Palestinian Dilemmas Palestinian Dilemmas
Will Palestinians be compelled to live by Ariel Sharon's repressive vision or will they compel Israel to accept genuine self-determination for the Palestinian people?
Jan 12, 2006 / Mouin Rabbani
Israel After Sharon Israel After Sharon
Suddenly, the Sharon era is over. And Sharon's centrist Kadima Party may emerge as the dominant force after the March 28 elections.
Jan 12, 2006 / Hillel Schenker
In Her Mind’s Eye In Her Mind’s Eye
Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism is a political classic trapped in the era in which it was written.
Jan 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Rée
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