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Could Demography Save Afghanistan?

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 7:15pm

Afghanistan's sky-high birthrate seems to be declining -- and that's a very good thing.

Who Killed Copenhagen? An FP Whodunnit.

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 5:18pm

This weekend, world leaders announced that they would not reach a legally binding deal on climate change at next month's Copenhagen summit. With the planet in the balance, who's the world's top culprit?

Five Things Obama Should Do in China

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 11:19am

Here's what the U.S. president needs to do to shore up what is fast becoming the most important relationship in the world.

Russia's Staged State of the Nation

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 4:49pm

Medvedev's supposed break from Putinism? It turned out to be just more political theater.

A Web of Lone Wolves

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 4:33pm

Fort Hood shows us that Internet jihad is not a myth.

When Generals and Ambassadors Feud

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 4:28pm

Take it from this former ambassador: Disagreements over the war in Afghanistan may do more long-term harm than short-term good.

This Week at War: The Upside of the Proxy War in Yemen

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 3:05pm

What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.

Think Again: Green China

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:08am

Is China the green model of the world's future -- or an industrial polluter on a massive scale?

The End of the World

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:30am

While the apocalypse is pretty unlikely to come in 2012, it does have to happen sooner or later. Here are five possible scenarios for the end of humanity.

Beijing, Global Free-Rider

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 6:32pm

While threats to international peace and security increase, China is still not stepping up on its own -- and so needs a little nudge from its friends.

Shah Who?

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 6:00pm

The Obama administration just named a virtual unknown to head the U.S. Agency for International Development. Why -- and what does it mean?

He's Got the Law (Literally) in His Hands

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 5:06pm

Neither the courts, nor the lawyers, nor even the Liberian parliament have a physical copy of the country's legal code. That's because one man is claiming a copyright on the books -- and he's holding them hostage until he gets paid.

The Big Freak Out

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 5:43pm

The downfall of the brains behind the Freakonomics phenomenon.

No One Left to Blame

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 4:39pm

Why Radovan Karadzic's trial won't heal Bosnia's divisions.

What Karadzic Did to Bosnia

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 2:57pm

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is on trial, but whatever the outcome, the pain of war will remain.

No Good Choices

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 1:05pm

You might think Afghanistan's fate lies in U.S. President Barack Obama's forthcoming strategic decision on troop levels. But the picture is bleak, no matter what.

Pacific Angst

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 12:08pm

As Obama heads to Asia,some worry that American influence in the region is diminishing -- but most nations still prefer the United States as a strategic ally over rival neighbors.