Armin Rosen

Armin Rosen writes for and produces The Atlantic's International Channel.

A Day in the DRC

A Day in the DRC

Witnessing life in Goma, a city that's been invaded, ransacked, inundated with refugees, and flattened by a volcano -- all in the last 17 years. More »

The Price of Inviting Nafie Ali Nafie to Washington

The Price of Inviting Nafie Ali Nafie to Washington

The Obama administration might not have fully considered the implications of hosting the bloodstained Sudanese presidential adviser. More »

Turkey's Camps Can't Expand Fast Enough for All the New Syrian Refugees

Turkey's Camps Can't Expand Fast Enough for All the New Syrian Refugees

The horrific statistical realities of the two-year conflict More »

Is a Nuclear Iran Inevitable?

Is a Nuclear Iran Inevitable?

The Carnegie Endowment's Mark Hibbs on navigating the world's nuclear threats. More »

How North Korea Built Its Nuclear Program

How North Korea Built Its Nuclear Program

Mark Hibbs of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace explains the motives behind the hermit kingdom's threats. More »

How the UN Covered Up a Cholera Epidemic in Zimbabwe

How the UN Covered Up a Cholera Epidemic in Zimbabwe

A country chief got too close to the Zanu-PF and fired an officer who was trying to stop a deadly disease. More »

When Baseball Was a Whole Different Ballgame

When Baseball Was a Whole Different Ballgame

A recording from 1939 captures the tumultuous eight-inning career of a 33-year-old rookie pitcher playing a crueler, simpler sport than the one we know today. More »

What Is an Expensive, Idyllic Resort Doing in Eritrea?

What Is an Expensive, Idyllic Resort Doing in Eritrea?

A desolate island is a reminder of Qatar's ambition to pacify the African nation, even if it meant subsidizing one of the most oppressive governments on the continent. More »

Bosco Ntaganda's Surrender Doesn't Mean the DRC Conflict Is Over

Bosco Ntaganda's Surrender Doesn't Mean the DRC Conflict Is Over

The M23 rebel group remains strong even though the Congolese general is behind bars. More »

Why India Is Finally Complying With Sanctions on Iran

Why India Is Finally Complying With Sanctions on Iran

Here are the reasons for why we're seeing such a remarkable turnaround -- and how much it actually matters. More »

It's Still a Bad Idea to Sell Arms to Somalia

It's Still a Bad Idea to Sell Arms to Somalia

A recent UN resolution assumes that the country has made serious progress. Here's why it may be wrong. More »

For Conflict Zones, Sequestration Is Even More Devastating

For Conflict Zones, Sequestration Is Even More Devastating

For refugees the world over, Washington's budget gridlock is a life and death matter. More »

What if the UN Were Allowed to Shoot First in the DRC?

What if the UN Were Allowed to Shoot First in the DRC?

Events in eastern Congo have spiraled out of control within days of a new peace initiative's launch. Now, some in the international community are considering an even more radical solution. More »

How the U.N. Caused Haiti's Cholera Crisis -- and Won't Be Held Responsible

How the U.N. Caused Haiti's Cholera Crisis -- and Won't Be Held Responsible

The world's top multilateral organization is accountable to no one -- and the victims of Haiti's choler outbreak aren't the only ones paying the price. More »

Happy Election Day, Djibouti

Happy Election Day, Djibouti

Why it matters that the tiny Red Sea country is holding an unprecedentedly-open parliamentary election tomorrow. More »

Counting the Dead in Syria

Counting the Dead in Syria

The U.N. is using a number that suppresses the true extent of the number of people killed in Syria. Do they have an better alternatives -- and would it even matter if they did? More »

Maryam al Khawaja's Perilous Journey Home

Maryam al Khawaja's Perilous Journey Home

An interview with the exiled Bahraini activist, who recently visited the restive island nation for the first time in two years. More »

A Middle-Class Paradise in Palestine?

A Middle-Class Paradise in Palestine?

The West Bank's first Palestinian-designed planned city offers a window into the promises and perils of the current situation in the Middle East. But will it be a novelty, or a game-changer? More »

All Quiet on the Gaza Front

All Quiet on the Gaza Front

It will take more than two months without rocket fire for this Israeli border town to return to normalcy. More »

How Did Iranian Bullets Wind Up in Africa?

How Did Iranian Bullets Wind Up in Africa?

A new report suggests that the tight relationship between the Iranian and Sudanese militaries has consequences far beyond the Sudan's borders. More »

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Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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