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Czechoslovakia’s Quiet Revolution Czechoslovakia’s Quiet Revolution

"Havel to the castle": In the doubly festive mood just before Christmas the heart of Prague was full of posters bearing that slogan and a picture of Vaclav Havel, the famous pl...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Ghosts of Nationalism The Ghosts of Nationalism

The specter haunting Europe today, as it approaches the twenty-first century, is the ghost of nineteenth-century nationalism.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Yeltsin’s Elections Yeltsin’s Elections

This issue also featured contributions from Boris Kagarlitsky and Aleksandr Likhotal under the same headline.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Triumph of Euroamericanism The Triumph of Euroamericanism

Western Europe is looking into an uncertain future. The German election, which was supposed to clear the horizon, has really obstructed the view.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Honor the Man–and the Movement Honor the Man–and the Movement

Hardly had the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced that Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was its 1983 laureate but President Reagan and other cold warriors began praising the choice...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Co-existentialism in France Co-existentialism in France

Although Sartre may be out of fashion, political co-existentialism is the main subject of speculation in Paris.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Dancing on the Grave of Revolution Dancing on the Grave of Revolution

Long live the Revolution--as long as it is dead and buried with no prospect of resurrection. That thought springs to mind as the French begin to celebrate the bicentennial of ...

Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

Communism’s Great Debate Communism’s Great Debate

"Is the Communist Party of the Soviet Union still the ruling party, the political vanguard of the people? . . . Should there be a multiparty system? Does the C.P.S.U.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Death in Vilnius Death in Vilnius

At stake in the drama now unfolding in Vilnius is not just the fate of Lithuania or the Baltic States but the destinies of Mikhail Gorbachev and perestroika and the immediate f...

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Bad Memories Bad Memories

France is still feeling the shock of a legal decision destined to induce collective amnesia.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

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