New wave nationalism
By Dominique Moisi PARIS: Could the world be on the verge of a new period of re-ordering itself, similar to the one experienced nearly 20 years ago? In the 1990s, the…
Turkey-Israel: searching for a magic formula
By Soli Ozel The deadly forest fire on Mount Carmel presented a timely opportunity for the Turkish and Israeli governments to climb down from their crisis mode and look for an…
Disaster Politics
By Peter Lagerquist Among organizations and people who make emergency relief their business, it has long been a truism that natural disasters are in the final analysis not nature-made. Nature throws…
Hungry Chinese collectors dominate Paris auctions
Chinese collectors with cash to burn dominated Paris auctions in December, displaying a ravenous appetite for pieces from the country's imperial days with a focus as much on investment as…
Thailand bans film about transgender father
Thailand's film board has banned a movie about a transgender father struggling to raise two children, a move the director says highlights the conservative side of Thai society despite its…
Bhutto niece tells all in ‘Songs of Blood and Sword’
By Caroline Curran Fatima Bhutto is the self-proclaimed black sheep of Pakistan’s foremost political family. Although little known compared to some of her more famous relatives, Bhutto is making a splash…
Iraq twin bombings kill 7 in first test for Maliki
RAMADI: A car bomb followed by a suicide bombing on Monday targeted government offices in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, killing seven people, four of them police, and wounding 51,…
Two years after war, Gaza border tensions flare
GAZA CITY: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday marked two years since Israel's devastating invasion of the coastal enclave at a time of renewed high tensions with the Jewish…
At Christmas, Pope urges end to Mideast Christians’ pain
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI urged an end Saturday to conflict in the Middle East and support for the region's Christians, saying those living in Iraq needed comfort from their…
Obama hails Saudi king’s ‘progress’ after surgery
HONOLULU: President Barack Obama called King Abdullah on Sunday to hail his recovery "progress," the White House said, in the strongest indication of the Saudi monarch's improving condition since he…