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SCAF’s weapons of mass distraction
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: Each mass Friday protest is like déjà vu.…
The Palestinian National Authority or a new strategic direction?
By Sameer Abu Eisheh First, we have to ask ourselves about the role…
Israel: positive and negative ramifications of the Arab Spring
By Itamar Rabinovich The impact of the "Arab spring" on Israel has so…
Turkey’s Kurdish question demands brave new moves
By Kaya Genç ISTANBUL, Turkey: Who could have imagined that one day pedestrians…
‘Our’ Islamists
By Brahma Chellaney NEW DELHI: Following the death of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi, Libya’s…
Bringing the informal sector into the fold
By Masood Ahmed Unemployment rates in the Middle East and North Africa have…
Democracy in the Congo?
By Charles Tannock LONDON: Free, fair, and transparent democratic elections are no longer…
New India, old Europe
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: The recent Indian-Italian bilateral dialogue, held in Milan…
Seeming green
By Bjørn Lomborg COPENHAGEN: When Denmark’s new government ministers presented themselves to Queen…