As volatile markets continue to swing like a pendulum Hassan Nafaa ponders the implications of the global financial meltdown

As financial markets continue their roller-coaster ride it is US hegemony that is being left behind, writes Galal Nassar

Speaking before the UN General Assembly, Amr Moussa delivers an ultimatum to the international community on Palestine

Cairo's overtures to Hizbullah are about shoring up Lebanon's now fragile Sunni community, writes Ammar Ali Hassan

In the second of a four-part review of what comes after Bush, Azmi Bishara laments that the trope of "good versus evil" in US political culture will prevail for some time to come

It is too easy to demonise the West, writes Amr Hamzawi

No longer will Russia be directed by the West, writes El-Sayed Amin Shalabi

Locked between US plans in the Arab region and Afghanistan, Pakistan appears both a target and a victim of the war on terror, writes Abdallah El-Ashaal