The fall of autocratic regimes in the Arab world have led to the inevitable rise to power of Islamist groups who have had no real competition. These groups however are ill-equipped to tackle the economic, social and political problems that these countries face today.
There is something always moving about America's sense of its destiny. The speeches to the Republican convention were stirring with their appeals to the frontier, to justice and to the nation's special relationship with God. John Ford's minor western on the Mormon saga reminds us why we need to re
When the BBC fixates on a narrow literary canon, and presents classic novels in straightforward adaptations, it wastes its own potential. Why not follow up Radio 4's extraordinary and unusual 'Bloomsday' celebration to use fiction as a creative springboard to a radical new kind of broadcasting?
London’s Pushkin House has been showing an exhibition of work by the renowned Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus. Masha Karp looks at why his work of the 1960s-70s is still relevant now.
UK education is dumbing down! British children aren't clever enough, quick enough, skilled enough! This is the fear that stalks the school playground, led by the apparition of the Education Secretary. It is a monstrous farce, but wrapped up as we are within it, we find ourselves unable to simply w
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For years, Egypt has been frustrated at being sidelined in the regional order. If Iran was surprised at Morsi’s bold statements at the summit, then so were the US and Israel.
Many opposition communities embraced and sponsored the fighters, who represented at that time the local defenders of these communities. But then their goals seemed to change.
Stifling the media can lead to the emergence of robust new media, like those that accelerated the end of some of the most autocratic Arab dictators.
There is a palpable dissatisfaction towards both the Tunisian Government and the National Constitutional Assembly: protests, marches, sit-ins, campaigns etc.
It was as though, twenty-four years later, the Sudanese people awoke from an apathetic coma. It was refreshing. Everyone joined forces.
Jordan probably won’t censor its internet. But just the fact that it is still trying is extremely disappointing.
