The Sharm El-Sheikh conference allows at least for the building of hopes, writes Ibrahim Nafie

Anouar Abdel-Malek examines the roots of America's Christian fundamentalism

Is President Bush's second term witnessing a right-wing takeover? asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

Internal contradictions within Bush's agenda may jeopardise the new administration's ability to achieve its objectives, writes Immanuel Wallerstein

The US Supreme Court's decision in four cases brought by detainees of the "war on terror" has important consequences, both for the Bush administration, and for US law, writes Ahmad Naguib Roushdy

Brutality, it seems, has an infinitely long shelf life, writes Azmi Bishara