Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Revolution Has Not Been Finalized
Kiev's iconic Maidan square is now full of Cossacks, tourists, and the homeless. What happened to the protesters who wanted to reshape Ukraine's future?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Strange Bedfellows and a Strange Calm in Lebanon
As the Syrian war rages next door, an unlikely alliance between Hezbollah and the U.S.-funded Lebanese security forces is keeping the violence at bay.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Merkel in the Middle
The German chancellor is caught between her country’s Amerika-Freunde and Putin-Versteher.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘The Regime Could Collapse Quickly’
As anti-Chinese protests roil Vietnam, a domestic pro-democratic opposition is quietly gathering steam.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Ballot and the Barrel
An obscure Indian law requires gun owners to surrender their weapons during election season. But India’s gun lobby says it only encourages a spike in violence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 South Africa’s Never-Ending Party
Jacob Zuma's seemingly invincible ANC is back on top -- but that doesn't mean it will continue to rule “until Jesus comes back.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 High Tea With a Spot of Racism
Britain's almost comically right-wing Tea Party clone is on the rise -- but if it ends up kingmaker in Westminster, that's no laughing matter.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bildt in a Day
Meet the Swedish foreign minister who isn't afraid to say what he means -- especially if it's about what Washington gets wrong.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Bit of the Old Ultraviolence
On the streets of Eastern Ukraine, the droogs are loose and chaos reigns.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Then They Came for the Revolutionaries
Egypt's April 6 movement, which sparked the protests that toppled Mubarak and Morsi, now finds itself in the cross-hairs of the new government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Money-Losing Machine in Caracas
Forget Chávez and his Bolivarian Revolution -- it's oil that wrecked the Venezuelan state.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood Struggles to Grow
Can the Islamist party thrive in the turbulent politics of post-Qaddafi Libya?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Radek Sikorski Save Europe?
Meet the Oxford-educated Polish foreign minister fighting to get a wishy-washy continent to stand up to Russia.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SWAT M.D.
Ever since the CIA used a vaccination ruse in its hunt for OBL, health workers have been combatants in Pakistan's war with the Taliban.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 France Is Not Impressed with Thomas Piketty
In the English-speaking world, he's the economist du jour. But in his home country? Le shrug.
