Regions and Countries

Back to Rwanda Back to Rwanda

The arrival of French peacekeeping troops in Rwanda was rather like arsonists returning as the fire brigade.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Socialism Takes Two Steps Back Socialism Takes Two Steps Back

The French socialist saga makes awkward reading for left-wingers. It has a wistful air of déjà vu.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Looking for a ‘Historic Compromise’ Looking for a ‘Historic Compromise’

Four drunken Polish youths, four distant, misty figures, acrobatically avoid a fall, then vanish mysteriously into the fog.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Germany Muscles In Germany Muscles In

At the turn of the year, the Western media, like latter-day Columbuses, suddenly discovered that Europe was speaking with an increasingly strong German accent. Their surprise ...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Emperors Are Naked The Emperors Are Naked

The plans painstakingly prepared by the master builders of Maastricht now lie torn to ribbons. The once mighty mark is showing signs of wear under the strain of German reunificat...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Brightness at Midnight? Brightness at Midnight?

Climatically hot, it is politically a very strange summer on this side of the ocean.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Resistible Rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen The Resistible Rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

How Many Masses Is Poland Worth? How Many Masses Is Poland Worth?

"Oh God," Heinrich Heine wrote, "how big is your zoo!" This sentence kept popping into my head in June as I read the dispatches of my journalistic colleagues on Pope John Paul II...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Handicapping the French Elections Handicapping the French Elections

All the ingredients are apparently there, but somehow the mayonnaise does not bind.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Market Is the New Religion The Market Is the New Religion

Back in Warsaw after my trip to Gdansk, I talk about the economy with the outgoing government's spokesman on reform. He is more specific on what is to be done than on how it sho...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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