Out of Africa: The Traps of Safari Journalism Out of Africa: The Traps of Safari Journalism
Two new books by African writers share many flaws with their Western predecessors.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas
City of Shards: The Novels of Elias Khoury City of Shards: The Novels of Elias Khoury
Elias Khoury and the literature of witness.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb
Cold War Hawks Nesting With Obama Cold War Hawks Nesting With Obama
How can a President Obama improve US relations with Russia if some of his closest advisors are unrepentant hawks from the cold war era?
Nov 12, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Nairobi: Euphoria and Questions Nairobi: Euphoria and Questions
A nation riven by differences marvels at his message of civility and inclusion. Yet there is some worry about an Obama administration's policies on Africa.
Nov 5, 2008 / Karen Rothmyer
Paris: ‘America is Back’ Paris: ‘America is Back’
People here are looking in wonderment at the culture that produced Obama and at the people who put him in the White House. In short, they're looking at us.
Nov 5, 2008 / Jordan Stancil
London: A Sense that the Nightmare is Over London: A Sense that the Nightmare is Over
When the votes were finally counted, Europe's wish to usher George W. Bush into the dustbin of history made for widespread jubilation.
Nov 5, 2008 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
Peaceful Revolution in Maldives Peaceful Revolution in Maldives
An island nation long gripped by authoritarianism votes for democracy--and wins.
Nov 3, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
India’s Persecuted Christians India’s Persecuted Christians
Members of India's poorest classes who converted to Christianity to escape the caste system, now find themselves the targets of brutal persecution by Hindu nationalists.
Oct 29, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
The Cold War That Wasn’t The Cold War That Wasn’t
Deconstructing the New York Times fairy tale about how nasty Russia invaded innocent Georgia.
Milk Scandal Taints China’s Self-Image Milk Scandal Taints China’s Self-Image
The tainted milk crisis could prod China to act responsibly.
Oct 22, 2008 / Feature / Anna Greenspan