By Belinda Cooper
Consolidating Power in Namibia
[Above: Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba]
By Khadija Sharife
A Rope and a Prayer
By Matt Kane
Freeze-Dried Politics
By Gary Sick
Justice for Women in the New Sudans
Southern Sudanese women line up to vote in Juba on January 9, 2011, the first of seven days of referendum polling. (photo by Jenn Warren/USAID)
Tahrir Chronicle: Digging In
This is the third and final dispatch from Simon Baker, our correspondent in Cairo, as told to David Black of World Policy Journal over the course of several phone conversations.
Tahrir Chronicle: Perseverance
UPDATE: Sunday, Feb. 6, 3:24PM: After military authorities conviscated his passport earlier today, our correspondent in Tahrir Square asked the World Policy blog to remove his byline from previous posts and to publish his dispatches anonymously.
**Monday, Feb. 7: Baker has recouped his passport.
Tahrir Chronicle: A Sigh of Relief
By Simon Baker, as told over a series of phone conversations to David Black of World Policy Journal.
Hawks and Doves in Kurdistan
By Nathan Deuel
I travel every few weeks to Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous zone in northern Iraq. Surrounded by low peaks, the city of two million hasn't seen serious violence in years, and most agree it's one of the safest places in an otherwise dangerous country. But it's still Iraq.