Anouar Abdel-Malek applauds Chinese President Jintao's visit to Japan, considering it a historic step in the formation of a new world order
RARE IS THE NEW EVENT or development that transforms the world. Russia's 1917 Revolution was one. Hitler's (...)
Processes of world transformation are deep at work in our time. Our task is to give these institutional definition, such as in the proposed New Silk Roads Forum, writes Anouar Abdel-Malek*
Major political and cultural projects often emerge during (...)
Anouar Abdel-Malek* charts the way to reversing the tide of Western hegemony
When few years ago the Egyptian TV drama Liyali al-Helmiya (Helmiya Nights) was being aired, a great many spectators used to heave a sigh while listening to the opening (...)
Great fanfare accompanied this year's Arab summit, but was there anything to celebrate, asks Anouar Abdel-Malek
Talk of change has taken a turn down a blind alley; has entered darkened, soundproofed rooms without windows or doors. Recently, as I (...)
While some charge that Egypt has conceded its regional role, indicators point to the opposite conclusion, writes Anouar Abdel-Malek
Everyone is too busy with regional turbulence and domestic tensions to take note of developments that may end up (...)
Reflecting on the experience of that other America, below the equator, Anouar Abdel-Malek proposes a revival of the civilisations of the global south
In the summer of 1969, as I accepted an invitation from Claudio Villez to serve as visiting (...)
The Bandung Conference opened 50 years ago this month. Anouar Abdel-Malek ponders its significance for the 21st century
Who among the participants at the Bandung conference in 1955 could have imagined that it would remain a symbol in the hearts and (...)
On the cusp of a new year Anouar Abdel-Malek remembers old friends
What will the annals of Egyptian -- or for that matter world -- history make of 2004? People at the bottom, and many at the top, agree that it has been a bad 12 months all round. The (...)
Anouar Abdel-Malek examines the roots of America's Christian fundamentalism
The days that brought about the re-election of George "Dubya" Bush were pregnant with surprises. Most astounding was the failure of almost all the brilliant minds and (...)
Turning 80 this week, Anouar Abdel-Malek reviews the lessons contained in his experience of more than half a century
I write these words in the early hours of Saturday, 23 October 2004, a date I had not expected to see. I have just crossed the (...)
To suggest China's economic and cultural resurgence is somehow a miracle serves only to obscure the very real lessons it holds, writes Anouar Abdel-Malek
As we probe the essence of the message China holds for the Arabs we must sketch in the (...)
Sun Tzu penned the world's oldest surviving military treatise. It contains wisdom applicable now more than ever, writes Anouar Abdel-Malek
There is light at the end of the tunnel. The ideas, sentiments, and interests of the Arabs and China have come (...)
Hubris, enemy of ambition, has brought down vast empires and may mark the sunset of the American century, writes Anouar Abdel Malek
Here we are in the heart of the storm, at the moment of Abu Ghraib, the symbol of that network of internment camps (...)
What lies behind Europe's anti-Russian rhetoric, asks Anouar Abdel-Malek
How can we explain the irritation felt in Europe about Russia in recent months? Did not Russia join the two most important western European states, France and Germany, in their (...)
The closer Europe edges to unity the more it needs to define its global role, writes Anouar Abdel-Malek
What can Europe do to fend off the torrent of scorn coming its way from US policy-makers and media? Does it have a clear answer? Or will it keep (...)
Anouar Abdel-Malek examines the connections between, and alternatives to
After a long, hot summer I could have resumed my discussion on the dimensions of the current war, the significance of the crisis and ways to overcome, or at least minimise, the (...)
History shows that a united national front is vital if Egypt is to play a role in building a new multi-polar world order, argues Anouar Abdel-Malek
The business of manufacturing new and exciting political terms is booming once again. "Roadmap" and (...)
The looting of Baghdad was a preview of what's in store for the region. Anouar Abdel-Malek writes Although it is fashionable these days to note the need "to deal with reality", one cannot help wondering how the civilised world would handle the (...)