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March 29, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Turkey: Elections and Erdogan
Turkey's hard-headed prime minister bans YouTube, as a divided country votes on his increasingly autocratic rule.
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March 18, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Ukraine: Even "Sham" Secessions Have Real Voters
Intimate images from Crimea's referendum on independence. Most of the world condemned the vote as illegitimate.
March 17, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Ukraine: Watching Gogol in Simferopol
Life imitates art in Crimea, where nothing seems real anymore except the tears and the vodka.
March 15, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Crimea: 'All We Can Do Is Try To Defend Our Families'
The motley Tatar self-defense units of Crimea anxiously patrol a homeland they fear will be ripped from them once again.
March 11, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Crimea: "I Have Decided to Stay Here and Protest Until I Die"
The last stand of Crimea’s pro-Ukraine movement.
March 06, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Crimea: Putin Is My Sugar Daddy
The angry Russian pensioners of Simferopol would rather have the old Soviet dictatorship than European democracy.
February 12, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Southeast Asia: 'A Certain Medical Procedure'
In Indonesia and the Philippines, abortions take place underground. The social costs of these women's secrets can be crushing.
January 23, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Dear Taliban: I See What You're Trying to Do, But It's Not Working
A recent attack on a restaurant favored by foreigners in Afghanistan represents a strategic error for the Taliban.
January 21, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Afghanistan's Growing Identity Crisis
With elections set to determine who will lead Afghanistan after foreign troops withdraw, the government had a plan to ensure legitimacy. Read about how it's been undone by a technicality.
January 09, 2014 | Foreign Policy
Ending a War in Afghanistan: The Therapist
An Afghan drug counselor: The sixth in a series of oral histories from Afghans preparing for life after December 2014, when U.S. and NATO combat troops will leave the country.
December 21, 2013 | Foreign Policy
Russia: Putin's Knack for Surprise
This month Putin surprised even the biggest Russia experts: he pardoned his biggest enemy and critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. There were some surprises for Putin too from crises regions.
November 18, 2013 | Foreign Policy
The People of the Pit
People in a mono-town Asbest are more afraid of anti-asbestos campaign than of asbestos. But now authorities give citizens of Russian mono-towns a chance to escape dependence on a single industry.