Armin Rosen

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

Is It Time to End Our Obsession With al Qaeda?

Is It Time to End Our Obsession With al Qaeda?

Mixed answers to the question of whether the arch-terrorist organization is "defeated." More »

Inside Russia's Prison System

Inside Russia's Prison System

Photographs of life under incarceration, from Moscow to Siberia More »

Orbital View: A Flood Devastates Southern Nigeria

Orbital View: A Flood Devastates Southern Nigeria

Via NASA's Terra satellite More »

Why Two Eritrean Pilots Went Rogue and Stole Their President's Plane

Why Two Eritrean Pilots Went Rogue and Stole Their President's Plane

... and fled to Saudi Arabia, of all places More »

Orbital View: A Sunstorm Over Canada

Orbital View: A Sunstorm Over Canada

VIA NASA's Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite More »

What the Future of Africa Looked Like in 1959

What the Future of Africa Looked Like in 1959

Britain's top diplomat got plenty wrong, and right, about where the continent was going. More »

Orbital View: Autumn Sweeps Through Siberia

Orbital View: Autumn Sweeps Through Siberia

Via NASA's Aqua satellite More »

When Aung Saan Su Kyi Met the Craigslist Guy

When Aung Saan Su Kyi Met the Craigslist Guy

What the San Francisco Freedom Forum was all about More »

The 'Dividends' of U.S.-Mexican 'Cooperation' on the Drug War

The 'Dividends' of U.S.-Mexican 'Cooperation' on the Drug War

Openly attacking the cartels just made the violence worse. But it's not clear that institution-building has accomplished much, either. More »

Orbital View: A Forest Fire East of Oregon's Glacier Field

Orbital View: A Forest Fire East of Oregon's Glacier Field

Via NASA's Terra satellite More »

Who Is Bidzina Ivanishvili?

Who Is Bidzina Ivanishvili?

And what does he stand for? An interview with the head of the party that beat President Mikheil Sakashvili's in Georgia's parliamentary elections. More »

Orbital View: A Volcanic Eruption in Central America

Orbital View: A Volcanic Eruption in Central America

Via NASA's Terra satellite More »

Peace, of a Sort, Between the Sudans—but For How Long?

Peace, of a Sort, Between the Sudans—but For How Long?

Sudan and South Sudan made an important step towards normalization today. But will it be enough to bring lasting trust between two longstanding enemies? More »

How Africa's Most Threatening Terrorist Group Lost Control of Somalia

How Africa's Most Threatening Terrorist Group Lost Control of Somalia

Al Shabaab, which once ruled much of a country roughly the same size as France, was undone by famine, unprecedented African military cooperation, and their own medieval rule. More »

The U.S. and Egypt Sure Look Like Allies, at Least on Military Matters

The U.S. and Egypt Sure Look Like Allies, at Least on Military Matters

Whatever President Obama's reason for suggesting that Egypt was not a U.S. ally, here are the many alliance-like gestures Washington makes to Cairo. More »

So I Pardoned an Axe Murder: The Geopolitics of Setting a Killer Free

So I Pardoned an Axe Murder: The Geopolitics of Setting a Killer Free

The most vicious slow-boil conflict you've never heard of yields the most bizarre axe-related diplomatic incident in years. More »

Sun Myung Moon's Groundbreaking Campaign to Open North Korea

Sun Myung Moon's Groundbreaking Campaign to Open North Korea

The controversial Unification Church founder, remembered for his eccentricity and wealth, also made some of the very first cracks in the Hermit Kingdom. More »

Freezing Out Workers: What the NHL's Looming Crack-Up Says About Sports Labor

Freezing Out Workers: What the NHL's Looming Crack-Up Says About Sports Labor

In 2004, professional hockey experienced an unprecedented full-season lockout before returning to profitability. So why are players being asked to take another cut? More »

When a Celebrity Tells Her Dictator-Host, 'No Thanks'

When a Celebrity Tells Her Dictator-Host, 'No Thanks'

Tyrannical regimes love to hire celebrities as entertainment and as a sort of indirect PR, but one African ruler's effort might have backfired. More »

The Billionaire Who Would Rule Georgia: An Interview With Ivanishvili

The Billionaire Who Would Rule Georgia: An Interview With Ivanishvili

Georgia Dream candidate Bidzina Ivanishvili discusses Russia, NATO, democracy, and President Mikheil Saakashvili. More »

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