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Two months after the Caucasus conflict broke out, some sober lessons are emerging for all sides.
Why are we in the Middle East? This is the real question that the Madrid bombs pose for Europe and the United States, and for the nations of that region themselves. The struggle…
There is a dispiriting resemblance between recent news about former Yugoslavia and news about Iraq, the two places that bracket the modern era of intervention. Several factors…
Ever since its foundation, Israel has been troubled by the thought that it might have as much to fear from supposed friends as from avowed enemies. That is one reason why…
What is regarded as good news and bad news is a changeable thing. Thirty years ago, when anxiety about rising population and diminished resources was fresher than it is today,…
The world cannot just watch as west Africa falls apart, the US secretary of state, Colin Powell, said last week.
Asked what he desired most now that he had his new apartment, the young Chinese businessman slowly and fervently breathed the word ”Honda”’. China is battling against the tide of…
It is unlikely, argues Martin Woollacott, that Bush’s military pre-emptive doctrine will be acceptable in other situations.
It has always been true that many things done in the name of God would be abhorrent to a benign deity. But this seems like an especially bad period for the abuse of religion.…
President George W Bush this week described speculation about an impending attack on Iraq as ”a frenzy”, stressing he was a ”patient man” and would consult with United States…
