Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf believes he can tough out the worst crisis of his eight-year rule. It may be another miscalculation, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad

British Muslims are obliged to assimilate, argues Said Shehata

Former Democratic presidential candidate and former governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis, spoke to Karim El-Khashab of America's future in the Middle East

Nigeria's struggle for political stability and prosperity is a marathon effort, given the outlook for this week's regional elections and next week's presidential polls, writes Gamal Nkrumah

In the second of a two-part series on Central Asia, Eric Walberg considers the relevance to Egypt of the remarkable re-orientation in Central Asia's political and economic life in the recent past

The world would be better off if the US renounced its self-appointed role of global policeman, and examined the corruption of moral values borne of imperial ambition, writes Ayman El-Amir

The French presidential elections are an opportunity to size up outgoing French President Jacques Chirac's legacy, both at home and for the Arab world, writes David Tresilian in Paris