Jean-François Copé: France’s would-be president
What Copé learned in Ottawa about winning elections
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Why Hamid Karzai can’t be beaten
The staying power of Afghanistan’s unlikely leader
Gay rights ground zero
Same-sex marriage advocates are focusing on more than 40 legal challenges to state bans
Fawzia Koofi on Afghanistan’s fragile future
The parliamentarian and women’s rights advocate hopes for peaceful elections
In the Middle East, an ancient war is new again
A bitter, violent clash between Islam’s two major sects is dividing and, increasingly, defining the region
What in the world is going on in 2014?
From war and politics to sports and culture, the global calendar is already crowded
What most Canadians don’t know about Africa
Building Markets CEO Scott Gilmore on a continent that has quietly redefined itself
Is Syria past the point of repair?
Why putting it back together may prove impossible
’The Kalashnikov age’: Remembering the man behind the AK-47
Colby Cosh on Gen. Mikhail Kalashnikov
5 global icons to watch in 2014
Glenn Greenwald starts a new journalism venture and Hillary Clinton mulls a run for prez