A major conflict in the region appears immanent. Will the Arab regimes fall for the same ruse as they did in the past, asks Hassan Nafaa

The frenzy that has accompanied elections around the world has had little impact on advancing democracy, writes Ayman El-Amir

We need a compact with nature if we are to face the future and survive, writes Koïchiro Matsuura

With the only Lockerbie conviction now going to appeal, Libya's alleged role in international terrorism is again open to refutation, writes Issaka Souaré

In the first of three instalments, Azmi Bishara outlines the gradual reduction of an Arab Palestinian cause into the cause of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza