Department Index
Foreigners 2006:
Opinions about events beyond our borders.
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- Arming Abbas Washington's latest dumb plan to pump up Palestinian security forces.
Dec. 22, 2006 - European Union A New Year's resolution for Europe: Less carping, more helping.
Dec. 19, 2006 - Who Deserves Democracy? In the Palestinian territories, hypocrisy is the best policy.
Dec. 18, 2006 - Holocaust Denial Is No Joke The Iranian Holocaust conference is sordid and cynical, but we must take it seriously.
Dec. 12, 2006 - The Secret Life of Mario Scaramella What a bit player in the case of the radioactive Russian tells us about Berlusconi's Italy.
Dec. 11, 2006 - Bring on the Afghan Study Group Defeat in Afghanistan could be even more harmful than failure in Iraq.
Dec. 7, 2006 - This Is What We've Been Waiting For? The false premise of the Iraq Study Group Report.
Dec. 6, 2006 - While We Weren't Looking We shouldn't be surprised by Alexander Litvinenko's murder.
Dec. 5, 2006 - They Know You Know They're Winning Hezbollah has the ultimate weapons in the fight over Lebanon: confidence and patience.
Dec. 4, 2006 - Freedom From Fear Trumps the Freedom To Vote Why it's so hard to establish democracy in countries like Russia and Iraq.
Nov. 22, 2006 - How Will History Judge Us? Why it's easier to generate interest in Darfur than Pyongyang.
Nov. 21, 2006 - An Imperfect Spy East German spymaster Markus Wolf's empty "achievements."
Nov. 14, 2006 - Saddam's True Crime The trial was a mess because the U.S. occupation of Iraq is a mess.
Nov. 7, 2006 - Do As We Say—If You Dare The West is no better at promoting democracy today than it was in 1956.
Oct. 31, 2006 - Multicultural Manners Removing a full-face veil at work is simply a matter of politeness.
Oct. 24, 2006 - Blame China Beijing could bring North Korea into line tomorrow—if it really wanted to.
Oct. 17, 2006 - Seoul Shrugs Why South Korea won't abandon its sunshine policy, even after the North's nuke test.
Oct. 16, 2006 - Responding to Pyongyang With an Eye Toward Tehran OK, so the axis of evil exists. Let's use it.
Oct. 12, 2006 - Anna Politkovskaya, 1958-2006 Russia's best-known journalist, murdered in Moscow.
Oct. 9, 2006 - A Storm in an Orchestra Pit Germany is still in denial about the reality of modern terrorism.
Oct. 3, 2006 - Lula's Silver Lining The good news about Brazil's problems.
Sept. 29, 2006 - Truth and Consequences What we can learn from the Hungarian PM's disastrous slip-up.
Sept. 26, 2006 - How First-World Garbage Makes Africans Sick And what Washington can do to clean up its act.
Sept. 22, 2006 - The Resolution Solution What's behind Bush's new reliance on the United Nations?
Sept. 19, 2006 - A Sorry Situation It's time to stop apologizing and start defending freedom of speech.
Sept. 19, 2006 - Hijacking the Pirate Menace Washington wraps its political ambitions in the Jolly Roger.
Sept. 12, 2006 - How Syria Survives Bashar Assad may be stupid, but he has a very smart survival strategy.
Sept. 5, 2006 - Army for Hire Two new books on the global market for armed force.
Aug. 31, 2006 - The Alternative Middle East Quartet Despite the cease-fire, the region is more volatile than ever.
Aug. 16, 2006 - Limited Imagination Why the U.N.'s timid resolution misses the mark.
Aug. 14, 2006 - What's New About the London Terror Plot? Al-Qaida has tried this before.
Aug. 11, 2006 - The Samson Option Is Hezbollah on the verge of destroying Lebanon?
Aug. 7, 2006 - The Root-Cause War Palestinians may be the big winners of the Lebanon conflict.
Aug. 7, 2006 - The Man in Havana How has Fidel Castro stayed in power for so long?
Aug. 2, 2006 - Castro's Cuba Slate's take on the island and its maximum leader.
Aug. 2, 2006 - What Are They Fighting For? The Israeli military wanted a rapid victory; now they need an exit strategy.
July 31, 2006 - Proxy Power Understanding Iran's use of terrorism.
July 26, 2006 - Made in the USA Failed U.S. policies caused the mess in Lebanon.
July 26, 2006 - This Isn't World War III The war in Lebanon is a limited, local conflict.
July 21, 2006 - Middle East Meltdown Slate's coverage of the Israel-Lebanon-Gaza crisis.
July 19, 2006 - Strange Bedfellows What's behind the enduring alliance between Syria and Iran?
July 19, 2006 - Is "Arab Democracy" Worth All This Chaos? Washington forgot an important component—stability.
July 17, 2006 - Neighborly Love Are China and Russia getting too friendly?
July 12, 2006 - No Man's Land Gaza is a time bomb primed to explode again and again.
July 3, 2006 - What Turks Are Watching A new wave of anti-American pop culture.
June 13, 2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Slate on Iraq's chief terrorist.
June 8, 2006 - Fences What America can learn from Israel's West Bank security barrier.
June 6, 2006 - Migrant Power Mexican workers are finding their voice in the States. Will they be heard in their homeland?
May 30, 2006 - The Talking Cure On Darfur, Bush has won support from all sides. But will that make Sudan a safer place?
May 9, 2006 - Cousins in Arms What Lebanon's civil war might tell us about Iraq.
April 11, 2006 - Weak President, Strong Protectionists Another way Iraq hurts the U.S. economy.
April 10, 2006 - Ciao, Berlusconi! Capisce, Pelosi? What U.S. Democrats can learn from the Italian election.
April 5, 2006 - Into Thin Air What happened to a Pakistani journalist who exposed a U.S. missile strike?
March 30, 2006 - Israel's Big Bang Tuesday's election changed everything.
March 29, 2006 - Promises, Promises Is Olmert's pledge of West Bank disengagement a bold move or just politics as usual?
March 24, 2006 - How To Be Ignored Depressing lessons in realpolitik from the Western Sahara.
March 21, 2006 - Fantasy Ireland Everybody benefits from a united island.
March 16, 2006 - How NATO Got Its Groove Back And why Washington won't like it.
March 15, 2006 - China's Underpopulation Crisis India has one, too.
March 7, 2006 - Nation Creation Kosovo's rocky road to independence.
March 2, 2006 - The Curse of the Venetian Pickpockets A citizen crime patrol is protecting tourists and delighting police.
Feb. 20, 2006 - Is Burma the Next Iran? A new gas discovery could pay for the nuclear technology they crave.
Feb. 15, 2006 - Feeling the Heat? Everybody talks about the "pressure" Iran is under—but the strain is on the other side.
Feb. 7, 2006 - Liberation Mythology The historical roots of Fatah's defeat.
Feb. 3, 2006 - How To Civilize Hamas Will Wednesday's winners be too busy fixing potholes to wage jihad?
Jan. 27, 2006 - You Asked for Democracy What Hamas' election victory means for the peace process.
Jan. 26, 2006 - Our Status Quo Foreign Policy Managing conflict doesn't mean avoiding crises.
Jan. 23, 2006 - Still Splitsville Israeli-Palestinian disengagement, post Sharon.
Jan. 13, 2006 - What Comes Next The Israeli political establishment's first reactions to Ariel Sharon's debilitating stroke.
Jan. 5, 2006 - A Woman's Place Is in the Presidential Mansion What's behind the rise of female politicians in Latin America?
Jan. 4, 2006
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