It appears that a new cold war is brewing, though it will not be the same as the last, writes Gamil Mattar

Mixing religion and politics was a colonial scheme that is now haunting the West, writes Ayman El-Amir

The case of the Cuban Five, writes Curtis Doebbler , reveals the politicisation and undermining of US law

Though the US wants to blame Nuri Al-Maliki for failure in Iraq, doing so is not fair, writes James Zogby

While Egypt's dominant party needs reform, so do others if the general well-being is to be enhanced, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

Ahead of this autumn's projected peace conference, Israeli politicians are stumbling over themselves to set the shrewdest terms for negotiations, writes Azmi Bishara

The keys to peace lie in Arab hands, writes Amin Howeidi

There ought to be no fundamental conflict between religion and politics, for they serve different functions, writes Galal Nassar