Notes from different corners of the world.

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• What's Next for Pakistan? Musharraf's handling of the protests that will follow Benazir Bhutto's funeral will decide Pakistan's future.
  Nicholas Schmidle Dec. 27, 2007
  
• Campaigning Against Threats, Obscurity, and Stereotypes What's it like for a woman to run for parliament in Kenya?
  Alexandra Suich Dec. 26, 2007
  
• Losing Hope What happened to Afghans' stubborn optimism?
  Vanessa Gezari Dec. 11, 2007
  
• In Search of the Least Bad Option Why are Iraqi refugees returning home from Syria?
  Anna Husarska Dec. 4, 2007
  
• The Olympics Take Beijing The new city comes to my back yard.
  Tom Scocca Dec. 3, 2007
  
• Innocence and Syn At this science fair, students are creating new forms of life.
  Jesse Lichtenstein Nov. 30, 2007
  
• Ketchup Diplomacy in Red China Checking out the country's booming tomato business.
  Arthur Allen Nov. 12, 2007
  
• The Blush Is Off Georgia's Rose Revolution Another U.S. ally declares a state of emergency.
  Daria Vaisman Nov. 9, 2007
  
• Scenes From the Writers' Strike Chanting, anxiety, camaraderie, and snacks.
  Neal Pollack Nov. 9, 2007
  
• Martial Lawyers Why are "ordinary" Pakistanis sitting out the anti-Musharraf protests?
  Nicholas Schmidle Nov. 7, 2007
  
• Burma After the Crackdown Waiting for the military to turn on their generals.
  Gwynn Guilford Oct. 15, 2007
  
• A Political Scientist in China Olympic jitters and brewing troubles with Taiwan.
  Ian Bremmer Oct. 3, 2007
  
• Why We Don't Hear About the Conflict in the Ogaden When an American reporter started digging, he was forced out of Ethiopia.
  Will Connors Sept. 5, 2007
  
• When Bush Comes to Iran The view of American tough talk from Tehran.
  Reza Aslan Sept. 3, 2007
  
• Dying of Thirst In Somalia, a broken water pump can be as deadly as the kidnappers and roadside bombers who make fixing it nearly impossible.
  Anna Husarska Aug. 31, 2007
  
• What Do They Want? Kirkuk! When Do They Want It? Now! The Kurds play a dangerous game of brinksmanship.
  Zvika Krieger Aug. 21, 2007
  
• The Hezbollah War Museum One year after the Lebanese war, Hassan Nasrallah leads the cheering.
  Negar Azimi Aug. 17, 2007
  
• This Guy's Still Here? Gonzales cringes some more before the Senate.
  Emily Bazelon July 24, 2007
  
• Dispatch From Blob Fest Global warming, tinfoil hats, and screamers at America's family-friendliest celebration of horror.
  Torie Bosch July 24, 2007
  
• The Virginia Tech Reckoning Can a blue-ribbon panel make sense of the Cho massacre?
  Dahlia Lithwick July 18, 2007
  
• Farewell, My Jihadi Friend The final days of Abdul Rashid Ghazi.
  Nicholas Schmidle July 11, 2007
  
• A Glimmer of Hope in Gaza Why push Hamas toward collapse when a long-term cease-fire is closer than ever?
  Mitchell Prothero July 5, 2007
  
• Dispatch From Halabja "Chemical Ali" will swing, but survivors of the gassing are still waiting for their day in court.
  Zvika Krieger June 25, 2007
  
• The View From the Streets of Gaza City Things are calmer than they've been for months, but for how long?
  Mitchell Prothero June 21, 2007
  
• A Tale of 10 Post-its The depressing fate of Iraqi refugees.
  Anna Husarska June 20, 2007
  
• Digging for Gold in the Killing Fields What a macabre treasure hunt reveals about Cambodia's uneasy relationship with its past.
  Suzy Khimm June 13, 2007
  
• Islamism Comes to Paradise Looking for Osama in the Maldives.
  John Lancaster May 28, 2007
  
• Persian Spring Gardens in the Axis of Evil.
  Constance Casey May 21, 2007
  
• Dispatch From Karachi Did Pakistan's president provoke an ethnic war last weekend?
  Nicholas Schmidle May 17, 2007
  
• Liberia Recovers From War Monrovia's starving rappers.
  Vanessa Gezari May 1, 2007
  
• Marching With the Darfurians Meet Philadelphia's Sudanese community.
  Ben Crair May 1, 2007
  
• Paris Matchup The French voted with their heads, not their hearts.
  Mike Steinberger April 23, 2007
  
• Dispatches From Bangladesh If your Hindu faith considered you untouchable, wouldn't you consider conversion?
  Nicholas Schmidle April 16, 2007
  
• The Battle for Nigeria Nigeria is running its presidential election like a litigious Manhattan co-op board.
  June Thomas April 11, 2007
  
• Scenes From a Hijacking Today at the Senate, plus all the Justice Department scandals you aren't hearing about.
  Emily Bazelon March 21, 2007
  
• The Apprentice Goes to Civics Class A reality TV show brings U.S.-style democracy to Cambodia.
  Suzy Khimm March 21, 2007
  
• A Few Angry Lawyers On Capitol Hill, the fired U.S. attorneys dish, and dish some more.
  Emily Bazelon March 6, 2007
  
• Policing the Policemen Forget the talk of unity. Gaza will be a mess until someone can control the underpaid and overarmed gunmen that wander the streets.
  Mitchell Prothero Feb. 23, 2007
  
• Dispatch From the Mexican Border Why the security fence will never be built.
  Eliza Barclay Feb. 19, 2007
  
• Dispatch From Beirut Forget about Shiites and Sunnis. Lebanon's deepest fault line is between rival Christian groups.
  Daniel Kurtz-Phelan Feb. 14, 2007
  
• Cycling the Silk Road After seven months in the saddle, Bob Seger takes me to China.
  Greg Grim Feb. 12, 2007
  
• With Iraqi Refugees in Jordan America led the intervention, now we should take a lead on resettlement.
  Anna Husarska Feb. 8, 2007
  
• Dispatches From Fashion Week The woman who taught Lindsay Lohan to sneer.
  Troy Patterson Feb. 2, 2007
  
• Midnight at the Oasis Dubai's visionary rulers have avoided political controversy, but that will likely end in 2007.
  Ian Bremmer Jan. 10, 2007
  
• Atomic Fallout The administration dumps its nuclear chief, but can anyone else do better?
  Nathan Hodge Jan. 8, 2007