Stop-Time in the Levant Stop-Time in the Levant
It is remarkable to what extent almost anything having to do with the Middle East in this country--be it political, cultural, historical or even personal--is permeated by the tri...
Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Ammiel Alcalay
The People vs. the WTO The People vs. the WTO
The thousands of demonstrators who will greet the World Trade Organization delegates in Seattle on November 30 will have many voices but one message: The attempt to write a const...
Nov 18, 1999 / The Editors
Emperor of the Air Emperor of the Air
If you combined the political roles of Republican front-runner George W.
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Alexander Stille
The Cable Guise The Cable Guise
Ten years ago, as Hungary was roiling with democratic protests, the country had two television channels, both controlled by the state.
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Mark Schapiro
Indonesian Improvisation Indonesian Improvisation
Armed militias had forced most journalists to flee from East Timor by September 7, the day then-President B.J. Habibie and General Wiranto of Indonesia declared martial law for t...
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Suzanne Charlé
War of Words War of Words
In May 1989 a small group of radio and newspaper journalists and media activists from Belgrade took over a small room in Central Belgrade that the Central Committee of the Yugosl...
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Veran Matic and Drazen Pantic
When the People Took the Stage When the People Took the Stage
At the beginning of June 1989, I was sitting in the bar of the Hotel Europejski in Warsaw and reassuring Tadeusz Mazowiecki that his decision to stay on as editor of Solidarity's m...
Oct 14, 1999 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Pakistan: No Way Out Pakistan: No Way Out
For the third time in Pakistan's traumatic history, the army has seized power--this time, apparently, against the advice of the United States. The country is under martial law.
Oct 14, 1999 / Tariq Ali
Korean My Lai Korean My Lai
Repressed memory is the ammunition of history, returning when one least expects it to puncture the complacency of the present.
Oct 7, 1999 / Bruce Cumings
Their Myths and Ours Their Myths and Ours
Karen Rosenberg has taught Russian literary history in the United States and Austria.
Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rosenberg