Argument

Act. Now.

The world must do more than watch the Libyan bloodletting.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Don't Abandon Tunisia

Tunisia's new democrats have made an amazing start. But they worry the world will forget them.

BY ANTHONY DWORKIN | FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Neocons and the Revolution

How the Arab revolt is rocking the neoconservative world.

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Obama Is Helping Iran

How Washington's awkward handling of Middle East uprisings is playing into the hands of the Islamic Republic.

BY FLYNT AND HILLARY MANN LEVERETT | FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Too Little, Not Yet Too Late

Western governments say they have limited options to stop Qaddafi's barbarous war on his own people. And that's true -- but they haven't even picked the low-hanging fruit yet.

BY TOM MALINOWSKI | FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Morocco's Moderate Revolution

Unlike their Arab brothers and sisters in Tunisia and Egypt, Moroccan protesters are asking for modest amounts of change. For now.

BY LAILA LALAMI | FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Lords of the Realm

The wealthy, unaccountable monarchs of the Persian Gulf have long thought themselves exempt from Middle East turmoil. No longer.

BY CHRISTOPHER M. DAVIDSON | FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Let Mubarak Go

Sometimes trying dictators for their crimes can do more damage than good.

BY DAVID RIEFF | FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Crackdown in Bahrain

Sectarian and hardline politics have brought protesters out into streets of this once quiet Gulf nation. And as the bodycount rises, the United States should be gravely concerned.

BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS SEZNEC | FEBRUARY 17, 2011

What If Libya Staged a Revolution and Nobody Came?

Libyans are giving up their lives to overthrow Muammar al-Qaddafi. But is anyone paying attention?

BY NAJLA ABDURRAHMAN | FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Thug Life

Think Mubarak was bad? Kosovo's leaders are accused of being organ-smuggling, drug-dealing goons -- and the United States is looking the other way.

BY WHIT MASON AND BRONWYN HEALY-AARONS | FEBRUARY 17, 2011

'Internet Freedom' in the Age of Assange

From Egyptian Facebookers to WikiLeaks to China's Great Firewall, the State Department's efforts to promote an open global Internet just got a lot more complicated.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The Smiling Cleric's Revolution

Iran's optimistic reformers realize they've hit a dead end.

BY AZADEH MOAVENI | FEBRUARY 16, 2011

At a Loss for Words

Why is al Qaeda keeping quiet about the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions?

BY BRIAN FISHMAN | FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Winning the Battle, Losing the War

The Pentagon may have come out of Barack Obama's 2012 budget mostly unscathed, but the military's salad days of limitless spending are over.

BY GORDON ADAMS | FEBRUARY 15, 2011

How Russia and China See the Egyptian Revolution

In Moscow and Beijing, the powers that be are understandably unsettled by events in Cairo -- and Washington can't afford to ignore their reaction.

BY FIONA HILL | FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Congressional Oversight

Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill want to know why nation-building in Afghanistan is failing. Where were they for the first seven years of the war?

BY PAUL D. MILLER | FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Has Russia Brought Terrorism on Itself?

The Domodedovo suicide attack is just the latest sign that 10 years of Russian influence in the benighted region has only made a bad thing worse.

BY JOSHUA YAFFA | FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Who Lost Egypt: Not Obama for Sure

Don't blame Washington for walking the political tightrope in Egypt. It's simply not our revolution.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 11, 2011

My Year @ TwitterBay

The double-edged sword of covering the news, 140 characters at a time.

BY @COLUMLYNCH | FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Now Comes the Hard Part

A successful transition of power in Egypt is hardly assured.

BY BRUCE K. RUTHERFORD | FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Why the Egypt Revolution Is Good for Israel

It's not pretty, and there certainly are risks, but the fall of Mubarak could mean a better, lasting peace in the Middle East.

BY KAI BIRD | FEBRUARY 10, 2011

So Long, Saleh

Let's be honest: We don't need the Yemeni president to fight al Qaeda.

BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Deck Chairs on the Titanic

Not that anyone's been watching, but Afghanistan's not getting any better. You'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise, though, if you listened to what Obama and Petraeus are saying.

BY MICHAEL COHEN | FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Dialogue of the Deaf

Meet the men who could sell out the protesters in Tahrir Square.

BY SAMER SHEHATA | FEBRUARY 8, 2011

From Samizdat to Twitter

From Poland to China to Egypt, the free flow of information is the oxygen of democracy.

BY WALTER ISAACSON | FEBRUARY 8, 2011

An Ever Closer Union

With their currency's survival at stake, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy write a new economic script for the continent.

BY BARRY EICHENGREEN | FEBRUARY 7, 2011

K. Subrahmanyam: A Tribute

For almost 40 years, his far-reaching influence over India's strategic thinking came not from a title but through the power of his ideas.

BY MEERA SHANKAR | FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Drop the Case Against Assange

Prosecution of WikiLeaks would badly damage the United States' credibility in claiming to be a vital advocate of an open global Internet.

BY TIM WU | FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Anatomy of a Dictatorship: Hosni Mubarak

The many repressions of Egypt's 30-year-president.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | FEBRUARY 4, 2011