Playing in downtime While it may appear to be embracing change, the Muslim Brotherhood is jockeying on the political scene with no clear strategy except joining nobody, writes Khalil El-Anani
Truth of a scandalous war Obama faces a stark choice in Afghanistan: leave now with some dignity or await the humiliation that befell the Russians, writes Aijaz Zaka Syed
Middle East watershed In the post-US war era in the region, despotic Arab regimes will be ripe to fall, writes Ayman El-Amir
Change in Egypt With positive and negative consequences, change is both inevitable and is the shifting tide all policymakers must address, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
Waiting for a verdict With elements from Hizbullah expected to be implicated in Al-Hariri's assassination, the organisation's support among ordinary Lebanese remains as strong as ever, writes Ramzy Baroud
Dangerous illusions As threats of a new Israel-Lebanon war appear to loom, no one seems to have learned anything from the region's history, writes James Zogby
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Editorial:
The cypress tree
Close up:
Wrong answer
By Salama A Salama
Soapbox:
The new strain of violence
By AUTHOR
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