Putsch in Moscow Putsch in Moscow
Capitalism is re-entering Russia dripping with blood. Whether Boris Yeltsin’s successful putsch will extend his reign remains to be seen.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Back to Rwanda Back to Rwanda
The arrival of French peacekeeping troops in Rwanda was rather like arsonists returning as the fire brigade.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Achille’s Gamble Achille’s Gamble
The P.C.I. has no intention now of attacking capitalism. It has become a social democratic party in all but name.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Fast Forward Fast Forward
The sorcerer's apprentices could not even stage a coup.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
West and East West and East
In Maastricht twelve members of the European Community reached another stage on the road toward some form of union, notably with the pledge to introduce a common currency, the ecu…
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Dawn in Poland Dawn in Poland
Dual power, Lenin wrote, cannot last long. But just how long?
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Rouge et Noir Rouge et Noir
Were there half a million or a million people marching in the Parisian drizzle on January 16? No one can say.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Mitterrand Redux Mitterrand Redux
Mitterrand can make it. He is, undoubtedly, the winner of the first round in the French presidential election.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Boris the Brief? Boris the Brief?
Forced out of office and deliberately humiliated, Mikhail Gorbachev nevertheless left the historical stage with the dignity of an actor who was aware of the crucial part he had pla...
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer