Author: Peter Maass

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 1983, after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, I went to Brussels as a copy editor for The Wall Street Journal/Europe. I left the Journal in 1985 to write for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune, covering NATO and the European Union. In 1987 I moved to Seoul, South Korea, where I wrote primarily for The Washington Post. After three years in Asia I moved to Budapest to cover Eastern Europe and the Balkans. I spent most of 1992 and 1993 covering the war in Bosnia for the Post.

Broward Public Library

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Panel discussion and meetings during the March 19-20 Literary Feast organized by the Broward Public Library Foundation. For details please click here.

‘Crude World’ in Danish

If my book could talk it would say “Hello Denmark.” In a few weeks, Gyldendal, the oldest publishing house in Denmark, is bringing out a Danish version of Crude World.

When a Philosopher Goes to War

If you ever thought war reportage could use more intellectual depth–wouldn’t it be interesting for a philosopher to wander the fields of battle?–I have two wonderful words for you: Carolin Emcke. Other than her last book, “ ... (Read more)

Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations

Rockport, Maine
Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations
Marcel’s Restaurant
220 Warrenton Street
Rockport, Maine 04856

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My Harvard Talk Postponed

Due to the snowstorm on the East Coast, my talk with Ed Kashi at Harvard, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed. It will be rescheduled–details to come.

Harvard Talk on February 10

Looking for something to do in Boston on the evening of February 10? Please stop by Harvard Law School for a talk I’ll be doing with Ed Kashi, a photographer whose work in Nigeria has ... (Read more)

‘Goodbye to Oil That’

A good review and excellent illustration in The National.

Following the Oil Money

Oxfam America has released an excellent public service advertisement about following the oil money.

The story of dysprosium and terbium

The headline over this New York Times story says it all: “Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively.” It’s what happens when the green technology revolution meets the extractive industry in China.

Tiger Woods, Meet Frank Rich

Frank Rich is on fire in his Sunday column in the New York Times.

After his “indefinite break” from golf, Woods will surely be back on the links once the next celebrity scandal drowns his out. But after a decade in which two true national catastrophes, a wasteful war and a near-ruinous financial ... (Read more)