Stephen Kinzer

  • Nuclear threats

    Soon after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade Ukraine last month, he took the wildly irresponsible step of publicly...

  • No relief for Puerto Rico

    Painful truths sometimes become so obvious that they must be faced. Let’s finally be honest. Even though I forced you to marry me, I never loved...

  • Time to talk

    As the horrific carnage in Syria continues, a depressingly familiar chorus is rising from Washington. The new consensus is the same as it was in...

  • The Brexit rebuke

    Astonishment, jubilation, and awe seized the hearts of European leaders after they took decisive steps toward uniting their continent in December...

  • Misleading media

    Coverage of the Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press. Reporting about carnage in...