Russia
Giving Away the Farm
The Obama administration is freely giving Russia sensitive information about missile defense that weakens U.S. national security.
BY R. JAMES WOOLSEY, REBECCAH HEINRICHS | JUNE 7, 2011
All Tomorrow's Parties
When one fake opposition party stops effectively distracting the Russian people, what's the Kremlin to do? Give them a new one, of course.
BY JULIA IOFFE | MAY 25, 2011
Putin's Puppets
How do you win a Russian election? First, invent a coalition.
BY JULIA IOFFE | MAY 6, 2011
Russia's Crime of the Century
How crooked officials pulled off a massive scam, spent millions on Dubai real estate, and killed my partner when he tried to expose them.
BY JAMISON FIRESTONE | APRIL 20, 2011
The Countdown Begins …
But no one knows where it's going to end. A skeptic's look at the 2012 Russian election.
BY JULIA IOFFE | APRIL 14, 2011
Bad Politics, Worse Prose
From suicidal astronauts to bestiality, you can learn a lot about what makes the world's worst tyrants tick from the terrible books they write.
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | APRIL 8, 2011
The LWOT: Middle East unrest tops counterterrorism agenda; Media wary of covering 9/11 Gitmo trial
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 8, 2011
What Mongolia Can Teach the Middle East
The popular upheavals in Tunis, Cairo, and Tripoli gripped Ulaan Bator only a generation ago. Now it's our turn to help the Arab revolutions fulfill their potential.
BY ELBEGDORJ TSAKHIA | APRIL 6, 2011
The Deadliest Village in Russia
At journey's end, reaching the heart of the North Caucasus's Islamist insurgency -- and getting arrested.
BY TOM PARFITT | APRIL 1, 2011
Think Again: The Afghan Drug Trade
Why cracking down on Afghanistan's opium business won't help stop the Taliban -- or the United States' own drug problems.
BY JONATHAN P. CAULKINS, JONATHAN D. KULICK, AND MARK A.R. KLEIMAN | APRIL 1, 2011
Stiff Upper Lip
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have shaved off his mustache, but it's going to take a whole lot more than that to convince the world that he's not a dictator. FP investigates the whiskers that autocrats wear.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 30, 2011
The LWOT: New data released on FBI terror investigations; Saudi accused of terror plot pleads not guilty
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 29, 2011
Dangerous Graft
As the journey nears its end, a look at how samovar politics, mixed with rampant corruption, have helped turn Dagestan into the most deadly of Russia's North Caucasus republics.
BY TOM PARFITT | MARCH 23, 2011
Who's Crusading Now?
Putin uses the c-word and Medvedev slaps him on the wrist. Is it a sign of trouble between Moscow's twosome or is Putin just an errant knight?
BY JULIA IOFFE | MARCH 23, 2011
The Islamic Republic of Chechnya
Why is the Kremlin-imposed leader of this republic sounding so much like the militants he's meant to be cracking down on?
BY TOM PARFITT | MARCH 15, 2011
Reset 2.0
Vice President Joe Biden's speech in Moscow was notable for what it didn't do -- namely, ruffle any feathers in the burgeoning relationship between the United States and Russia.
BY JULIA IOFFE | MARCH 11, 2011
A Fear of Three Letters
Traveling through Ingushetia, a republic where people are more frightened of Russia's shadowy security forces than the Islamist militants.
BY TOM PARFITT | MARCH 7, 2011
Russian Revolution? No Thanks.
Faced with persistent grumbling from citizens, the Kremlin responds in the usual way: blaming the West.
BY MIRIAM ELDER | MARCH 2, 2011
The Secret History of Beslan
From the outside, the violence in the Caucasus looks like a religious war or an independence struggle. In this installment from a monthlong travel diary, our correspondent finds that in North Ossetia, ethnic tension adds a deadly twist.
BY TOM PARFITT | MARCH 1, 2011
Iron Curtain Call
Mikhail Gorbachev helped end the Cold War. He also did more than anyone else to end the rest of them.
BY CHARLES KENNY | FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Islamists on Trial
On a monthlong trip through Russia's bloody southern republics, our correspondent visits a nearly deserted courtroom looking for hints as to why the violence here has taken on a new level of viciousness.
BY TOM PARFITT | FEBRUARY 24, 2011
The LWOT: Khalden trainer gets 34 months; Government invokes state secrets in controversial case
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 22, 2011
Blood Relations
The families of suspected Islamist guerrillas in the North Caucasus have always faced harassment from Russian security forces. Now a shadowy vigilante group has started targeting them as well.
BY TOM PARFITT | FEBRUARY 18, 2011
Russia's Bloody Backyard
The North Caucasus, annexed by Russia in the 1800s and fiercely struggling for independence pretty much ever since, has turned into a killing field right on the edge of Europe. It may not get the headlines of Iraq or Afghanistan, but the raging Islamist insurgency here is getting increasingly deadly.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
Sword or Samovar
The first installment from a monthlong journey through Russia's killing zone.
BY TOM PARFITT | 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
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
Binging on Purging
Reeling from Moscow's airport bombing, the Russian government is preparing to do what it does best -- fire people.
BY JULIA IOFFE | JANUARY 25, 2011
Breaking Up Is Good to Do
Southern Sudan is just the beginning. The world may soon have 300 independent, sovereign nations ... and that's just fine.
BY PARAG KHANNA | JANUARY 13, 2011
Why the Obama administration won't justify targeted killing
BY DAVID BOSCO
Bahrain's charm offensive falls flat
BY SIMON HENDERSON
China to Friedman: The world is round
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
David Rothkopf is wrong about Afghanistan
BY PAUL MILLER
Syria accuses protesters of opening fire on security forces
BY DAVID KENNER
Daily brief: Pakistan, U.S. dispute militant's fate
BY ANDREW LEBOVICH
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