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
Fables of the Reconstruction Fables of the Reconstruction
The effort to rebuild Iraq looks less like an aid mission than a criminal racket.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Press Watch Press Watch
A silver lining amid the dismal outpouring of news from Iraq has been the unbroken parade of conservative (and liberal hawk) commentators who now admit--with mea culpas, half-apo...
Aug 12, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
Trust and Terror Trust and Terror
The color of emergency alerts does not matter if the people producing the alerts cannot be trusted.
Aug 12, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
One More Chalabi Black Eye One More Chalabi Black Eye
A close alliance between Iraq and the fanatical ayatollahs of Iran is the most likely accomplishment of the US invasion.
Aug 10, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
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
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
"During the Vietnam War, many young men, including the current President, the Vice President and me, could have gone to Vietnam and didn't. John Kerry came from a privileged back...
Jul 29, 2004 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission’s Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission’s Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did
The little error that we may have made In picking out a country to invade Was understandable. The names, of course, Are close, and when you make a show of force
Jul 29, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin