The Burden of Memory The Burden of Memory
Perhaps you noticed them in the main square of your town this year--or last year, or any year you've been alive, in any town where you've ever lived: a group of people solemnly a...
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Meline Toumani
Israel’s Albatross: US Neocons Israel’s Albatross: US Neocons
With friends like these, Israel doesn't need enemies.
Aug 31, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lewis of Arabia Lewis of Arabia
I have witnessed what Bernard Lewis, and later Samuel Huntington, designated the "clash of civilizations" between Christendom and Islam up close in at least two wars.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass
The Middle Man The Middle Man
Over the century that followed the Napoleonic wars, the Ottoman Empire contracted and eventually disappeared from the map.
Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower
The Lost Steps The Lost Steps
American policy-makers may be divided into two schools of thought on the Arab-Israeli conflict: the evenhanded and the Israel-first.
Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Avi Shlaim
Letter From Uganda Letter From Uganda
For two years, journalist Andrew Rice lived in Uganda as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Andrew Rice
Latin America’s Longest War Latin America’s Longest War
In May, Jan Egeland, the United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, called a news conference in New York to declare publicly what he had been warning people about fo...
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
Bolivians Reject Free Markets Bolivians Reject Free Markets
The first referendum in Bolivia's history represents a hopeful sign.
Jul 22, 2004 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Fighting Israel’s Wall Fighting Israel’s Wall
The International Court of Justice has ruled Israel's "Separation Wall" illegal and has called on Israel to dismantle the wall.
Jul 14, 2004 / Ann Petter
The Rootless Cosmopolitan The Rootless Cosmopolitan
This essay appears as the foreword to Edward Said's From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map, which will be published in August by Pantheon.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Tony Judt