Whither Africa's "Frontier Markets"?
Zimbabwe's election appears, once again, to confirm a truism: Africa only seems…
Reflections: Bread or freedom?
A good offence is the best defense, as we all learnt yesterday.…
Toward building peace
I was eating breakfast one morning when my father slapped down the…
Bush's New Middle East
President George W. Bush's declaration of "mission accomplished in Iraq five years…
Gaza's Crushed Childhoods
Ayman is a soft-spoken 14-year-old boy in Jabalia City, Gaza. His family…
Taming the Private Equity "Locusts"
The full repercussions of the financial crisis triggered by bad mortgages in…
Dialogue of the deaf
Last week in Europe we waited with bated breath for reactions to…
With a Grain of Salt: The Ten Magic Rules
A friend of mine from France sent me an article by Bernard…
A responsible response to Geert Wilders
As soon as I heard that right wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders'…