‘Our’ Islamists
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: Following the death of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi, Libya’s…
Bringing the informal sector into the fold
By Masood Ahmed Unemployment rates in the Middle East and North Africa have…
Democracy in the Congo?
By Charles Tannock LONDON: Free, fair, and transparent democratic elections are no longer…
New India, old Europe
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: The recent Indian-Italian bilateral dialogue, held in Milan…
The Arab world’s intifada
By Phyllis Bennis The "Arab spring" may have started in early 2011 when…
Seeming green
By Bjørn Lomborg COPENHAGEN: When Denmark’s new government ministers presented themselves to Queen…
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…