World

Surprising Outcomes in Pakistan Surprising Outcomes in Pakistan

In an election replete with surprises, the people of Pakistan have chosen wisely. Now it is up to the elected parties to rule wisely.

Feb 22, 2008 / Moni Mohsin

The Fake Prince of Facebook The Fake Prince of Facebook

When a young Moroccan computer engineer created a fake Facebook profile for the Crown Prince of Morocco, the result was jail, torture and a very uncertain future.

Feb 22, 2008 / Feature / Laila Lalami

Letter From Kosovo Letter From Kosovo

In this troubled region, secessions tend to be followed by terrible wars. Will it be any different this time?

Feb 21, 2008 / Feature / Slavenka Drakulic

Chavez’s Fix Chavez’s Fix

Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?

Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Wilkinson

Is Iran Winning the Iraq War? Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?

Maybe. But Iraqis mistrust Iran as much as they do the United States.

Feb 21, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam

Thirty-two years after the war, Communist Vietnam is a bustling market economy awash in foreign capital and consumer goods. So was the war necessary?

Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden

Bhutto’s Tangled Legacy Bhutto’s Tangled Legacy

Will the PPP revive her power-sharing deal with Musharraf or join with Nawaz Sharif to re-establish constitutional rule?

Feb 21, 2008 / Graham Usher

Wiretapped Out Wiretapped Out

The House stalemate with the White House over electronic surveillance creates a rare moment to reconsider an array of unconstitutional post-9/11 laws.

Feb 21, 2008 / The Editors

‘End the War in 2009’ ‘End the War in 2009’

Barack Obama has hastened his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, setting the stage for an election battle with John McCain and the forces of neoconservatism.

Feb 21, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Potshots in Space Potshots in Space

From the heaving deck of the USS Lake Erie, the Bush Administration takes shaky aim at a rogue satellite hurtling to Earh, carrying unknown secrets. The missile attack is purely hu...

Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

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