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How this forgotten corner of the Arabian Peninsula became the most dangerous country in the world.

There's no one-size-fits-all approach to transition economies. But slow and steady often wins the race.

Interviews with diplomats in the line of fire -- an exclusive excerpt from the new book America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy.

The Soviet Union's spies haven't disappeared, they're just wearing new clothes. An exclusive excerpt from Edward Lucas's new book, Deception.

Forget the best and brightest. Why did America send its C team to Afghanistan? An exclusive excerpt from the new book Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan.

If the State Department really wants to lead U.S. foreign policy, it needs to stop complaining about the military and act more like it.

An exclusive excerpt from the new biography on Burma's democratic opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Anthony Shadid was one of the finest foreign correspondents of his -- or any -- generation. He passed away Feb. 16, 2012, while on assignment in Syria, but left behind a body of work that was often as poetic as it was insightful. Here are some of our favorite moments.

One year ago, Egyptians took to the streets in protests that shocked the world, and changed the course of the entire Middle East.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, China's high savings rate has everything to do with policy and institutions. Culture, not so much.

In his latest book, "Warriors of God," Nicholas Blanford goes searching for one of Hezbollah's secret war bunkers, constructed mere feet from the Israeli border.

A fond retrospective on Richard Holbrooke, America’s most ambitious diplomat.