Al-Ahram Weekly | International

Gunboat diplomacy
In the third of four-part series, Naom Chomsky argues that the NATO bombardment did not arrive too late to prevent the widespread atrocities in Kosovo

A little to the left
Buenos Aires' elections were a victory for the ruling party, but a surprising showing was made further left, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires

Out on a limb If the UN makes yet another blunder from a war-torn African country, who will rescue the downward spiral in which Sierra Leone has sunk? Gamal Nkrumah looks to other West African nations
Wars within wars Ethiopia surges ahead, brazenly claiming that borders were never its main concern. Calm will only come with international intervention, writes Dan Connell	Fiji under siege Autocracy looms Insult to injury Tug of war Unfriendly relations