Al-Ahram Weekly Online   29 January - 4 February 2009
Issue No. 932
International
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

'Enjoy it all'
Advice from the Bush twins is more useful than anything their father ever said, reports Anayat Durrani
Carter redux
Even before the euphoria evaporates, analysts are preaching gloom and doom for Obama on the home front, says Eric Walberg
Positive indications
US President Obama has given several signs that a Middle East settlement is his number one priority, argues James Zogby
Unclench your fist
Reversing previous policies concerning the Muslim world, US President Barack Obama makes it clear that the leading lights in his administration convey signs that are, at last, not so difficult to read, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Sending the right signals
Obama's opening moves on the Middle East scene are harbingers of hope and positive change ahead, writes Muqtedar Khan
A coherent stick
US President Barack Obama's new special envoy to Afghanistan-Pakistan signals continuity as much as change, notes Graham Usher in Islamabad

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