William J. Dobson is Slate’s Washington bureau chief and the author of The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy.

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Why Venezuela’s Fight for Freedom Is Just Beginning

Srdja Popovic and William J. Dobson

Dec 07, 2015 5:04 PM
Alabama Poses a Greater Risk to Syrian Refugees Than Those Refugees Pose to Alabama 

William J. Dobson

Nov 16, 2015 5:01 PM
Alabama Poses a Greater Risk to Syrian Refugees Than Those Refugees Pose to Alabama 

William J. Dobson

Nov 16, 2015 5:01 PM
Carly Fiorina Won the Preliminary Debate. It Wasn’t Even Close.

William J. Dobson

Aug 06, 2015 6:46 PM
Will Dobson on What You Should Read From Slate This Week

William J. Dobson

Oct 03, 2014 11:09 AM
Can Dems Possibly Keep the Senate?
Sept 05, 2014 2:33 PM
The Gabfest on a Possible Third(!) Iraq War
June 20, 2014 1:06 PM
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People Claim Americans Don’t Care About Foreign News. Keating and Dobson Know They’re Wrong.

William J. Dobson and Joshua Keating

May 07, 2014 5:48 PM
How Can We Fix the Sexual Assault Epidemic on College Campuses?
April 18, 2014 11:27 AM
Don’t Believe the Malaysian Government’s Claim That the MH370 Pilot Was a Zealot

William J. Dobson

March 16, 2014 5:58 PM
Chavez Spewed Hate, but He Kept a Lid on Repression. That May Be Over Now.

William J. Dobson

Feb 20, 2014 12:38 PM
Photographs From the Front Lines of Kiev’s Pitched Battle Against Tyranny 

Lisa Larson-Walker and William J. Dobson

Jan 24, 2014 4:30 PM
If Your Foreign Policy Has to Be Rescued by a Dictator, You Are Doing It Wrong

William J. Dobson

Sept 10, 2013 6:19 PM
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How the Middle East’s Dictators Are Taking Advantage of Obama’s Inaction

William J. Dobson

Aug 21, 2013 7:01 PM
Why Obama Is Failing in Egypt

William J. Dobson

Aug 14, 2013 8:50 PM
Egypt’s Defense Minister Is a Dangerous Agitator. The Country’s Civilian Leaders Need to Disavow Him.

William J. Dobson

July 25, 2013 8:01 PM
Is Egypt’s Revolution Over?

William J. Dobson

July 09, 2013 6:29 PM
Why Egypt’s Generals Are the Biggest Losers

William J. Dobson and Tarek Masoud

July 04, 2013 12:42 PM
Is Protest-Crushing Turkish Prime Minister Erdo ğan No Longer the World’s Most Effective Dictator?

William J. Dobson

June 11, 2013 6:31 PM
What Xi Jinping Will Say When Obama Complains About Chinese Hacking

William J. Dobson

June 07, 2013 2:30 PM
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