New management, new jargon
The IMF has a new managing director. Ahmed Abushadi assesses his prospects
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The state is the crisis
The last thing Africa needs is to rebuild the state systems collapsing across the continent or clinging to power by brute force, writes Mohamed El-Sayed Said
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The present impasse
Once again, the Middle East peace process is stalled. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses whether Israel's decision to withdraw from Lebanon, even unilaterally, changes the picture
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Why is peace floundering?
The main obstacle on the Syrian-Israeli track, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb, is a mutual lack of trust
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Close up
By Salama Ahmed Salama
Winds of war
The Middle East seems braced to join an arms race. Huge pur-hases of new defensive weap-ns coincide with a marked es-alation in threats and anxiety not known since the Gulf War ended and Iraq's attempt to in-ade Kuwait was foiled.
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Editorial
That was the deal
If the United States is to perform its role as an honest broker in the Middle East peace process, it cannot simply be a mes-enger for Israeli views.
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Soapbox
By Nadia Makram Ebeid
Protect and preserve
The world is facing a huge challenge: how to achieve accelerated development, in all its forms, while protecting the environment.
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