The year 2014 was a tumultuous one, with more than its fair share of world-changing events. The media has covered the chaos using all the methods at its disposal: Live blogs, images and rapid on-the-ground reporting have allowed journalists to disseminate the news in real time, giving a visceral reaction to unfolding events. But another type of journalism -- long-form -- has offered readers an invaluable opportunity to better understand the world.
The Best Longreads Of 2014 On World Affairs
Nick Robins-Early, Huffington Post: Business
Thu, 12/18/2014 - 9:42am
Topics: actually, president vladimir putin moscow konstantin zavrazhin/getty images watching the eclipse david remnick ambassador michael mcfaul mcfaul he palo alto if i embassy the dying masha gessen the new york review of books aids united iron closet it's like be gay jeff sharlet gq personal the loneliness vladimir putin julia ioffe turkey-syria gokhan sahin/getty images whoever saves a life matthieu aikins matter inside story martin chulov the guardian seventeen my story theo padnos an american when i cruiser evaporated james harkin vanity fair searching james foley tice after marie colvin homs february western the horror before the beheadings rukmini callimachi u.s levant isil sadiye diyala ali casim/anadolu agency/getty images left behind ned parker foreign affairs all u.s the fight of their lives dexter filkins the war photo no one would publish torie rose deghett the atlantic u.s europe balloons reichstag fall wall berlin ap photo/steffi loos life in the valley death scott anderson unearthing amor masovic the knowledge london s legendary taxi-driver test puts up gps jody rosen the new york times magazine the quiet german george packer angela merkel among german ossi east germany bangui eric feferberg/afp/getty images warlord t christian miller jonathan jones propublica frontline firestone tire rubber company liberia october rwanda s hunted geoffrey york judi rever the globe and mail rwandan president paul kagame terror's insidious new face alex perry newsweek assessing it s islamist hell understatement graeme wood the new republic december france red cross a deadly mix in benghazi david d kirkpatrick published u.s asia albella,60 mayebon idp paula bronstein the washington post special report thailand secretly supplies refugees to trafficking rings jason szep andrew r.c marshall reuters pulitzer prize-winning muhammad ismail ismail ghosts tsunami richard lloyd parry london review books years the americas police joaquin guzman loera el chapo guzman culiacan sinaloa feb afp photo/fernando brito photo fernando brito/afp/getty images the hunt for el chapo patrick redden keefe finding guzmán u.s treasury department laden russia putin i dec an age getty images the the the the the new yorker mcfaul excerpt a a state the new republic syria oct photo it isis islamic iraq the new york times the new york times magazine the new york times u.s nov an kurds the photo one germany bosnia merkel africa chad ja central african republic firestone rwanda s boko haram boko haram nigeria rohingya getty images thailand thai myanmar world powerful people long-form called drug show leaders brutal job government days border told features work law jungle camp chaos events army spent forces hardest
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