The Geopolitics of Natural Gas The Geopolitics of Natural Gas
Natural gas is rapidly emerging as the next big prize for consumer countries like the US and China. In the twenty-first century, alliances and hostilities between economic powerhou...
Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Evo’s Challenge in Bolivia Evo’s Challenge in Bolivia
Many Bolivians have faith in Evo Morales, the former coca farmer who became the first indigenous president in the country's history last month. But will Morales be able to keep his...
Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
The Legacy of Four Women The Legacy of Four Women
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, George McGovern and Representative Jim McGovern journey to El Salvador to assess what ha...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / George McGovern and Rep. Jim McGovern
Bolivia’s Home-Grown President Bolivia’s Home-Grown President
The election of former coca farmer Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president appears to be an enormous victory for the left, as yet another Latin American nation turns aw...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
A History of Violence A History of Violence
Munich is a first-rate spy thriller featuring an assassin who reveals his soul. Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain gives two extraordinary actors time and space to develop a rare emotion...
Dec 20, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Out of Place Out of Place
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, portraits of the Moroccan immigrants in Spain, gracefully evokes the unease of immigrants caught adrift between the stagnation of their old homes...
Dec 20, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Emily Lodish
Europa, Europa Europa, Europa
Tony Judt's Postwar, a massive summary of European public life since World War II, is a triumph of narrative that will allow readers familiar with the history to experience it agai...
Dec 20, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Charles S. Maier
The Rumble Down Under The Rumble Down Under
Discrimination is on the rise for Australia's Muslims and others of Middle-Eastern descent, as Prime Minister John Howard's draconian anti-terror laws echo the fear-mongering tacti...
Dec 20, 2005 / Feature / Richard Pollak
Bitter Memories of a ‘Dirty War’ Bitter Memories of a ‘Dirty War’
The current debate in the United States over the use of torture in the interrogation of terror suspects has prompted Patricia Isasa, a teenage torture victim in Argentina...
Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Michael Fox
Imitation of Art Imitation of Art
The Chronicles of Narnia is the perfect combination of Christian allegory and The Lord of the Rings, a well-crafted commodity and nothing more. The Ice Harvest, an anti-Christmas f...
Dec 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans