Placing the spotlight on the nuclear ambitions of states in the Middle East serves to distract attention from the real threat posed by Israel's nuclear arsenal, writes Mustafa El-Feki

Egypt will ricochet from disaster to disaster until it accepts that the poor are not a problem, but part of the solution, writes Galal Nassar

While other powers around the world reassert their national interest against a United States that no longer holds universal promise, the Arabs do not, writes Azmi Bishara in the final instalment of a four-part analysis of the world after Bush

Panic and rash choices lead paper losses to become real losses amid stock market meltdowns. Sameh Sakr sets out the principles of wise financial investment

It is egregious that while a billion people worldwide are starving, governments are throwing thousands of billions in aid to failed financial institutions, writes Ramzy Baroud

Rather than merely taking advantage of rural popularity, it is rural ways that are influencing the Muslim Brotherhood, writes Hossam Tammam

The global financial crisis is a political, as well as an economic, implosion, writes Hassan Nafaa

Obama is the man to lead America forward, writes Muqtedar Khan

While Obama may be preferable to McCain, Arabs should remember that the next US president will still champion American interests, writes Amr Abd El-Atty