A PALESTINIAN VIEW: We are ready for freedom and independence
By Ghassan Khatib After its last meeting, the executive committee of the…
AN ISRAELI VIEW: Why we are going to the UN
By Yossi Alpher The Palestine Liberation Organization has now officially decided to…
From Fukushima to disarmament
By Malcolm Fraser SYDNEY: Months after the devastating March 11 earthquake and…
Turning privacy “threats” into opportunities
By Esther Dyson NEW YORK: It is a well-known — though questionable…
A clockwork chemistry
By Guy Kahane OXFORD: In Anthony Burgess’s novella (and Stanley Kubrick’s film)…
Indonesian efforts to defend multiculturalism
By Testriono JAKARTA: Recent cases of religious intolerance in Indonesia have led…
Cutting the fog: Multiculturalism, religion and the common good
By Sara Silvestri The death of “multiculturalism” has been proclaimed repeatedly recently,…
Should China be ‘contained’?
By Joseph Nye CAMBRIDGE: This month marks the 40th anniversary of Henry…
In Lebanon, dialogue as a solution
By Sheikh Hani Fahs BEIRUT: The Taif Agreement, ratified in 1989, brought…
Five Ismailia workers on strike arrested
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: The military police has arrested five workers at…