
The Things They Carried: The Tahrir Square Irregular
Hazem Marghany, a 25-year-old architect, spent 18 days in Cairo's Tahrir Square during the revolution and has come back every Friday since. Here's what he packs in his black Adidas laptop bag.

Democracy Unleashed
With a flurry of elections hitting Africa this year, here are four countries where things could get lively -- maybe too lively.

Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong
*And why it matters today in a new age of revolution.

Meltdown
For the first time, Boris Yeltsin's right-hand man tells the inside story of the coup that killed glasnost -- and changed the world.

The Long, Lame Afterlife of Mikhail Gorbachev
A cautionary tale about what happens when you fail to see the revolution coming.

Dark Crystal
Why didn't anyone predict the Arab revolutions?

Think Again: Failed States
On 9/11, the West woke up to the threat posed by failed states. But did we actually understand it?

The Brutal Truth
Failed states are mainly a threat to their own inhabitants. We should help them anyway.

How’d We Do Covering the Revolution?
Looking back with a generous dose of humility.

The Far Side of the Soviet Moon
Ten of Russia's most disturbing unsolved mysteries.

Don’t Go There
Chasing the dying memories of Soviet trauma.

The Blank Spots
Why so many remain.

The Revolution Will Be Tweeted
Life in the vanguard of the new Twitter proletariat.
A Guide to the Foreign-Policy Twitterati
Missing out on the Twitter Revolution? Here's a cheat sheet to get you started.

An Unfair Deal
Fair trade is overrated.

Divide and Conquer
For Barack Obama, maybe getting nothing passed in Congress isn't so bad after all.

Chug for Growth
Drink and be merry -- it's all for the common good.

Track II Diplomacy: A Short History
How the left-field idea of diplomacy without diplomats became an essential tool of statecraft.
Fortress India
Why is Delhi building a new Berlin Wall to keep out its Bangladeshi neighbors?