Regions and Countries

Green Power Green Power

The Green Party fell from power in recent German elections, but Greens continue to be the party to watch, a progressive influence on the world's third-largest economy.

Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

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

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