World Leaders

US Jews Cannot Acquiesce to Sharon’s Monstrous Behavior US Jews Cannot Acquiesce to Sharon’s Monstrous Behavior

What does it mean to be Jewish?

Apr 9, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Middle East Troubles: A Summary The Middle East Troubles: A Summary

They give each other tit for tat. The next tat may get Arafat.

Apr 4, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Milosevic at the Bar Milosevic at the Bar

The trial in The Hague of the first state president indicted for genocide was to be the ultimate showdown. In the culmination of a fifty-year struggle by the human rights communit...

Mar 14, 2002 / Anthony Borden

Bush’s China Opening Bush’s China Opening

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, China has undergone a dramatic makeover: from the most outspoken adversary of the United States to a highly appreciated ally...

Feb 14, 2002 / Peter Kwong and Dusanka Miscevic

Egyptian Justice, US-Style Egyptian Justice, US-Style

President Hosni Mubarak is quite happy that the United States has decided to try civilian terrorist suspects in military courts. For ten years, Egypt has been taking fire from the ...

Jan 10, 2002 / Steve Negus

Plumping for Pinochet Plumping for Pinochet

Why in 1973 did Chile's democracy, long considered the crown jewel of Latin America, turn into Augusto Pinochet's murderous regime? Why did the United States, which helped Pinoch...

Jan 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Gorbachev’s Revolution Gorbachev’s Revolution

Gorbachev represented a unique change in Soviet statesmanship; two books examine him and the end of the Cold War.

Dec 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Walter C. Uhler

Sharon or Arafat: Which Is the Sponsor of Terror? Sharon or Arafat: Which Is the Sponsor of Terror?

Israel responds to a suicide bombing with untrammeled military repression—which action is terrorism (if not both)?

Dec 7, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Old Man and the CIA: A Kennedy Plot to Kill Castro? The Old Man and the CIA: A Kennedy Plot to Kill Castro?

New evidence of a CIA scheme to use Ernest Hemingway's Cuban farm.

Mar 8, 2001 / Feature / David Corn and Gus Russo

Chile and the End of Pinochet Chile and the End of Pinochet

The former dictator is charged at last, and human rights are the talk of the nation.

Feb 8, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper

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