These days, one of the most important questions for Egypt's transition is apparently being settled between the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the political parties: how exactly should parliament elect the constituent assembly that (...)
NEW YORK: It went almost unnoticed on a day of brinkmanship and geopolitical pyrotechnics. At the United Nations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rolled out his demand for full statehood. Israel responded predictably, backed by the United States (...)
BERLIN: Pakistan's floods have probably been the biggest natural calamity ever faced by a democracy. Beyond the immediate human suffering, they could become a tragedy for Pakistan's political development.
Pakistan is making its third attempt (...)
BERLIN: Pakistan's floods have probably been the biggest natural calamity ever faced by a democracy. Beyond the immediate human suffering, they could become a tragedy for Pakistan's political development.
Pakistan is making its third attempt (...)
NEW YORK: It was early June 1989. Václav Havel had been released from jail only days before, yet he was full of what now seems an almost prophetic certainty. Thousands of his countrymen had written letters petitioning for his release, at a time when (...)
NEW YORK: For weeks, the scene has been re-played on TV screens around the world, as if the events were breaking news: joyous Berliners dancing atop the infamous Wall, toppled 20 years ago on November 9, 1989. "Die Mauer ist Weck, the people cried (...)
A quiz for history buffs. Twenty years ago - on June 4, 1989 - three events shaped a fateful year. Which do you remember most vividly, and which most changed the world?
a) The bloody denouement of the protests on Tiananmen Square.
b) The death (...)
BERLIN: With the world s focus on the recent war, a less-noticed aspect of the current Palestinian malaise is the expiry of President Mahmoud Abbas' term this January. While the two-state peace solution with Israel is premised on an emerging (...)
Western countries got it wrong when they believed that Hamas could not win the 2006 democratic elections they promoted in the Palestinian territories. Western leaders are getting it wrong again when they suggest that Palestinian President Mahmoud (...)