E-Notes

When the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law that restricted the state’s government agencies’ purchases from ...

The unexpectedly upbeat tenor of the Korean summit meeting is prompting analysts to consider the possibility of unexpected strategic challenges ...

In a tender love song from the late 1970’s, Bob Dylan asked, “Can you cook and sew and make flowers ...

“Pay attention!” That was the message I heard on a recent visit to Hong Kong. In one form or another, ...

In the early 1990s, St. Petersburg’s First Deputy Mayor Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was a powerful figure in Mayor Sobchak’s liberal ...

The capture of Abdullah Ocalan by Turkish commandos last February ignited a national celebration in Turkey.  After all, Ocalan, the ...

Almost 150 years ago in California, and about 100 years ago in Alaska, the discovery of gold lured thousands to ...

The Greater Middle East — defined as the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and the Caucasus — is ...

On September 13, 1999, Israel and the Palestinian Authority held a ceremonial opening of the final status talks ordained six ...

The war in Kosovo ended a few months ago, but the practice of “ethnic cleansing” is flourishing, this time perpetrated ...