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The Coup Connection
How an organization financed by the U.S. government has been promoting the overthrow of elected leaders abroad.
By Joshua Kurlantzick
November/December 2004 Issue

Frontier Justice
Pressured by the Pakistani army to produce Al Qaeda fighters or be labeled as collaborators, the tribes of Waziristan turn on each other.
Photo Essay by Asim Rafiqui
Text By J. Malcolm Garcia
September/October 2004 Issue

The Crude Doctrine
Azerbaijan would seem the perfect place to test President Bush's commitment to remaking the Muslim world. But its ruler has something that trumps democracyócontrol of billions of barrels of oil.
By David Case
July/August 2004 Issue

The Longest Arm of the Law
"Superjudge" Baltasar GarzÛn, Spain's preeminent anti-terror prosecutor, has shown that no one is beyond the reach of the law. After the Madrid bombings, his skills are in greater demand than ever.
By Tim Golden
March/April 2004 Issue

Soldiers in a Forgotten War
Liberia briefly made U.S. headlines last summer, as rebel troops drove Charles Taylor into exile. World attention has moved on, but there is no peace in this battle-wracked land.
Photo Essay By Tim Hetherington
Text By Daniel Bergner
January/February 2004

What Liberation?
The Taliban may be gone, but women in Afghanistan are still being arrested for 'moral' crimes.
By Kimberly Sevcik
July/August 2003 Issue

Where Are You, Beloved General?
In a land where paranoia, propaganda, and poverty are the norm, an albino raccoon reassures North Koreans that good times are ahead.
By Jonathan Watts
May/June 2003 Issue

Outback Nightmares & Refugee Dreams
When a few thousand men, women, and children sought asylum in Australia, the Welcoming Country responded with prison camps, tear gas, and forced relocation to distant island jails.
By Charles Bowden
March/April 2003 Issue

Deflowering Ecuador
The bloom is off the rose in the Cayambe Valley, homeland of your valentine bouquet.
By Ross Wehner
January/February 2002 Issue

Out of Madness, A Matriarchy
They survived machetes and mass rapes. Now, Rwanda's women -- nearly two-thirds of the population -- are learning how to lead their country out of the darkness.
By Kimberlee Acquaro & Peter Landesman
January/February 2003 Issue

Chaos and Constitution
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez survived a recall vote on Sunday, shoring up his reputation as a vituoso poltical escape artist. Last year, this Mother Jones feature detailed how Chavez clings to power, thanks largely to the passionate support of the nation's poor.
By Barry C. Lynn
January/February 2003 Issue

South Africa's Driest Season
The government's push to lure private companies to buy its utilities has led to water shutoffs and the worst cholera epidemic in the nation's history.
By Jon Jeter
November/December 2002 Issue

To Work and Die in Juarez
Scores of young women workers have been murdered in this tough Mexican-border factory city. Now a grassroots women's movement is seeking answers -- and justice.
By Evelyn Nieves
May/June 2002 Issue

Rogue Nation USA
Which country refuses to sign international treaties and ignores U.N. resolutions while demanding that everyone else play by the rules? You guessed it.
By Christopher Hitchens
May/June 2001 Issue

Behind the Veil
Westerners see Iran's mandatory veil as a symbol of repression. But under cover of the hejab, Islamic women have gained more freedom than they -- or the fundamentalists -- could have imagined.
By Camelia Entekhabi-Fard
May/June 2001 Issue

The Roots of Rebellion
The leader of an anti-logging movement in Mexico has become the center of an international controversy -- and a thorn in the side of President Vicente Fox.
By Tim Weiner
July/August 2001 Issue

Caste Away
As a United Nations conference on racism gets underway, India's untouchables are taking their civil-rights demands to the international stage.
By Carla Power
July/August 2001 Issue

The Lost Revolution
A decade after laying down their arms, the Contras and the Sandinistas are squaring off in an election that could return Daniel Ortega to power. But no matter who wins, few expect an end to Nicaragua's economic misery.
By Marc Cooper
September/October 2001 Issue

The Betrayal of Basra
Ten Years of U.S.-sponsored sanctions have not disloged Saddam Hussein. They have, however, ensured that the people of Basra, and millions of other Iraqis, now hate Baghdad and Washington with equal passion.
By Chuck Sudetic
November/December 2001 Issue

My Virtuous Vacation
In which the author visits a ganja field, learns to play cricket, does some shoddy carpentry, and discovers that when Americans pay to do volunteer work overseas, it's hard to tell who's helping whom.
By Bill Donahue
November/December 2001 Issue

An End to Sweet Illusions
America must open its eyes to the rest of the world.
By Bill McKibben
January/February 2002 Issue

Under the Gun
Amid the world's conflicts, women carry on with life.
By Amy Wilentz
November/December 1999 Issue

Serbia's Lost Generation
Thousands of Serbian draft evaders fled to Hungary rather than fight in Milosevic's dirty war. Now they find themselves in limbo-with no way out and no way home.
By Mark Schapiro
September/October 1999 Issue

Reconciliation or Chaos?
Despite a fragile peace and a long public effort to heal the wounds of apartheid, South Africa remains a society of haves and have-nots.
By David Goodman
May/June 1999 Issue

Welcome to the NEW! and IMPROVED! Nigeria
Dispatches from a public relations war
By John Cook
January/February 1998 Issue

Close Shaves
For modern tribes, symbols are deadly serious. Even the cut of a beard.
By Frank Viviano
November/December 1996 Issue

Spinning Gold
By keeping journalists away from its Indonesian mine -- which contains gold, silver, and copper valued at $50 billion -- New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan has managed to put its spin on environmental and human rights abuses near the mine.
By Robert Bryce
September/October 1996 Issue

The New Mafia Order
The 'sistema,' which has ruled Sicily since my great-grandparents were children, has grown into a transnational empire of crime, and a trading power of phenomenal reach.
By Frank Viviano
May/June 1995 Issue

Virtual Vietnam
The Vietnamese pride themselves on an ancient tradition of resistance to foreign aggression and occupation. In 2,000 years, they have beaten back the Chinese, the Khmer, the Thai, the French, and the Americans. But now, they seem to be losing a war against a more formidable foe: Hollywood.
By Jim Frederick
November/December 1994 Issue

The Road Taken
A vivid picture of a changing India emerges along an ancient road.
By Steve Coll
July/August 1994 Issue

Mother Russia
From desperate young prostitutes to clear-cut forests, it's a country for sale.
By Frank Viviano
May/June 1994 Issue

Europe's Dark Center, Ostrava
Deindustrialization has struck Europe hard, just as the former Eastern bloc seeks its place in the capitalist sun. Ostrava, a city smack in the center of Europe, is like a canary in the Continental coal mine.
By Frank Viviano
March/April 1994 Issue

The Fall of Rome
Virtually overnight, the Lega Nord, or "Northern League," has become the most potent political force in Italy. Will its gospel of radical separatism dismemberthe world's sixth-leading industrial nation?
By Frank Viviano
September/October 1993 Issue

A Tale of Two Countries
Central Asian nations that rose from the ashes of the Soviet Union could be the globe's next hot spots.
By Vladimir Klimenko
July/August 1993 Issue

The Course of Corruption
In Thailand, where coups are common and the military is accustomed to making its own rules, a democratic movement is slowly gaining ground. Its success or failure could determine the future of democracy in Southeast Asia.
By Stan Sesser
May/June 1993 Issue

The Balkan Tribe
The people of the Balkans look forward to the millenium with the eyes of the fourteenth century. It is a world where Michael Jackson meets the Ottoman invasion. On a moonless summer night in 1992, I became its prisoner.
By Frank Viviano
January/February 1993 Issue

Go to China
The Bush administration never fully dealt with the most basic foreign policy question: does the United States still have an obligation to help promote democracy abroad?
By Orville Schell
January/February 1993 Issue

Grandmothers on Guard
At checkpoints in the West Bank, Israeli women are monitoring how the soldiers treat Palestinians.
By Joshua Hammer
November/December 2004 Issue

Life Against the Wall
As Israel's barrier encircles their once-vibrant town, the people of Qalqiliya are losing hope.
By Chris Hedges
July/August 2004 Issue

The Death of Rachel Corrie
Martyr, idiot, dedicated, deluded. Why did this American college student crushed by an Israeli bulldozer put her life on the line? And did it matter?
By Joshua Hammer
September/October 2003 Issue

At What Price?
Now might be the perfect time for Israelis to debate how much their government spends to support the settlements. Except nobody knows.
By Gershom Gorenberg
Photographs: Gary Fabiano
July/August 2003 Issue

The Thin Green Line
Do Israeli soldiers who refuse to serve in the occupied territories advance the cause of peace or hurt it?
By Gershom Gorenberg
September/October 2002 Issue

Dead-End Crossing
Checkpoints along the border between the West Bank and Israel have become surreal zones of waiting and antagonism.
By Amy Wilentz
May/June 2002 Issue

The Bingo Connection
How an impoverished Southern California town became a cash machine for controversial Jewish settlements in the Middle East.
By Christopher D. Cook
September/October 2000 Issue

Interview: Hanan Ashrawi
The Palestinians' tough negotiator is Israel's best hope for peace.
By Israel Amrani
March/April 1993 Issue

Dirty Warriors
How South African hit men, Serbian paramilitaries, and other human rights violators became guns for hire for military contractors in Iraq.
By Barry Yeoman
November/December 2004 Issue

Breaking Ranks
More and more U.S. soldiers are speaking out against the war in Iraq -- and some are refusing to fight.
By David Goodman
November/December 2004

Crossing the Lines
How a top Pentagon official and a host of influential Republicans almost made sure that one American company gained a key stake in Iraq's lucrative wireless market.
By Michael Scherer
September/October 2004 Issue

Under Desert Sands
The Iraqi landscape is littered with live munitions, waiting to explode.
By William Pentland
July/August 2004 Issue

From Militant to Moderate
Salman Sharif Duaffar was a radical and an assassin. Now he says he just wants to help bring peace and stability to Iraq. But can reason still prevail?
By Joshua Hammer
July/August 2004 Issue

The Wrong War
Backdraft: How the war in Iraq has fueled Al Qaeda and ignited its dream of global jihad.
By Peter Bergen
July/August 2004 Issue

The No-Exit Strategy
Four honest lessons from the war.
By George Packer
March/April 2004 Issue

Tearaway Burkas & Tinplate Menorahs
What happens when you throw together a liberal comedian, a flag-waving country star, two Redskins cheerleaders, three hip-hop divas, and thousands of war-weary troops?
By Al Franken
March/April 2004 Issue

The Damage Done
It's easy to send soldiers off to war. It's a lot harder to face them when they come home.
Photo Essay and Interviews by Nina Berman
Text By Verlyn Klinkenborg
March/April 2004 Issue

K Street on the Tigris
Washington insiders are lining up to help corporate clients cash in on rebuilding Iraq, whether the Iraqis like it or not.
By Michael Scherer
November/December 2003 Issue

Day of the Vulture
Why the looting of Iraq's ancient sites shouldn't have surprised anyone -- least of all the Pentagon.
By Roger Atwood
September/October 2003 Issue