Stephen Glain

Stephen Glain, a correspondent for Newsweek International, is the author of Mullahs, Merchants, and Militants: The Economic Collapse of the Arab World (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's). From 1991 to 2001 he covered Asia and the Middle East for the Wall Street Journal.

Currently

  • Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon

    September 6, 2007

    A spirited daily paper is the last remaining defender of Israel's tradition of dissent.

  • Exodus

    May 24, 2007

    Iraq has prompted the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world, and it's threatening to destabilize the entire region.

2006

  • State of Denial

    October 27, 2006

    By denying a noted Islamic religious scholar entry to the United States because of his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Bush Administration reveals its inability to deal with the realities of the Middle East.

  • China's Internal Crisis

    April 19, 2006

    The Pentagon casts China as the Next Big Threat, but the Chinese regime is a far greater threat to its unmoored and angry citizens. China's unbridled economic expansion has also become a perilous source of discontent.

2005

  • Letter From Jordan

    May 12, 2005

    Since Abdullah II assumed the throne in 1999, Jordan has become increasingly authoritarian and corrupt.

2004

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RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 11/10/08
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)

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