Grief Without Portraits Grief Without Portraits
On December 10, Marc Herold, a professor of economics at the University of New Hampshire, released a report about civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Relying on news accounts fro...
Jan 17, 2002 / Michael Massing
A New Current in Palestine A New Current in Palestine
It's too soon to call it a party, but there's now a popular, independent group.
Jan 17, 2002 / Feature / Edward W. Said
Divide and Misrule Divide and Misrule
One of the old school of the British colonial service, a man with the irresistible name of Sir Penderel Moon, wrote a book about the end of empire and titled it Divide and Quit. At...
Jan 17, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Egyptian Justice, US-Style Egyptian Justice, US-Style
President Hosni Mubarak is quite happy that the United States has decided to try civilian terrorist suspects in military courts. For ten years, Egypt has been taking fire from the ...
Jan 10, 2002 / Steve Negus
South Asia at the Brink South Asia at the Brink
India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who gathered here with the leaders of the other five South Asian countries for a summit meeting ...
Jan 10, 2002 / Kanak Mani Dixit
A New Middle East Approach A New Middle East Approach
It's time for the UN Security Council to impose "externally directed separation."
Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Jerome M. Segal
Missile Shield or Holy Grail? Missile Shield or Holy Grail?
Nike-Zeus, Nike-X, Sentinel, Safeguard, Star Wars, X-ray lasers, spaced-based neutron particle beams, Brilliant Pebbles, Ground-Based Midcourse National Missile Defense, Midcours...
Jan 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Walter C. Uhler
Forbidden Truth? Forbidden Truth?
Conspiracy is going mainstream. Paula Zahn of CNN went into wide-eyed mode as she parleyed with Richard Butler, former head of the UN inspection team in Iraq, latterly part of th...
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Chaos in Argentina Chaos in Argentina
The violent popular uprising in Argentina and abrupt collapse of its government should be understood as a warning bell, reminding the governing elites how unstable--and unjust--t...
Jan 3, 2002 / The Editors
Beyond Jihad Vs. McWorld Beyond Jihad Vs. McWorld
On terrorism and the new democratic realism.
Jan 3, 2002 / Feature / Benjamin R. Barber