Stephen Kinzer
The Boston Globe
Midland, TX, United States
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Past articles by Stephen:
The incalculable moral cost of proxy wars
Appealing because they can be fought on the cheap. Appalling because they are so very hard to end. → Read More
Indonesia finally begins to confront its history
Admitting the ugliness in their pasts is no easier for countries than it is for individuals. → Read More
The earthquake ought to loosen US policy on Syria
Assad isn’t going away, and millions of people are suffering. It’s time for a new strategy. → Read More
The US used to undermine democracy in Brazil. Now we’re trying to preserve it.
A common enemy — right-wing extremism — unites the two countries’ leaders. → Read More
Costa Rica’s new president may test the commitment to eco-consciousness
Rodrigo Chaves, an economist, cannot singlehandedly undo the country’s high environmental standards. But he also says it’s “open for business.” → Read More
As Turkey turns 100, its democratic future still has not arrived
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is turning the Turkish republic into a quasi-dictatorship. → Read More
Biden puts Venezuela in the axis of lesser evils
American policy has taken a welcome turn, even if oil is the reason. → Read More
How the World Cup imitates life
The biggest sporting event in the world is inevitably also about geopolitics. → Read More
A startling split in the Iranian American community
While brave young women are being shot by police in Iran, their compatriots in America are being attacked for even suggesting negotiations with the regime. → Read More
The economic dominance of the US and Europe gets more challengers
So far the alliance known as BRICS hasn’t been greater than the sum of its parts. But it’s taking steps to increase its power. → Read More
How to rewrite a constitution
Is it possible to lay the groundwork for sweeping change while respecting continuity and consensus? Chile’s president intends to find out. → Read More
The West is languishing without great leaders
Commanding political figures with coherent world views are becoming harder to find. → Read More
Mikhail Gorbachev, a too-trusting statesman
Gorbachev will be rightly praised for helping to liberate Russians from generations of autocracy. As the world was shattering around him, though, he lost his bearings at a crucial moment. → Read More
Biden moves US closer to confrontation with Russia
His announcement to step up military involvement in Europe reflects his choice of war over peace. → Read More
Yes, there is such a thing as a formerly developed country
In Argentina, a demagogue won the presidency by promising to restore past glory. Instead, he destroyed institutions, corrupted the Supreme Court, and left the country deeply polarized. Sound familiar? → Read More
Republicans return to their roots as the antiwar party
Since the Vietnam era, Americans have come to expect antiwar rhetoric from liberal Democrats. Cancel that. → Read More
My friends the political prisoners
Two good souls have been sent away for no crime other than challenging autocrats. → Read More
Chile’s president could be a new model for the left
Gabriel Boric, 36, aims to move Latin America beyond the stifling Leninism that has plagued Cuba and Nicaragua. → Read More
US military aid to Ukraine guarantees more suffering and death
Rather than sending diplomats in an urgent effort to reach an armistice and stop the bloodshed, the United States is fueling an already raging conflagration. → Read More
We shouldn’t be even this close to nuclear war
The United States and Russia should both promise never to use nuclear weapons first. → Read More