Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Brazil Is ‘Totally Screwed’
The land of sun, sex, and soccer couldn’t be more down about the World Cup.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Islam’s Lawyers in Arms
Syria's jihad is awash with religious jurists. No wonder there's as much arguing as fighting.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Counting the Dead in Benghazi
The steady drumbeat of killings has left Libyans despairing about whether anyone can bring security to their war-torn country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Libya’s Rogue ‘War on Terror’
Is retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar finally reining in out-of-control Islamist militias, or is he dealing a body blow to this country's hope for democracy?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Uncharming and Offensive
China’s ham-fisted attempt at international comity at the Shangri-La Dialogue is a worrisome harbinger of regional aggression.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Media Mogul, Alone on the Island
Hong Kong's fiery beacon of the free press, Apple Daily, is under threat from shadowy forces. Can it survive if Beijing wants it dead or quiet?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Spain’s Poisoned Chalice
The Spanish monarchy is in big trouble, and not even a young, handsome new king may be able to do anything about it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Biggest Losers
Meet the two hapless candidates running in Syria’s stage-managed farce of an election to confirm president-for-life Bashar al-Assad.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Great Game on Central Asia’s High Plain
As a muscled-up Russia pushes for more leverage over Kazakhstan, a wary Astana strives to make new, powerful friends.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Fascists Are Coming, the Fascists Are Coming!
Putin says Ukraine's nationalist political party Right Sector is the devil incarnate. But they say they're just misunderstood.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ballots, Bombs, and a Rising Body Count
As a new president takes office, a deadly firefight rages in Ukraine’s volatile east.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Probationary Presidency
Ukrainian billionaire Petro Poroshenko won the election. But can he win over the people?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sisi’s Big Day Is a Bust
The Egyptian election was supposed to bring the former Army chief to office on a massive wave of popular support. So why did so many voters stay home?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After the Revolution Comes Consensus
Forty years ago, the enemy of democracy in Portugal was fascism. Now it's just Europolitics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stamp Out the Vote
How terrorism in the Sinai has eclipsed Egypt's presidential election -- and laid bare tensions with the U.S.
