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Let Them Eat Kebabs

Why Asma Al Assad is the perfect dictator’s wife for the twenty-first century

Why Asma Al Assad is the perfect dictator’s wife for the 21st century.

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The Murky Morality of the Magnitsky List

Should the U.S. ban Russians implicated in Sergei Magnitsky's death?

Should the U.S. ban the entry of Russians implicated in Sergei Magnitsky's death?

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CARACAS, Venezuela — The late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez always had superb political timing. His initial election in 1998 coincided with the lowest oil prices in decades, and he rode a steady rise in prices to a nearly impregnable, petrodollar-fueled reign of power. Although oil prices tumbled in the wake of the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, they reversed course in time for his October 2012 reelection.

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The Importance of Being Prickly

How Margaret Thatcher ruled

How Margaret Thatcher ruled.

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The Irony Lady

Margaret Thatcher's fluctuating foreign policy

Margaret Thatcher's foreign policy fluctated wildly.

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The Weary Kind

How Seoul handles Washington and Pyongyang's war games

How Seoul handles Washington and Pyongyang's war games

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Chávez the Unfriendly Ghost

What will happen to Venezuela now that the caudillo is dead?

What will happen to Venezuela now that the caudillo is dead?

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Mortal Beloved

The extreme perils of motherhood in Sierra Leone

For thousands of women in Sierra Leone, motherhood remains a war zone.

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I Was a Pakistani Soap Opera Star!

As the World Burns in Karachi

The diary of a Pakistani soap opera star.

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How Obama Can Learn to Speak Israeli

Advice to the president on his visit

If Obama presents a "yes we can" approach to peace, Israelis will tune him out.

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