Regions and Countries

The Kinder, Gentler Daniel Ortega The Kinder, Gentler Daniel Ortega

A deeply flawed and complex leader now has a second chance to save the country.

Jan 19, 2007 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

Savage Wars of Peace Savage Wars of Peace

Ruth Scurr reviews The First Total War, a study of Napoleonic France that illuminates the causes of all-out war.

Jan 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr

Get Carter! Iran, Too! Get Carter! Iran, Too!

The Israel lobby retains its grip inside the Beltway, but it's starting to lose its hold on the broader public debate.

Jan 18, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Hurricane Carter Hurricane Carter

Jimmy Carter has been vilified for saying things about the occupation in his new book that appear regularly in Israeli newspapers.

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Henry Siegman

Destabilizing the Horn Destabilizing the Horn

Undeterred by blunders in Iraq, Bush opens another battlefront in Somalia.

Jan 4, 2007 / Salim Lone

Get Carter Get Carter

The flap over Jimmy Carter's new book underscores that the Israel lobby in the United States exists to serve only the interests of the Israeli right wing.

Dec 28, 2006 / Chris Hedges

Faraway, So Close Faraway, So Close

In Five Germanys I Have Known--part memoir, part extended rumination on German-Jewish identity--Fritz Stern revisits his family's past and finds that he has never been quite at hom...

Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Omer Bartov

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

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