Barbara Crossette

Barbara Crossette is The Nation's United Nations correspondent. A former foreign correspondent for the New York Times, she is the author of several books on Asia, including So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1995 and in paperback by Random House/Vintage Destinations in 1996, and a collection of travel essays about colonial resort towns that are still attracting visitors more than a century after their creation, The Great Hill Stations of Asia, published by Westview Press in 1998 and in paperback by Basic Books in 1999. In 2000, she wrote a survey of India and Indian-American relations, India: Old Civilization in a New World, for the Foreign Policy Association in New York. She is also the author of India Facing the 21st Century, published by Indiana University Press in 1993.

Articles

US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats (Regions and Countries)

In a forthcoming memoir, John Gunther Dean writes about not only pressure from pro-Israeli officials in Washington but attempts on his life for reaching out to the Palestinians.

Barbara Crossette

Pakistan in Turmoil (Executive Branch, Regions and Countries, Politics)

Pakistan's Chief Justice is restored after protests rock Lahore, but questions remain about the stability of President Asif Ali Zardari--and new challenges for the Obama administration.

Barbara Crossette

Lakhdar Brahimi: Afghanistan's Future (Regions and Countries)

In an interview with The Nation, a veteran UN envoy assesses the Obama administration's evolving policies on Afghanistan and the role President Hamid Karzai might play.

Barbara Crossette

Slumdog Subtext (Racism and Discrimination, Film, Regions and Countries, Society)

Slumdog Millionaire has captivated global audiences, but in India, it strikes a different nerve--as a tale of personal recompense and revenge by a young Muslim victim of Hindu persecution.

Barbara Crossette

How Will Obama Engage on Human Rights? (Executive Branch, Global Organizations, Politics)

Bipartisanship promises to be even harder to achieve on human rights than it is on a stimulus package. Two pending decisions at the United Nations will reveal the depth of the administration's commitment.

Barbara Crossette

'Global Gag Rule' Lifted (Social Justice, Reproductive Rights, Global Organizations, Society)

With little fanfare, Obama has reversed one of the most damaging GOP policies ever visited on developing nations, which deprived millions of women of family planning services.

Barbara Crossette

Detroit's Impaired Vision (Economy)

In the end, it wasn't shoddy products or high wages that put the US auto industry on the ropes. It was a failure to innovate for global markets.

Barbara Crossette

Tet 2009: Vietnam Ponders its Future (Regions and Countries)

As the season of Tet begins, questions of human rights, widespread corruption and a new novel highly critical of Ho Chi Minh, are giving Vietnamese much cause for reflection.

Barbara Crossette

Will Peace Finally Come to Sri Lanka? (Regions and Countries)

Decades of civil war have all but destroyed once-progressive Sri Lanka. Now that the army is closing in on Tamil rebels, what chance is there for real peace now?

Barbara Crossette

Q and A with Lakhdar Brahimi: What Next for Gaza? (Executive Branch, Regions and Countries, Politics)

Lakhdar Brahimi, a leading UN troubleshooter in the Middle East weighs in on the crisis in Gaza and speculates on how it may affect Obama's presidency.

Barbara Crossette