Head to Head
American Go Journal, Spring 1988
Category: Articles
The Browning of Russia
Covert Action Quarterly, Spring 1996
The Costs and Dangers of NATO Expansion, FPIF
Key Problems With the end of the cold war and the demise of the Soviet threat, NATO must find new rationales for its existence. The Clinton administration is urging NATO to welcome new members from East-Central Europe as early as 1999. The U.S. treats expansion as a fait accompli, but many serious obstacles remain. The… Continue reading The Costs and Dangers of NATO Expansion, FPIF
US and Former Yugoslavia: Improving on Dayton
Key Problems The Clinton administration has gradually accepted the partition of Bosnia. The administration negotiated the Dayton Accords in part to improve Clinton’s re-election chances. The Dayton Accords have largely stopped the bloodshed in Bosnia, but remain deeply flawed. When war erupted in the former Yugoslavia in 1991, the U.S. kept its distance. “We do… Continue reading US and Former Yugoslavia: Improving on Dayton
Restructuring East-Central European Economies
Key Problems Structural adjustment has been pitched as the only acceptable economic reform model. This unpopular reform has created political and economic instability. In promoting structural adjustment, the U.S. has concentrated on short-term profits for businesses and narrow diplomatic gain. In 1990, after the collapse of its communist governments, East-Central Europe confronted a daunting challenge:… Continue reading Restructuring East-Central European Economies
Unclenching the Iron Fist
Peace and Democracy News, Summer 1994
Free to Hate (Review)
Z Magazine, June 1994
Ethnonationalism (Review)
Commonweal, April 8, 1994
Self-Determination as a Contingency Principle
New Politics, Summer 1993
The Selling of the Russian President, 1993, Z Magazine
Z Magazine, June 1993
The Nature of Development (Review)
Commonweal, October 9, 1992
Poland After Solidarity
Poland After Solidarity by John Feffer Winter 1992/93 ~ In Solidarity’s regional office in Warsaw, Mariusz Ambroziak fielded my questions like a penitent wrestling with his conscience in the confessional. Yes, he conceded, Poland’s famous trade union was in deep trouble. Its membership was declining precipitously, it wasn’t organizing in the new private… Continue reading Poland After Solidarity
The Radiant Past (Review)
Christianity and Crisis (December 14, 1992)
What Is To Be Done (Review)
Commonweal, March 27, 1992
Europa: Una Neuva Cortina de Hierro Divide el Orden y el Caos,
El Heraldo (Honduras), December 30, 1991
A Market: But What Kind?
Dollars and Sense, December 1991
Update on Eastern Europe
Peace and Democracy News, Summer 1991
The Age of Diminished Expectations (Review), Commonweal
Commonweal, May 3, 1991
The New Eurocentrism
New Politics, Winter 1991
Eastern Europe’s Troubled Transition
Commonweal, February 8, 1991
Interview with Boris Kagarlitsky
Z Magazine, February 1991
Yugoslavia and the Balkans
Z Magazine, January 1992
Warpaths (Review)
Z Magazine, December 1990
From Kabul to Managua (Review)
Z Magazine, May 1990
Voices of Glasnost (Review)
Z Magazine, April 1990
Poland’s Solidarity: Who Is in Charge? Z Magazine
Z Magazine, January 1990
Miss Julie (Review)
Welcomat, March 25, 1987
Shooting Magda (Review)
Welcomat, June 3, 1987
A Look at A Taxing Woman
Ritz Movie Guide, 1987
Baby Pictures
Ritz Movie Guide, 1987
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