Obama in Israel: One Tough Audience Obama in Israel: One Tough Audience
The media was enthused, but ordinary Israelis, cynical about their own political leaders, gave Obama a muted reception. The refrain here is "No, they can't," not "Yes, he can."
Jul 24, 2008 / Feature / Hillel Schenker
The End of History: With a Period, Not a Question Mark The End of History: With a Period, Not a Question Mark
Palestinians lament the Israeli-built wall and life under occupation, and fear permanent restricted access to the holy city of Jerusalem.
Jul 22, 2008 / Feature / Phyllis Bennis
Radovan Karadzic Captured After 12 Years on the Run Radovan Karadzic Captured After 12 Years on the Run
Radovan Karadzic, captured after twelve years on the run, possessed extraordinary levels of intellect, cruelty and power. And power wielded in a time of war comes at great price, w...
Jul 22, 2008 / Feature / Slavenka Drakulic
Obama in Afghanistan: Careful What You Wish For Obama in Afghanistan: Careful What You Wish For
He says Afghanistan is the war America should be fighting. But on this much-ballyhooed listening tour, will he be hearing anything he doesn't already know?
Jul 20, 2008 / Feature / Graham Usher
A West Bank Town’s Fight to Survive A West Bank Town’s Fight to Survive
The residents of the town of Ni'lin continue to fight Israel's efforts to take away their land. Is anyone listening?
Jul 17, 2008 / Feature / Neve Gordon
A Powerful Novel about Tiananmen Square A Powerful Novel about Tiananmen Square
An epic portrait of the Tiananmen Square protests, Ma Jian's Beijing Coma is one hell of a powerful novel.
Jul 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Intergenerational Turmoil in China Intergenerational Turmoil in China
Three recent books trace the generational fault lines of the Confucian family during China's past and present revolutions.
Jul 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
A Powerful Counterhistory of China A Powerful Counterhistory of China
A collection of oral histories reveal a new understanding of the modern Chinese experience.
Jul 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard W. French
Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan
Obama's plan to de-escalate the war in Iraq only to ramp up another in Afghanistan just might work. It could also entrap the US in an even wider quagmire.
Jul 15, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Hold China Accountable on Darfur Hold China Accountable on Darfur
Don't let Olympic fever obscure the role China plays in the Sudanese government's reign of terror, rape and killing.
Jul 14, 2008 / Ruth Messinger and Jerry Fowler