Michael Massing

Michael Massing, a New York writer, is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and Columbia Journalism Review.

Currently

  • The Power Conundrum

    May 22, 2008

    After railing against non-violent intervention in the face of genocide, Samantha Power rethinks her stand.

2005

  • How Liberia Held 'Free' Elections

    October 13, 2005

    Votes are now being counted in the first truly free election in Liberia's troubled history. It's a far cry from the 1986 election, which dictatorial Samuel Doe fraudulently "won" by shutting down not only newspapers but entire political parties. The Reagan Administration just looked on.

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