Foreign wars are taking a backseat in the jockeying for power, writes Hannah Mintz

Violence and political assassinations are not the only reasons Pakistanis have had it with their government, writes Graham Usher in Rawalpindi

Kenya's opposition, robbed of victory, is up in arms, Western powers have stepped up pressure and a flurry of diplomatic activity has ensued, writes Gamal Nkrumah

France's dynamo juggles domestic and international concerns very cleverly, notes Eva Dadrian

Gamal Nkrumah analyses the ramifications of last Sunday's closely contested Serbian presidential poll which witnessed the largest turnout since the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic

Time's Man of the Year will have the world hanging on his every move in 2008, muses Eric Walberg