Solidarity–The Road to Power Solidarity–The Road to Power
For the next weeks and months the eyes of the world will be focused on Poland, where events are now unfolding at an unexpectedly dramatic pace.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The New Holy Alliance The New Holy Alliance
The balance of power in international relations shifts slowly.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Bonjour Tristesse Bonjour Tristesse
History, whatever Hegel or Marx may have said about tragedy and farce, can also repeat itself as a tragicomedy.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Electoral Fun and Games Electoral Fun and Games
This year will be an electoral year in many parts of Europe. In France, François Mitterrand is scheduled to leave the presidency in May.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Resistible Rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen The Resistible Rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen
Letter From Europe
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Bitter Hope in a Cold Climate Bitter Hope in a Cold Climate
Friday, February 15. It's getting dark. My wife, Jeanne, and I land at Okiecie, the Warsaw airport. The temperature is 19 degrees below freezing.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Top Down or Bottom Up? Top Down or Bottom Up?
It is a pleasure to watch, on both sides of the Atlantic, the professional prophets of "evil empire" now forced to perform their "agonizing reappraisals."
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Revolutionary Nostalgia Revolutionary Nostalgia
Slogans sometimes succeed in conveying the mood of a period.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Poland Chooses–What’s at Stake Poland Chooses–What’s at Stake
There seem to be a large measure of agreement between Walesa and Mazowiecki over fundamental economic policy.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer and Lawrence Goodwyn
Our Man in Moscow Our Man in Moscow
You don't cross the Rubicon, argued Andre Malraux, in order to sit down on the other side and fish in its waters. Yet this is exactly what Boris Yeltsin did.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer