The Gladiators The Gladiators
In order to perpetuate capitalism as the final stage of history, Washington has less Hegelian means at its disposal than Francis Fukuyama suggested.
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / 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
The New Holy Alliance The New Holy Alliance
The balance of power in international relations shifts slowly.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Creeping Capitalism Creeping Capitalism
Europe's landscape is changing--dramatically in its Eastern half, which is groping toward capitalism, and less spectacularly in the Western part, which is on the road to a sin...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Herr Kohl’s New Economic Order Herr Kohl’s New Economic Order
Nineteen ninety-three, with its single market and its important steps toward monetary and political union, was to have been Europe's momentous A 1 year.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Western Front Western Front
Fundamentalism is spreading westward; now it has invaded the Maghreb. The results of Algeria's June 12 local elections, in which the Islamic Salvation Front (F.J.S.) won more ...
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
The Perils of Perestroika The Perils of Perestroika
Is Mikhail Gorbachev, for all his vast presidential powers and commanding leadership of the Communist Party, merely to be a transitional ruler of the Soviet Union? If so, a tra...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Silent Reproach Silent Reproach
Some events carry an exceptional symbolic charge.
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Too Good to Be True Too Good to Be True
This is the rather flattering self-portrait of a populist leader who has already traveled quite far: Boris Yeltsin, once a protégé of Mikhail Gorbachev, is now his ...
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
P.C.I.–What’s in a New Name? P.C.I.–What’s in a New Name?
I thought I was going to the opulent city of Bologna, with its ancient red-brick palaces, for the funeral of the Italian Communist Party.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer