A letdown even to skeptics
Even those who had modest expectations for the Annapolis conference were disappointed…
NO to violence against women: breaking walls of silence
November 25 marked the annual day for violence against women. It was…
Post-Islamism: Reconciling liberal democracy with Islam
Muslim dictatorships have caused a lot of frustration. These days Islamists -…
Vladimir de Gaulle?
The greatest disappointment of the post-communist era has been the failure of…
Climate change and development: The central challenge of our time
Imagine that a huge asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. Scientists tell us…
Qatif rape case: a catalyst for change?
Recently in Saudi Arabia, a young woman from the town of Qatif…
Putinomics
President Vladimir Putin turned Russia' parliamentary election into a referendum on himself…
Asia in the world
Before I became the UN's Secretary-General, I was an Asian diplomat. While…
In Focus: The Autumn of Arab Islamists
Are Arab Islamists on the threshold of political decline? Humble election results…