Chris Toensing

Chris Toensing is editor of Middle East Report, published by the Middle East Research and Information Project.

Currently

  • Collateral Damage

    October 15, 2008

    Three new books vividly portray the devastating impact of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

  • Exiting Iraq Is Easier Than They Say

    July 16, 2008

    Getting out of Iraq responsibly isn't the impossible feat war supporters would have you think.

2007

  • Persian Ghosts

    June 14, 2007

    The complex historical tensions between Sunnis and Shiites are not enough to explain the current crisis in the Middle East.

2005

  • Postcards From the Abyss

    November 10, 2005

    Anthony Shadid's Night Draws Near is a moving account of life in Iraq before and after the US occupation. Liberal hawk George Packer's The Assasins' Gate delves into the history behind humanitarian intervention.

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Blogs

» The Beat

Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan | "Once again, the loudest case for enlarging the war is being made by those who will not have to fight it..."
John Nichols
65 Comments

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
120 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
76 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
207 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
62 Comments