Alex Perry
Contributing Editor
Alex Perry's ebook The Hunt for Boko Haram: Investigating the Terror Tearing Nigeria Apart is available now.
Why China Is Suddenly Increasing Its Stake in the U.N.'s Troubled Humanitarian Forces
Will China's increased commitment to the peacekeeping forces be a blessing or a curse?
The Africa Obama Is Visiting Is Not His Father's Continent
Africa is undergoing changes as revolutionary as the U.S. electing an African-American president.
Mastermind: The evil genius behind the migrant crisis
For people-smugglers, the trade in human freight is big business – more profitable even than drugs
Migrants and the New Mediterranean Mafia
Organized crime is making a killing off migrants, especially if they survive the deadly journey to Europe.
Behind the Scenes With Alex Salmond, the Man Who Would Break Up the United Kingdom
The former SNP and prospective MP speaks exclusively to Newsweek from the campaign trail.
Inside the Mind of Tony Blair: The Newsweek Interview
An intimate study of a would-be world leader and the death of his love affair with democracy.
Portrait of a British Jihadi as a Young Man
Like France's Kouachis and Coulibaly, Ifthekar Jaman anticipated a glorious death.
The Jihadi's Tale
Piecing together the life story of a young British terrorist who became an ISIS star.
Blood Lines: How Europe's Cocaine Habit Funds Beheadings
Europe's appetite for drugs is helping keep African countries in the sewer and feeding the coffers of extremists
George Clooney, South Sudan and How the World's Newest Nation Imploded
How George Clooney and his celebrity friends helped to engineer the birth of a new African country, and then saw it implode
Boko Haram: Terror's Insidious New Face
As Nigeria, Africa's wealthiest country, implodes, Boko Haram's infamy and outrages seem to grow by the day
The Hunt for Boko Haram
As Nigeria, Africa's wealthiest country, implodes, Newsweek follows Boko Haram's trail of destruction
