New India, old Europe
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: The recent Indian-Italian bilateral dialogue, held in Milan…
The Arab world’s intifada
By Phyllis Bennis The "Arab spring" may have started in early 2011 when…
Seeming green
By Bjørn Lomborg COPENHAGEN: When Denmark’s new government ministers presented themselves to Queen…
Hail to the technocrats
By Fabrizio Tassinari COPENHAGEN: Is the European Union’s supposed “democratic deficit” now spreading…
‘Spring-less’ Palestine?
By Ibrahim Shikaki In recent years, and for various ecological reasons, Palestinians have…
Lessons from Indonesia’s Maluku conflict
By Elektronita Duan TOBELO, Indonesia: From 1999 to 2002 the conflict between Christians…
Energy markets or energy governance?
By Javier Solana and Ãngel Saz-Carranza MADRID: This month, the International Energy Agency…
Can immigration reform renew America’s multicultural identity?
By Ninoska Marcano VIENNA, Virginia: As controversial state laws on immigration continue to…
Iraq, after the troops leave
By Ahmed Kadhum Fahad NASIRIYA, Iraq: On 22 October, US President Barack Obama…
Europe’s next nightmare
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: As if the economic ramifications of a full-blown Greek…