Burma’s constitution awards a quarter of its parliament to the military. But that’s not Aung San Suu Kyi’s biggest problem by a long shot.
Burma: Democracy with an Asterisk?
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Europe & Central Asia
The Road Ends in Djibouti for Some Eritrean Refugees
Thousands of Eritreans are marooned in this desolate corner of the Horn of Africa.
Insights Into the Resistance Movement in Turkey (First in a Series)
After the recent Ankara bombing, a reporter on the Turkish resistance becomes a member.
Bernie Sanders Has America Talking About Denmark. That’s a Good Thing.
If you were looking for a place where democratic socialism appears to be working, you’d be hard pressed to find a better example than Denmark.
Portugal’s Democracy Crisis
A likely vote of no confidence in Portugal’s hard-right government will signify whether voters in the EU can still choose their own government.
U.S. Air Force Using Putin to Justify Trillion-Dollar Bomber
Lobbying and renewed fear of Russia have softened up the U.S. for Northrop Grumman’s budgetary kill with its new bomber.
Turkey’s President Gets His Majority — at a Terrible Price
To reverse his fortune at the polls, Erdogan reignited Turkey’s war with the Kurds, stood silent while mobs attacked his opponents, and unilaterally altered the constitutional role of his office.
Pakistan Slowly Becoming Less Bellicose
Pakistan is beginning to make concessions on nuclear weapons and redirect some of its national security from India to Islamist militants.
The Odds Are Stacked Against Mahmoud Abbas
Amid rising violence and a dead-end peace process, could the Palestinian leader actually make good on his threat to pull out of the Oslo Accords?
Was Abbottabad the Result of U.S. Intelligence or Wasn’t It?
A New York Times account is sympathetic to Seymour Hersh’s revisionist history about the raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.