A refugee camp in Gori, Georgia, 2009; photograph by Alex Majoli from , to be published by Magnum Photos and Chris Boot in December More than fifteen months have passed since war broke out between Georgia and Russia. The war

The three gossips from The Ghosts of Versailles at the Wexford Opera Festival, Ireland, 2009 () Wexford is a small town on the sea in the south-east of Ireland and an unlikely place to host an . Yet since 1951

Obama as Chairman Mao Some China watchers believe that China's dramatically rising prosperity will inevitably make the country more open and democratic. President Barack Obama's this week provided little to support that claim. As The Washington Post , in contrast

Joost Hiltermann speaks with Nathan Thrall about the political crisis facing Iraq as it prepares for parliamentary elections in 2010 and the departure of American troops the following year. To read Hiltermann's article, "Iraq on the Edge," please visit nybooks.com,