dictatorship

A new book features interviews with chefs who served Idi Amin, Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein on how—and why—they cooked meals for a dictator

Reforms meant to bring democracy haven’t worked. Will new elections be any different?

White farmers are renting land

Fresh from victory against the Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka’s president is taking steps to stay in power indefinitely

Making it work will take generations, not years

With Kim Jong Il’s failing health, relations with North Korea are more fraught than ever before