The Mena House interview -- The cruelty of geopolitics -- Can political democracy survive the religious resurgence? -- False universalism & the politics of exclusion -- Implications of the Oslo/Cairo framework for the peace process -- The Kurdish struggle for self-determination -- Protecting Palestinians -- Legal reflections on the Israeli occupation -- The status of Israeli settlements under international law -- The Beirut Raid and the international law of retaliation -- Rethinking US-Israel relations after the Lebanon War -- The New York Times trilogy : Anthony Lewis & Richard Falk --International law & the US response to the Iranian Revolution -- Human rights after the Iranian Revolution.