ANALYSIS
North Korea’s Missiles Backfire
Shim Jae Hoon
Grappling With the Ghosts of Russia’s Past
Mahir Ali

COMMENTARY--Middle East Security
Disastrous Middle East Miscalculations
Alon Ben-Meir
Lasting Emptiness After Pan Am Flight 103
Marc S. Ellenbogen

EDUCATION WATCH
School Science Debate Still in Session
Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

FEATURE
Desertification Threat in Congo River Basin
Integrated Regional Information Networks
Interior Ministry to Blame for Egyptian Police Brutality
Sara Khorshid
Plum Foolish: New Maine Development Endangers Forestland
Ted Williams
Drought vs. Food Security in Eritrea
Ravinder Rena, Ph.D.

HUMAN WELFARE--Immigration Issues
Europe's Migrant Crisis
Martin Walker
U.K. May Reform Human Rights Law
Hannah K. Strange

 

PASTIMES
The Power of Reading: Reading and Society
Donald E. Howard

PERSONALITY
Steve Martin's Many Faces
Christian Toto

SPORTS
Girlpower on Steel Skates
Gabriella Boston

TRAVEL
A Different Taste of Bangalore
Ramesh Avadhani
Sana'a Rising: Yemen's Medieval-Modern City
Eric Hansen
Malaysia: After Whirl of Kuala Lumpur, Island Revives Mind and Body
Karen Fawcett

TRENDS
Working Girls: The End of Sisterhood
Alison Wolf

REVIEWS
Meeting Postconflict Challenges
Tisa M. Anders
POSTCONFLICT DEVELOPMENT: MEETING NEW CHALLENGES
Gerd Junne and Willemijn Verkoren, Editors

Alive in the Andes
Eric Wills
MIRACLE IN THE ANDES: 72 DAYS ON THE MOUNTAIN AND MY JOURNEY HOME
Nando Parrado with Vince Rause

The Limerick Reclaimed
Carol Herman
LIBERATING THE LIMERICK
Ernest W. Lefever

J.M.W. Turner: Exploring a Cockney Painter's Archetypal Englishness
Merle Rubin
J.M.W. TURNER: ACKROYD'S BRIEF LIVES
Peter Ackroyd

Suburban Sprawl as the American Dream
Rachel DiCarlo
SPRAWL: A COMPACT HISTORY
Robert Bruegmann

Thrills and Chills
Robert M. Smalley
CHAIN OF COMMAND
Caspar Weinberger and Peter Schweizer

WRITERS AND WRITING
Elizabeth Bishop: The Poet as Traveler
Fred Stern

EXHIBITION
Dashiell Captures Colorful America
Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto
Masters of American Comics at MAM
The Milwaukee Art Museum

FILM
Before There Was Kong
Gary Arnold

TELEVISION
Is PBS Relevant or Redundant?
Chris Baker

NATURE WALK
Mythical Jaguars Face Harsh Reality
Caroline Goldman

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Animal Experiments in Addiction Science
Sue Young-Wilson
The Art and Science of Water: Muslim Engineering Marvels Still Fascinate
Richard Covington
The Mission to Build a Better Peanut
Luis Pons

HERITAGE
Storytelling as Art in Indian Puppetry
Mridu Khullar
What Was Jiroft?
Richard Covington

PATTERNS
Hijras Caught in No Man's Land Between Two Genders
Integrated Regional Information Networks

PEOPLES
Qatar: A Model for the Middle East
S. Rob Sobhani