Cold financial logic dogs Liberia
Liberians await their country's reconstruction, but on a wing and a prayer, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Can it be stopped?
The international community continues to struggle with the troubling question of why genocide remains a threat around the world and what -- if anything -- can be done to stop it, writes Jaideep Mukerji

Trick or treat
The German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder quits as party chairman in a move designed to free him to institute sweeping socio-economic reforms, writes Abdel-Azim Hammad from Berlin

Moscow nightmare
An explosion in Moscow's underground railway system, the mysterious disappearance of a presidential candidate, and the continuing conflict in Chechnya are creating a tense and uncertain situation in Russia, writes Shohdy Naguib from Moscow

Caribbean Schevardnadze?
Armed opposition forces take control of Haiti's fourth largest city, Gonaives, casting a long shadow of doubt on the nascent Haitian democratic experiment, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Appeasing Bush at Munich
At an international security policy conference, "old" Europe went over backwards to appease old friends, writes Abdel-Azim Hammad from Munich