Commentary

THAILAND AND MALAYSIA took a big step toward ending their bloody fishing war when the prime minister

WHEN RUSSIANS GO TO THE POLLS Sunday to elect a new parliament, more of them will vote for the commu

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT in Strasbourg approved a customs union Wednesday with Turkey, a move that wi

Securities litigation reform may not be the jewel in the crown of the Contract With America. Yet whi

Not long ago I witnessed an historic event. U.S. car companies, including Chrysler Corp., Ford Motor

OLD ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE JONES ACTWhenever I read your newspaper, my eyes are immediately d

FIDEL CASTRO IS SCRAMBLING for a model of how to bring economic prosperity to Cuba without losing hi

SCORE ANOTHER WIN for Douglas Young. Canada's transport minister announced a deal last week to sell

The door slams behind me with a muted thud and, instantly, the world around shrinks to a small, brig

Somewhat like Nero, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien appears to be fiddling while his country -

The United States is in the midst of a great debate about the proper scope and function of governmen

FRANCE'S national temper tantrum continued Tuesday with more massive demonstrations. Prime Minister

NEVER LET IT BE SAID Russians don't understand democracy. In the run-up to Sunday's parliamentary el

The fuss over President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's trial balloon at extending his term of office by th

Poor judgment by French Prime Minister Alain Juppe in handling social reforms has brought about civi

MR. CLINTON FLAUNTS NAVY TRADITIONPresident Clinton, while courting the British Parliament e

IT'S THE SECRET Washington wants no one to know. The Republicans' controversial budget plan will not

Superfund, America's best-known, least-loved environmental law, turns 15 today. Fittingly enough, no

WHILE THE WORLD has been busy condemning Nigeria's dictators for the execution of nine human rights

Once again, it's farm states vs. maritime states in a congressional contest. The battle is over a bi

Nothing creates a more nostalgic longing for the countryside than the mournful sound of a distant tr

SOUTH KOREA SEEMS willing to face up to the most painful episodes in its political past. But it is m

BETTER WAYS OF PRICINGI appreciated your Nov. 27 article on yield management pricing

As we approach the anniversary of the floating of the Mexican peso on Dec. 20, 1994, it is useful to

Politicians love to boast of their "revolutionary" economic programs, guaranteed to forever raise th

NOTHING BETTER ILLUSTRATES the tensions in the European Union than the current debate over naming it

WASHINGTON HAS NO BUSINESS underwriting construction of a floating hotel. Yet that's what a group of

The impending retirement of Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo., after nearly a quarter-century in the

RACKED BY STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS, France seems to be collapsing in a heap. Bad news? Far from it

The Czech Republic, together with other Central and Eastern European countries, has a unique opportu

CHILE'S PENSION SYSTEM UNTESTEDThere are many things we should recognize and even emulate ab

THE MUCH-MALIGNED Postal Service made a $1.8 billion profit in the 1995 fiscal year. It is well on i

The long, powerful surge in the stock market suggests to many people that the American economy has e

PAYING TAXES is an unpleasant business. Shuffling through thickly worded forms and undecipherable in

It has been more than a year now since leaders from the Middle East and North Africa gathered in Cas

U.S. NEGOTIATORS scored two impressive victories in trade talks with the European Union last week. A

Study and work hard and you'll get ahead. That traditional formula for success still packs the unive

Over the last five decades, the alliance between the United States and Europe arguably has been the

The United States faces a growing paradox: A simultaneous rise of isolationism amid the increasing g

CHINA AND VIETNAM have agreed to reopen rail border crossings to handle what is shaping up to be a b