Russia and Election 2000 Russia and Election 2000
President Boris Yeltsin's firing of his fifth Prime Minister in seventeen months and Russia's renewed war in the Caucasus are stark signs of his regime's instability, desperation...
Aug 19, 1999 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Colombia’s Best Hope Colombia’s Best Hope
Research support provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Aug 19, 1999 / Ana Carrigan
Chile Declassified Chile Declassified
On September 28, 1973, seventeen days after the bloody coup that brought Gen.
Jul 22, 1999 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Ulster Must Not Say No Ulster Must Not Say No
Northern Ireland's peace process faces its gravest crisis since George Mitchell negotiated the Good Friday accord--graver even than after last summer's bombing in Omagh by a sma...
Jul 8, 1999 / The Editors
Meanwhile, in Iraq… Meanwhile, in Iraq…
NATO's nightly airstrikes against Yugoslavia have ceased, but the periodic Anglo-American bombing of Iraq continues.
Jul 8, 1999 / Dilip Hiro
Letter From Iran Letter From Iran
Hossein, a young newspaper vendor, is a revolutionary.
Jul 1, 1999 / Feature / Afshin Molavi
‘Snake Eat Snake’ ‘Snake Eat Snake’
A few years ago, one of Lebanon's giddier periodicals, suitably titled Prestige, published as its cover story an interview with a Lebanese celebrity.
Jul 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Walid Harb
On the Brink in Kashmir On the Brink in Kashmir
In early May, as the snows melted along the Karakoram Range, Indian troops on routine border patrols discovered that three strategic salients--Dras, Kargil and Batalik--in the In...
Jul 1, 1999 / Sumit Ganguly
The Spies Who Fleeced Us The Spies Who Fleeced Us
It's always suspicious when Washingtonians start breaking into bad Latin. There may be a quid, you hear them say, and there seems to be a quo.
Jun 24, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Same-Sex Spouses in Canada Same-Sex Spouses in Canada
On May 20, leaving its southern neighbor in the dust, Canada took a breathtaking leap forward in lesbian and gay rights.
Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / E.J. Graff