Colin Powell

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  • Is the pro-Israel media lobby losing its grip?

    Polls show that the American public increasingly sees two sides to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- despite the best efforts of the neoconservative punditocracy.
    By Eric Boehlert April 17, 2002

  • Can this peace mission be saved?

    With the arrest of the Palestinian intifada's ground commander Marwan Barghouthi, Ariel Sharon is riding high. But Colin Powell hasn't given up yet.
    By Aluf Benn April 16, 2002

  • Saving Arafat, again

    Time after time, Israel and the U.S. have made sure that the Palestinian leader survives the corruption of his regime, the doubts of his henchmen, and the anger of his people.
    By Asla Aydintasbas April 16, 2002

  • From Milosevic to Sharon

    Under Ariel Sharon's leadership the once-proud Israel Defense Forces is heading down toward the moral level of suicide bombers.
    By Robert Scheer April 16, 2002

  • No way out?

    Palestinians fume at what they see as a U.S. tilt toward Israel after another suicide bombing threatens to derail Colin Powell's mission.
    By Ferry Biedermann April 13, 2002

  • The rubble of Jenin

    As Powell arrives and positions harden, Palestinians ousted from the refugee camp tell of widespread destruction, while a U.N. relief agency warns of disaster.
    By Ferry Biedermann April 12, 2002

  • The Bush doctrine

    Speak very loudly and carry a very small stick.
    By Arianna Huffington April 9, 2002

  • Slouching towards Bethlehem

    Under intense pressure to intervene, Bush reluctantly dispatches Colin Powell. But does the president have a plan?
    By Ben Barber April 5, 2002

  • "They view world politics as a billiard-ball table"

    Experts struggle to explain the Bush administration's off-and-on Mideast policy.
    By Damien Cave April 2, 2002

  • Will the U.S. rein in Sharon?

    The Bush administration gave a green light to the West Bank escalation, for now, but the Saudi peace plan could still become a blueprint for diplomacy.
    By Aluf Benn April 2, 2002

  • Investing in abstinence?

    Some may listen to the secretary of state about condom use, but a call girl offers her condom cues instead.
    By Tracy Quan February 20, 2002

  • Bush squanders America's victory

    The greatest threat to U.S. dominance is not Islamic extremism, it's our arrogance, says a Times of London writer.
    February 8, 2002

  • Mission impossible?

    A flare-up of Middle East violence, including the assassination of a master Hamas terrorist, may render the peacemaking efforts of new U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni futile.
    By Flore de Préneuf November 27, 2001

  • The return of Colin Powell?

    Ridiculed as the Bush administration's "odd man out" on the eve of the terror attacks, he has neutralized the hawks -- for now.
    By Ben Barber October 4, 2001

  • No swimsuit? No lawsuit

    Celine Dion decides suing over skinny-dipping claim is no longer important; Oasis' Noel Gallagher gets nasty. Plus: Joan Rivers won't sing -- so what's the bad news?
    By Amy Reiter September 25, 2001

  • How big a war?

    Hawk Paul Wolfowitz wants the U.S. to attack Iraq. Colin Powell doesn't -- and nobody knows who has Bush's ear.
    By Anthony York September 22, 2001

  • Dumb and dumber

    The Israel bashers who hijacked the U.N. racism conference managed to make Bush look smart for limiting U.S. involvement.
    By Earl Ofari Hutchinson September 5, 2001

  • Tough love for Africa

    Colin Powell gets a hero's welcome and tells Africa's entrenched rulers to step aside.
    By Ben Barber May 28, 2001

  • The Colin Powell difference

    For Foreign Service veterans, the new secretary of state's openness is a welcome change from Madeleine Albright's snobbery.
    By Ben Barber May 19, 2001

  • Dragged back into the fight

    As the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians threatens to engulf the region, the Bush administration is no longer able to stay on the sidelines.
    By Ben Barber April 19, 2001

  • Macedonia on the brink

    Colin Powell urges peace, but a walk through the capital city reveals a country on the verge of civil war.
    By Laura Rozen April 13, 2001

  • Colin Powell veers right

    After conservative critics chastise him for softening sanctions against Iraq, the secretary of state hardens his line.
    By Ben Barber March 9, 2001

  • Washington sobers up on sanctions

    The Bush administration plans to abandon 10 years of failed Iraqi policy and instead hit Saddam where it will hurt him most: His cash-lined pockets.
    By Fiona Morgan February 28, 2001

  • Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves

    On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate.
    By Ben Barber February 16, 2001

  • Secret weapons

    Frances FitzGerald talks about the Bush administration's commitment to national missile defense, the "son of Star Wars" scheme no one seems to understand.
    By Suzy Hansen January 23, 2001
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