The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers created the 'Fertile Crescent' where some of the first civilizations emerged. Today they are immensely important resources,… — Stephen Kinzer Civilizations Copy Share Image
The capture, taming, training and keeping of eagles is highly ritualized. Most of the birds, which have a life span of about… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Hostility toward Iran may not be the silliest of all American foreign policies - that would probably be the continuing trade embargo… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Western powers remain imprisoned by the idea that the world is a dangerous place, that it needs to be managed, and that… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Turkey and Brazil, though half a world apart geographically, have much in common. Both are large countries that spent long years under… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of… — Stephen Kinzer Administration Copy Share Image
Because Iranians have had to fight so long and painfully for political freedom, they have a deep appreciation for its value -… — Stephen Kinzer Appreciation Copy Share Image
In 1984, showing extraordinary courage, a group of Guatemalan wives, mothers and other relatives of disappeared people banded together to form the… — Stephen Kinzer Alive Copy Share Image
Turkey is immersed in a profound social and political conflict between secularists, who have been in power since the republic was founded,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
In 1983, most Nicaraguans had still not fallen to the depths of deprivation and despair which they would reach in later years,… — Stephen Kinzer Deprivation Copy Share Image
Most Pakistani politics is conducted within a narrow spectrum. Politicians spend much time debating the best ways to fight India, or take… — Stephen Kinzer Afghanistan Copy Share Image
Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and is… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Land ownership in Guatemala is more unequal than anywhere else in Latin America. Roughly 90 percent of Guatemalan farms are too small… — Stephen Kinzer America Copy Share Image
No one will ever be able to say what the comandantes would have done with their historic opportunity in Nicaragua if they… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Weapons systems the U.S. sold to the Shah of Iran wound up in the hands of Islamic militants who seized power there… — Stephen Kinzer Arabia Copy Share Image
The United States is holding hundreds of suspected terrorists in prisons at Guantanamo and elsewhere. Many are locked up indefinitely. They have… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran… — Stephen Kinzer Britain Copy Share Image
Not all eagles can be trained, but those who take to life with a master display intense loyalty. Although they are not… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
It is not far-fetched to draw a line from Operation Ajax through the Shah's repressive regime and the Islamic Revolution to the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
On Aug. 19, 1953, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran became the first victim of a C.I.A. coup. Ten months later, on… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Sultan Mehmet had good relations with the Medici family and other powerful Italian clans, especially in Venice and Florence, and at his… — Stephen Kinzer Art Copy Share Image
Adroit geo-strategists take new realities into account as they try to imagine how global politics will unfold. In the foreign policy business,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Any country that grants asylum to Snowden risks retaliation from the United States, including diplomatic isolation and costly trade sanctions. Several don't… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
If women are being oppressed in Egypt or children are being forced to join armies in the Congo, for example, it is… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Many Afghan intellectuals in the United States believe that their country is best kept together. They are encouraged by the fact that… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as President George W. Bush's radical… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Guatemala's ornate presidential palace, once a terrifying fortress whose every corridor was patrolled by heavily armed soldiers in berets and camouflage uniforms,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Every nation, like every individual, would like to believe it owes 'no apology' to anyone. Adults realise, however, that few among us… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Nebraska was home to indigenous peoples for centuries. It became a state in 1867, and has produced an important literary figure, Willa… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that… — Stephen Kinzer Altering Copy Share Image
During the 19th century, Britain fought two wars in unsuccessful attempts to subjugate the Afghans. When Britain finally drew a border between… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power… — Stephen Kinzer America Copy Share Image
More than half of Guatemalans are pureblooded Indians, descendants of the proud Maya-Quiche tribes. In their mist-shrouded villages, the Indians worship the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Without Ataturk's vision, without his ambition and energy, without his astonishing boldness in sweeping away traditions accumulated over centuries, today's Turkey would… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The two largest oil-producing countries in Latin America, Mexico and Venezuela, sold petroleum to Nicaragua at concessional rates for several years beginning… — Stephen Kinzer America Copy Share Image
For many years as a foreign correspondent, I not only worked alongside human rights advocates, but considered myself one of them. To… — Stephen Kinzer Advocate Copy Share Image
The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
A few of the world's most famous non-American novelists have large followings in the United States, among them Gabriel Garcia Marquez and… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
