Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger. — Stephen Kinzer Anger Copy Share Image
With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico. — Stephen Kinzer China Copy Share Image
Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States… — Stephen Kinzer Actions Copy Share Image
Pakistan is not about to crack down on terror groups or cut its military budget in order to build roads, schools and… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
After installing friendly leaders in Iran and Guatemala, the United States lost interest in promoting democracy in either country. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the… — Stephen Kinzer 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
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
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
Prairie grassland once covered much of North America's midsection. European settlers turned nearly all of it into farms and ranches, and today… — Stephen Kinzer America Copy Share Image
'Operation Ajax' presents history in an entirely new way. It takes a true story and uses cutting-edge technology, never before used in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“In a ravenous fifty-five-day spasm during the summer of 1898, the United States asserted control over five far-flung lands with a total… — Stephen Kinzer Puerto rico Copy Share Image
Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Romney is a classic case of re-invention. As governor of Massachusetts, he supported government-sponsored healthcare, was sympathetic to gay rights, and opposed… — Stephen Kinzer Abortion Copy Share Image
American press, like the press in many countries, acts like a cheerleader to our government rather than a critical observer. This is… — Stephen Kinzer Cheerleader Copy Share Image
Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“Acheson immediately understood the urgency of this message. He summoned Ambassador Franks and told him that the United States resolutely opposed “the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the 'Washington Consensus' on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
No step the United States could take anywhere in the world would bring strategic benefits as great as detente with Iran. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
To frustrated Americans who have begun boycotting BP: Welcome to the club. It's great not to be the only member any more! — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
In his tub-thumping speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Romney sounded like the hedge-fund tycoon he is. — Stephen Kinzer Communication Copy Share Image
Castro has lived almost his entire life as a clandestine revolutionary. To such figures, truth is always malleable, always subservient to political… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The dramatic rise of Turkey in the councils of world power was one of the main geopolitical developments of 2010. — Stephen Kinzer Developments Copy Share Image
As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The key to Turkey's success has been its ability to reinvent itself as times change. — Stephen Kinzer Ability Copy Share Image
No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control. — Stephen Kinzer Authoritarian Copy Share Image
Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Many troubled Midwestern towns are grasping for ways to fend off decline and, in some cases, extinction. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner. — Stephen Kinzer Ally Copy Share Image
Israel deserves special treatment from the United States, both for historical reasons and because there can be no regional peace without a… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world's largest consumer of American weaponry. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon… — Stephen Kinzer Arabia Copy Share Image
My general view is the delivery of news is changing in dramatic ways, and will continue to change into ways we can't… — Stephen Kinzer Change Copy Share Image
In 1907, Britain and Russia signed a treaty dividing Iran between them; no Iranian was at the negotiations or even knew they… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, there is still one function of journalism that cannot be computerized, and that is reporters. You're… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, the U.S. Army invaded two Caribbean countries, Grenada and Panama, to depose leaders who had defied Washington. — Stephen Kinzer Army Copy Share Image
