How Dictators Fared in 2011

How Dictators Fared in 2011 (0)

December 29, 2011 • By John Lyman

Whether at the hands of American Special Forces (Osama bin Laden), American drone aircraft (Anwar al-Awlaki), at the hands of his own countrymen (Col. Muammar Qaddafi), or through decades of a high caloric diet (Kim Jong-il), 2011 was not a pleasant year for a number of bad actors.

How Dictators Fared in 2011

Asia Pacific

What Will Become of the Next North Korea? (3)

What Will Become of the Next North Korea?

There are parts of the planet that are hopelessly poor. North Korea should not be one of them. This is a photo essay that reflects on the North-South Korean divide.

Middle East & North Africa

Where to Draw the Line? (0)

Where to Draw the Line?

Appalling images of Gaddafi’s death swarmed the world’s media stations. How far will we go to show such gruesome images?

Sub-Saharan Africa

Marginalization of the Somali Intellectual Class (0)

Marginalization of the Somali Intellectual Class

Somalia’s intellectual class has failed to articulate any vision the Somali people can unite around, or to craft any strategy to bail the nation out of the current political predicament.