Seven Years Since 9/11

Seven years have now passed since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and many of the political and moral challenges that arose out of that fateful, tragic day continue to burden both U.S. and world politics.

In the wake of the attacks, Dissent grappled with what liberal politics meant in a post-9/11 world. Dismayed by the “radical failure of the left” in responding to the attacks, Michael Walzer asked, “More

Bridging the Divide

Palestinian intellectual Sari Nusseibeh is no stranger to the difficulties of achieving peace between Israelis and Palestinians. He notes in his recent memoir Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life: “Putting moral theory into practice—never very easy—is a daunting task in a war zone.” A long-time advocate of a two-state solution, he was the PLO’s chief representative in Jerusalem in 2001 and 2002 and is now president of Jerusalem-based al-Quds University.  Dissent contributor Jon Wiener (“The Weatherman Temptation,” Spring 2007) caught up with N... More