Election ’95–Fractured France Election ’95–Fractured France
The miracle did not happen. Dynamics, as Lionel Jospin had hoped, did not defeat arithmetic. On his third try, Jacques Chirac made it. The Socialist interlude is over.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Gdansk Showdown Gdansk Showdown
In the medieval city of Gdansk, in a courtroom packed with police, three men stand in the dock.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Les Affaires, or Zola Was Right Les Affaires, or Zola Was Right
In the electioneering mood of France at the turn of the year, the good advice is not, as in a whodunit, cherchez la femme but cherchez l'argent.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Dawn in Poland Dawn in Poland
Dual power, Lenin wrote, cannot last long. But just how long?
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
The New Holy Alliance The New Holy Alliance
The balance of power in international relations shifts slowly.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Dream and the Nightmare The Dream and the Nightmare
"How could anyone possibly say that the October Revolution was in vain?" the poet Tvardovsky angrily told Solzhenitsyn in what now seems another age.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Bonjour Tristesse Bonjour Tristesse
History, whatever Hegel or Marx may have said about tragedy and farce, can also repeat itself as a tragicomedy.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Forza’s Destiny in Italy Forza’s Destiny in Italy
The description of Rifondazione Comunista here has been corrected as indicated in a correction that ran in the issue of May 2, 1994.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Last Superpower The Last Superpower
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Paris at the end of November, might best be described by reversing Tolstoy's title. This was Peace and War.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer