Middle east

Issue 168 March 2009

High noon in the middle east

18th March 2010 - Issue 168 Free entry

Israel's once-legendary army has grown weaker, and its newly emboldened enemies are allying against it. It may not be long until full-scale war breaks out

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Why Iraq war films fail

Tom Streithorst

18th March 2010 - Issue 168 Free entry

Despite the Oscar success of the Hurt Locker, Iraq films do badly at the box office—and anyone who's been there knows they're inaccurate. What would it take to give Iraq its Apocalypse Now?

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Issue 165 December 2009

The good cops of Nablus

Nathan Shachar

18th March 2010 - Issue 165

Peace has broken out in the West Bank city. Why is there a conspiracy of silence about it?

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Issue 149 August 2008

The trouble with Turkey

Nicholas Birch

18th March 2010 - Issue 149 Free entry

The decision not to outlaw the ruling AK party was welcomed by virtually all Turks. But it was no victory for democracy, and may well stifle reform

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Issue 148 July 2008

Writing against himself

Thomas de Waal

18th March 2010 - Issue 148 Free entry

He may deny it, but Orhan Pamuk is Turkey's most important political voice. Even Dostoevsky would have agreed

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The real Fethullah Gülen

Stephen Schwartz

18th March 2010 - Issue 148 Free entry

Fethullah Gülen and his beliefs represent nothing new in Islamic thought. Instead, as the hijacking of the Prospect poll shows, Gülenism is essentially a cult

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