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
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 / 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 / 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