Christopher Dickey

From tweets to the world's front pages, the tales of infidelity about France's first couple are too good to resist—never mind the facts.

Iraqis may at last be on their way to the petro-prosperity they've waited so long to enjoy. They should be careful what they wish for.

Tehran's master of clandestine operations, Qassem Suleimani, could hold the key to Iraq's future—if he were not so busy back in Iran.

An increasing number of Osama bin Laden sympathizers are spreading his message in English—and with it the possibility of more attacks inside the United States.

Many questions remain surrounding Defne Bayrak, the wife of CIA bomber Humam al-Balawi, who blew himself up along with seven CIA employees in Afghanistan on Dec. 30.

What role do women play in Al Qaeda? A few are suicide bombers; others may encourage their men to become one.

Osama bin Laden's 17-year-old daughter is trying to get out of Iran. Her story could expose ties between the mullahs and her father's terror networks.

We've got terrorists around the world on the run. It's where they're running to that's the problem.

Obama talks about love while justifying wars, but in the Middle East, neither works.

An imaginary letter from Italy's prime minister to America's fallen idol.

The "secret witness" in Tehran's show trials may be the man who started Iran's blogging revolution.

The Tehran regime, which has elevated hostage-taking to a tool of diplomacy, defies the laws of God and man. So how can it be trusted to keep its word about nuclear weapons?

The Iraq Inquiry, Britain's blue-ribbon panel to investigate that country's road to war, may be the closest the West gets to a public accounting.

The conviction of arms dealers and former top government officials in France could help to shed light on Dick Cheney's Halliburton years.

Maziar Bahari's ordeal inside Tehran's Evin Prison.

Italy can no longer afford the antics of its playboy in chief.

New studies of suicide bombers say that most have three important qualities in common: testosterone, a narrative fantasy, and a desire to make theater.

Facing down Iran, French president Nicolas Sarkozy stood shoulder to shoulder with President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Pittsburgh last week.

The Libyan may look like the Michael Jackson of global politics, but his political talent sets an example for other leaders and petro-players.

NEWSWEEK correspondent imprisoned in Iran is in contention for the prestigious Asturias Award.

Caught in Iran's political maelstrom, forced to "confess" at the show trial in Tehran, will Newsweek's Maziar Bahari be free in time to see the birth of his first child?

The problem with Arab education goes beyond a few extremist schools.

The U.N. drug czar says that efforts to eradicate opium have failed.

In Afghanistan, Americans should deploy Pvt. Social Worker and Maj. Sociologist.

Will the final American pullout from Iraq be a parade, a retreat, or a rout?

Calling for the release of NEWSWEEK correspondent Maziar Bahari.

A new form of totalitarianism is being born in Iran. Why—and what—Big Brother is watching.

"They are not going to answer your greeting," begins a poem that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, knows well, and loved once. "Nobody is going to raise his head to answer a question or to see a friend." The verse was written in the time of the shah, in the 1950s, when Khamenei was a young, idealistic Shia cleric who shared with its hard-drinking author a sense of claustrophobic alienation and deep frustration. "Winter," by Mehdi Akhavan Sales, is about as vivid a metaphor for...

What Ahmadinejad's win means for Iran, Israel and the United States.

Why It's So Hard to Get Out of Iraq, Afghanistan or ... The Comoro Islands