A joint multi-billion dollar project between Japan and Iran raised questions over the seriousness of Washington's military threats against the Islamic Republic, Ibrahim Nafie writes

To change its position in the international power game, the Arab world needs to convince others that talking about peace is not its only option, writes Amin Howeidi

Arab leaders cannot afford to be inert, believing that the region's woes or future threats do not concern them, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

The struggle for justice and prosperity in the Arab world and everywhere depends upon popular resistance to US imperialism and its local clients, writes George Galloway

Looking back, it's difficult to see anything positive that Bush Jr has achieved in his war on terror, writes Khalil El-Anani

Tensions between north and south relative to religion and society need to be resolved in dialogue, though it must be unbiased to work, writes Bahey El-Din Hassan

Egyptians have the ability to challenge authority but lack an appropriate framework of political legitimacy, writes Ammar Ali Hassan

People imagine that their opinions are their own, not those of corporate moguls who compete to colonise the public sphere. We are not as free in thought as we think, writes Ramzy Baroud