Hail to the technocrats
By Fabrizio Tassinari COPENHAGEN: Is the European Union’s supposed “democratic deficit” now spreading…
‘Spring-less’ Palestine?
By Ibrahim Shikaki In recent years, and for various ecological reasons, Palestinians have…
Lessons from Indonesia’s Maluku conflict
By Elektronita Duan TOBELO, Indonesia: From 1999 to 2002 the conflict between Christians…
Energy markets or energy governance?
By Javier Solana and Ãngel Saz-Carranza MADRID: This month, the International Energy Agency…
Can immigration reform renew America’s multicultural identity?
By Ninoska Marcano VIENNA, Virginia: As controversial state laws on immigration continue to…
Iraq, after the troops leave
By Ahmed Kadhum Fahad NASIRIYA, Iraq: On 22 October, US President Barack Obama…
Europe’s next nightmare
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: As if the economic ramifications of a full-blown Greek…
The undeserving one percent?
By Raghuram Rajan CHICAGO: It is amazing how the “one percent” epithet, a…
Jumping frogs
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Betting on certainties is a mug’s game. Forecasting voters’…
The devil in the tar sands
By Jody Williams and Archbishop Desmond Tutu CAPE TOWN: On Sunday, Nov. 6,…