The police institution is the ugliest reflection of authority in Egypt. It is almost a duty to hate it – but this hatred breeds self-loathing. عربي
The constitution-making process must remain wedded to the public interest in the peace process, and not simply the narrow interests of political elites.
An effective second generation human security policy that would actually improve everyday security, both in conflict zones and in Europe, may well be critical for the very survival of the EU.
Neither Sisi nor anyone else can bring stability to the country without radical social transformation, to address the key issues that brought about revolt in the first place.
Money buys the machines that control people’s access to work. Humanity’s task is to reverse that order.
Current proposals for European cooperation with Libya to contain migration and refugee flows are ill-advised.
The distinction between a refugee and other irregular migrants coming from the Gambia is hard to maintain in a country where a lack of democracy is accompanied by failures of economic and political governance.
Readers can judge for themselves why this contribution by a veteran politician to the UK prime minister's volume on tackling corruption was not included. Today, we are pleased to share it with our global readership.
What we see today is not a revolt against the ruling class, but rather a battle within this class; an attempt to redistribute the state’s power and resources.
The veteran German diplomat speaks about the challenge of uniting Libya and ending a civil war.
Violence and repression are becoming more severe, and are symptomatic of the failure of Arab leaders to build a hegemonic vision they can use to control the citizenry.
Papa Wemba, star of the third generation of post-1945 Congolese musicians, has died. He exemplified Congo's cultural knack of creating distinctive, non-western ways of defining modernity
