An Optimistic Tragedy? An Optimistic Tragedy?
For years, if they wished to be honest, observers of the Soviet Union had to work like archeologists, digging below the political surface to discover real social changes takin...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
All Power to the Soviets All Power to the Soviets
Four days that fascinated the Soviet people.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
What Price Gloire What Price Gloire
The only free Kanaks are dead ones, the outgoing French government might have argued.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
The Mitterrand-Chirac-Barre Show The Mitterrand-Chirac-Barre Show
Most French voters, judging by opinion polls, are bored with the current presidential campaign. No wonder.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Poland–Ashes and Diamonds Poland–Ashes and Diamonds
Prices were raised sharply in Poland on January 30, by an estimated 40 percent, and hell did not break loose.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Les Affaires, or Zola Was Right Les Affaires, or Zola Was Right
In the electioneering mood of France at the turn of the year, the good advice is not, as in a whodunit, cherchez la femme but cherchez l'argent.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
People’s Sellout People’s Sellout
Wall Street did not simply drag Europe's exchanges down in its fall.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
From Public TV to ‘Dallasty’ From Public TV to ‘Dallasty’
The battle over French television is now being joined in earnest.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Apparatchiks The Apparatchiks
What price is Poland paying for its Stalinist heritage?
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
The Lessons of Defeat The Lessons of Defeat
The hour has not yet struck for an offensive by the left in Western Europe.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer