ANALYSIS
Canada's Last Stand
Eric Y. Beaudan
Taiwan Declares Peace With China
John F. Copper
The Quest for Peace and Democracy
Arturo J. Cruz
Sweden: No Panacea for Eastern Europeans
Eric Brodin

COMMENTARY
Arabs and Israelis: Ripe for a Breakthrough?
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
A Sensible National Energy Strategy
S. Fred Singer
Streamlining Congressional Oversight of the CIA
Ray S. Cline
Germany, Japan, and the False Glare of War
Daniel Hamilton and James Clad

 

FOOD
Midsummer Feasting--the Scandinavian Way
Eloise Paananen

GARDENS
Cottage Garden Redux
Virginia Greiner

PERSONALITY
Lynne Cheney: Witty, Articulate, and Successful
Jeanne Viner Bell

PROFILE
Growing Up in Kuwait
Heather B. Hayes

TRENDS
Listen to Any Good Books Lately?
Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto

FEATURED BOOK: Orhan Pumuk's The White Castle
Introduction
Editor

Being Oneself and Another
Guneli Gun

Ottoman Shadow Theater
Talat S. Halman

REVIEWS
The Golden Knight
Byron Farwell
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
John Sugden

Mind Loss
Larry D. Nachman
THE CYNICAL SOCIETY
Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

Mighty Joe Lizard
Mark Schaffer
GOJIRO
Mark Jacobson

Tough Guys
Curt Schleier
EYES OF PREY
John Sandford
THE EMPRESS FILE
John Camp

An Interview With Peter Gay
John C. Tibbetts

Leaving a Trace
Linda Simon
IMMORTALITY
Milan Kundera, translated by Peter Kussi

The Funny Bone in Adam's Rib
Suzanne Fields
THEY USED TO CALL ME SNOW WHITE ... BUT I DRIFTED
Regina Barreca

The Nature of Discovery
Annick Smith
THE CROWN OF COLUMBUS
Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich

Waging War on Silence
Lucy Mazareski
IF I HAD WHEELS OR LOVE
Vassar Miller

When God Is the Underdog
Richard Lourie
IN THE BEGINNING
Irina Ratushinskaya, translated by Alyona Kojevnikov

ART
The Surprise of Pousette-Dart
Eric Gibson
Luc Legendre, Artist
Gary Lee

DANCE
Missing Misha: Businesswoman Now Leads ABT
Gary Parks
Death as a Young Man: Richard Strauss Missing in Ballet
Lawrence O'Toole

DESIGN
The Quilt as Art Form
Samantha Taylor

FILM
Samuel Arkoff: Schlockmeister Extraordinaire
David D'Arcy

MUSIC
New Germany's Music Miseries
Andrew Clark

PHOTOGRAPHY
Transforming Modern Architecture
Larry R. Thall

POETRY
The Absolute Tremor of Heat
William Bedford

THEATER
Catharsis in Bucharest
John Elsom
Kafka on Trial
Herb Greer

NATURE WALK
Unsung Grass
Clyde C. Berg

SCIENCE ESSAY
The Rhetoric of Science
Jeanne Fahnestock

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Daniel Botkin: The Myth of Constancy
Joseph M. Lubin

FOLK WISDOM
The Ogre Who Cried: A Modern Japanese Folktale
Christi Ann Merrill

HERITAGE
Days of Midnight Sun: Scandinavian Celebration of the Longest Day
Eloise Paananen

PEOPLES
The Flute Calls: Totonac Voladores: Ritual Fliers of Mexico
S. Jeffrey K. Wilkerson
A Flower on Lofty Heights: The Role of Women and Dance in Manipur
Lalit Gambhir
Romani Foodways: Gypsy Culinary Culture
Ian Hancock