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Could Revolution Come to Putin's Russia? Reuters

Could Revolution Come to Putin's Russia?

Saturday's mass demonstrations in Moscow may draw comparisons to the Arab Spring or Occupy Wall Street, but Russia -- and Putin's "democracy" -- is unique

Mikhail Gorbachev: The West Could Have Saved the Russian Economy Reuters

Mikhail Gorbachev: The West Could Have Saved the Russian Economy

The former Soviet premier on post-Cold War mistakes, the reason Russia never followed China's pragmatic route, and the importance of trust among nations

John Major: Weaker Political Commitments Will Help Revive Politics Reuters

John Major: Weaker Political Commitments Will Help Revive Politics

The former British prime minister on his greatest management error, Europe's ability to compete, and why he wouldn't take Bill Clinton's calls

Could the U.S. Have Prevented Benazir Bhutto's Death? Reuters

Could the U.S. Have Prevented Benazir Bhutto's Death?

The former prime minister of Pakistan may not have been killed in 2007 had U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson granted her requested security protection

'The Bang Bang Club,' Tim Hetherington, and Bearing Witness Outpost Pictures/Tim Hetherington

'The Bang Bang Club,' Tim Hetherington, and Bearing Witness

Photojournalists put their lives in danger so that suffering in the world and the courage of our soldiers might be less invisible

A Note on Egyptian Torture YouTUbe

A Note on Egyptian Torture

Radical prison systems have played a significant role in spurring the violence that has manifested in the Middle East

What's at Stake in Cairo WikimediaCommons

What's at Stake in Cairo

If the military opens fire in the streets of Cairo, those deaths will have been financed by U.S. tax dollars

Finally, Fire in Elections Down Under Wikimedia Commons

Finally, Fire in Elections Down Under

For the first time, Australia saw a hint of emotion in its current leadership struggle

Let's Stop Lying to the Afghans The U.S. Army/flickr

Let's Stop Lying to the Afghans

We'll depart before the mission is achieved, leaving a narco-state in our wake

What Do We Owe Iraq?

This is not about W. or Petraeus, COIN or Al Qaeda; this is the story of a middle class -- the kind of vibrant, skilled middle class that one finds lacking in almost every other country in the region -- and what the neoconservative experiment meant for them.

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