For a week last month, a group of young leaders from two continents, the United States and Europe, shared excitement and disappointments in the complex tapestry tha
Shaun Randol and The Mantle – PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Shaun Randol and The Mantle reported from PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, April 26-May 2, in New York City. Headliners included Salman Rushdie, Colum McCann, Toni Morrison, Philip Gourevitch, Ben Okri and 150 writers from over 40 countries.
THE INDEX — April 30, 2010
Two gunfights erupted near the Chad-Sudan border last Saturday, followed by another later this week between Chad's army and the rebel fo
THE INDEX — April 26, 2010
Hungary’s center-right Fidesz party won an unprecedented two-thirds parliamentary majority in the second round of national elections. "Today there was a revolution in the polling booths,” the prime minister ele
Andrew Nagorski: Jack Bauer’s Secret Weapon
As any devoted fan knows, the Fox hit show “24” is in its eighth and final season.
THE INDEX — April 21, 2010
A new video posted online appears to show election officials in Sudan stuffing ballots during last week’s contentious elections.
Ian Williams: Neither Confucianism nor Communism but Korean
Review of B. R. Myers, The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves—and Why It Matters. Melville House Publishing, New York, $24.95.
Ed Hancox: The Faulty Narrative of Moscow’s Subway Bombings
Terror returned to Moscow the morning of March 29 when a pair of female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the
THE INDEX — April 14, 2010
Hope, cynicism, disorganization, and confusion have mingled freely this week as Sudan holds its first nationwide election in over two decades.