From Manhattan, what happened in the aftermath of the New York Mayor's action to clear the Occupy Wall Street protest, and what needs to happen next
Just as the final U.S. troops are withdrawing, and just as the world’s attention is diverted on Syria and elsewhere, Iraq may steal the limelight a final time and bow and declare: before long, she may not be anymore.
The Palestinians' current political impasse offers them only difficult choices, says Ghassan Khatib.
Spartacus, a monstrosity of sentimentality, only survives in annual repeats on daytime television; Full Metal Jacket is regarded as one of the great 'Nam movies. Strong thematic and structural parallels, however, bind the two films together, and the nauseous incontinence of the earlier film can he
What do I do differently as a result of knowing this great woman? I utterly believe in the power of one local person to transform a violent situation. I know that humiliation is the driver of most incidents of violence, and that respect is the best antidote to humiliation, and I try to apply that.
" I refuse to be a victim: I am a resource for peace": Dekha Ibrahim Abdi 1964-2011
The prospect of an Israeli military assault on Iran's nuclear assets is growing. The scale and impact of any attack would be far greater than most observers expect.
On the eve of Remembrance Day members of parliament urge the UK government to stop sending under 18-year-olds to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The ‘Arab revolution’ as a phenomenon backed by France and its allies is evidence of the arbitrariness of liberal democracy long ago identified by the German jurist Carl Schmitt: it is no more than rule achieved through a state of emergency.
The run up to the Tunisian elections was filled with a disruptive campaigning that appeared in parallel to electoral campaigns. At the time, a worried Tunisian called for vigilance against manipulative attempts to divert the people’s attention away from real issues. This article was first publishe
