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After Mugabe: Zimbabweans Hope for a Better Life

Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe could use its bountiful natural resources to usher in a new era.

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When the Saudis Need Cash

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants to sell shares in state-owned oil giant Aramco to fund the grandiose reinvention of Saudi Arabia.

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FIFA On Trial: More Evidence of Corruption

Qatar’s World Cup back in the firing line.

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Germans Live in Interesting Times

Four questions about the country’s near-term political path.

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Russia Connection: Is Trump Having Sleepless Nights?

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is determined to go after Washington’s dark money pools.

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South Sudan: Losing the Last Vestiges of Our Moral Fabric

“Never again,” adopted in the wake of the Second World War, has become nothing but an empty slogan in South Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen.

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Myanmar: An Atmosphere of Persecution

The transition to democracy has not included protections for minorities like the Rohingyas.

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Indonesia: Colonial Independence and the Cold War

From Dutch rule to one of the world’s major economies and populations.

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Colonialism and Cambodia

A once-great empire is now a largely overlooked dictatorship.

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Thailand: Southeast Asia’s Buffer Country

How Thailand avoided European colonization.

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