If the secession of south Sudan occurs, as it appears likely to in 2011, the north may move closer to Egypt, which could help maintain a fragile balance and forestall renewed conflict, writes Abdel-Moneim Said

With Republicans making significant gains in the US Congress, choppy waters are ahead for Barack Obama, writes James Zogby

Pre-election political horse-trading has shown again that the Muslim Brotherhood puts its own interests before principles, writes Ammar Ali Hassan

Stability and peace in the Middle East are unattainable without first deconstructing the settler-colonial attitude upon which Israel is founded, writes Bassem Hassan