what the Democrats say.
  Shmuel Rosner March 19, 2007
  
• Engineers of the Soul What do Roots, Holocaust, and The Lives of Others have in common?
  Anne Applebaum March 13, 2007
  
• Dying To Know Open up the Holocaust archives, before it's too late.
  Anne Applebaum March 6, 2007
  
• The Tehran Option Democrats criticize Bush's Iran policy, but theirs is almost identical.
  Shmuel Rosner Feb. 27, 2007
  
• The Infidel Europeans Love To Hate Ayaan Hirsi Ali should be a role model for Muslim immigrants.
  Anne Applebaum Feb. 27, 2007
  
• A Very Special Relationship Why do U.S. presidents go weak-kneed for their Russian counterparts?
  Anne Applebaum Feb. 20, 2007
  
• How Do You Solve a Problem Like Tunisia? There's trouble brewing, and it's our fault.
  Anne Applebaum Feb. 13, 2007
  
• The Axis of Fear Who do the Saudis fear more, expansionist Iranians or incompetent Americans?
  Shmuel Rosner Feb. 12, 2007
  
• Global Warming Is a Real Problem The Kyoto accords aren't the solution.
  Anne Applebaum Feb. 6, 2007
  
• Syrian Meddlers Iran and Saudi Arabia don't want civil war in Lebanon. Does Syria?
  Michael Young Jan. 31, 2007
  
• Gone but Not Forgotten Why we should take exiles seriously.
  Anne Applebaum Jan. 23, 2007
  
• Legalize It How to solve Afghanistan's drug problem.
  Anne Applebaum Jan. 16, 2007
  
• Did We Just Declare War on Iran? Decoding this week's sound bites.
  Shmuel Rosner Jan. 12, 2007
  
• A Very Polish Scandal Why Poles are so upset that a priest collaborated with the Communists 30 years ago.
  Anne Applebaum Jan. 9, 2007
  
• Choosing Chaos Over Stability in Somalia How can we assess the justification for war when we don't have the basic facts?
  Shmuel Rosner Jan. 2, 2007
  
• The Totalitarian Template Saddam's place in the pantheon of modern dictators.
  Anne Applebaum Jan. 2, 2007