People’s Revolt in Lebanon People’s Revolt in Lebanon
By empowering the dispossessed, Hezbollah has become a formidable force that is threatening the US-backed Lebanese government.
Dec 20, 2006 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy
Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.
Dec 17, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Waltzing With Warlords Waltzing With Warlords
Five years after the United States ousted the Taliban, optimism about Afghanistan's future is evaporating. Three new books shed light on what went wrong.
Dec 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Bergen
Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy
Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.
Dec 14, 2006 / Video / Liza Featherstone
Pinochet’s Legacy Pinochet’s Legacy
The death of Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet should not blunt the work of healing the damage he has done and shining light on the truth.
Dec 14, 2006 / Editorial / Marc Cooper
The Soviet Union, R.I.P.? The Soviet Union, R.I.P.?
The collapse of the Soviet Union was far from inevitable: A historic opportunity to democratize and marketize Russia by more gradual means was lost--and the people paid the price.
Dec 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen F. Cohen
Latin Left Turn Latin Left Turn
Hugo Chávez was re-elected not for his admiration of Castro but for presiding over a robust economy and aggressively improving the lot of Venezuela's poor.
Dec 8, 2006 / Editorial / Daphne Eviatar
Free-Trade Bondage in Jordan Free-Trade Bondage in Jordan
The Jordan-US free-trade agreement was supposed to be a labor-rights model. It's been a disaster.
Dec 7, 2006 / Feature / Kristen Gillespie
The Other Lieberman The Other Lieberman
Many Israelis and their US supporters are sleeping through the rise of the virulently anti-Arab Avigdor Lieberman, seen as a threat to democracy itself.
Dec 7, 2006 / Editorial / Ben Lynfield
A Fair and Square Vote in Venezuela A Fair and Square Vote in Venezuela
A New York judge, invited to observe the Venezuelan presidential election, discovers a functional democracy, reliable electronic-voting technology and a passionate, engaged elector...
Dec 6, 2006 / Feature / Emily Jane Goodman