What the New U.S.-Russia Fight is Really About
The dispute over missile defense reflects a deeper conflict over Eastern Europe — and the need to take Russia seriously again as a regional power.
The Fiscal Guillotine
Bill Clinton’s public investment program was put on hold in 1993, and public investment remained on hold — well, it’s been 14 years now.
Tax and Spend
Restored growth, distributed more equitably, is the cure for past debt. That requires public investments.
What We All Escaped
Two new books look back at Nazism and conclude that it failed because it ran up against the limits of what it could conquer, not because people rose up against evil.
Overheating: The Sequel
Is the growing corporate dominance of radio and TV stations, newspapers, and other media organs really that bad for society?
And the Land Was Troubled for 40 Years
As the Six Day War ended, Israeli leaders said that the occupation of Palestine was colonial and dangerous.
Hollywood Values Save America!
From Mel Gibson to Ann Coulter to Don Imus, the backlash against celebrity bigots has rolled eastward.
The Shia Fellas
How the Bush Administration and the Neocons got into bed with Iran’s agents in Iraq.
Guns on the Brain
When it comes to guns, Democrats fall silent, unable to figure out how to reach people’s emotions. What does this mean for the success of gun control?
The Iran Puzzle
The most troublesome Mideast state has signaled its desire to deal with us. How should America respond to Iran?
The Sunlight Solution
Increasingly, the law lets the public know what’s in the clothes it wears, the air it breathes, and the water it drinks.
Riyadh Revisions
Administration policy on Saudi Arabia has lurched from an excessive embrace of the regime to an ill-informed democracy campaign. How can the U.S. and the Saudis play a more constructive role?
Whose Big Government?
Conservatives grew government in order to guarantee private profits.
Europe and the Middle East
While Bush has done nothing to solve the Israeli-Palestinian impasse, Europe has stood idly by. It’s time for the continent to assert itself.
Ten Commandments for Mideast Peace
Three former peace negotiators for Israel, the U.S., and Palestine lay out a common plan that could provide the basis for an Israeli-Palestinian final settlement. All that’s required is some political courage and leadership.
American Jews and the Mideast
Attention, Democratic candidates: Most American Jews aren’t hardliners on Israel.
The Apprentice
From our June print issue: Scooter Libby was a nice liberal boy until he met Paul Wolfowitz — who’d been a nice liberal boy till he met Albert Wohlstetter. A brief history of apocalyptic neoconservatism.
Faster and Fairer
Two new books offer some thoughtful insights on the future of the American economy.
A Conversation with Zbigniew Brzezinski
After the failure of adventures based on fantasies, it’s time for a big dose of reality in America’s Mideast policy. America’s most notable foreign policy realist speaks with the Prospect.
Past Failures, Future Possibilities
A lasting peace between Israel and Palestine cannot be achieved by Israelis and Palestinians. It requires the strong engagement of the U.S. and the international community.
The Urban Future That Failed
The failure of modernism as public architecture and as urbanism.
To the Incoming President: On Iraq
It’s January, 2009. A Democrat has just become president and confronts one mean conundrum: What’s the best way to leave Iraq?
State of the Church
What does it mean to be a European? Though it does not entail a common language or cuisine, these days, we’re told, a growing number of young people on the continent are more likely to describe themselves as European than by any identity drawn from the language they speak, or their home country. Yet perhaps…
