In an election that seems to change from week to week, the 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates have been anything but boring, says Anayat Durrani

McCain's running mate reveals well the thinking that Republican strategists aim to insert into the American psyche, writes James Zogby

The Palin-Biden debate left a lot to be desired, writes Ramzy Baroud

The US -- now world -- financial crisis has given nations a golden opportunity, but will they seize it, asks Eric Walberg

As the American financial crisis lurches into territory unseen since the 1930s' Great Depression, the financial systems and economies of the South are more vulnerable than ever, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Asif Zardari has presented himself as America's man in the "war on terror". It won't do him much good in Pakistan, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad