Al-Ahram Weekly Online   17 - 23 November 2011
Issue No. 1072
Opinion
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Republicans debate foreign policy
Republican hopefuls for the White House appear to have learnt none of the lessons of the disastrous Bush years, especially relative to the MidEast, writes James Zogby
In Focus: Confusing maps from a stormy spring
Institutionalised democratic government, a key aim of the 25 January Revolution, seems to be receding from our grasp, writes Galal Nassar
Tyranny mission
Bashar Al-Assad and Ali Abdullah Saleh have the opportunity to step away from disaster, but they're not doing it, writes Abdel-Moneim Said
US-Egyptian relations: tantrums will happen
If dictatorship was forthcoming for Washington when it came to implementing US demands, democracy in Egypt may be more of a handful, writes Amr Abdel-Ati
A virtue of necessity?
Is there an "Obama Doctrine" governing the conduct of US foreign policy in the Middle East or has it all been increasingly desperate improvisation, asks James Petras
Through a dark glass
Any analysis of the rise and prospects of Islamist movements is hampered by the inability to let go of pervasive myths, writes Khalil El-Anani
Islamist parties in Turkey
Some look to the Muslim Brotherhood to do for Egypt what ErdoganŐs party did for Turkey; yet the two are very different, in goals and means, writes Azmi Ashour
The mother of all gambles
It is time for the Palestinian leadership to embrace the one state solution, because the two state solution is nothing but a sham, writes Bassem Hassan

Editorial:
What's your point, Clinton?

Close up:
Age of deceit
By Salama A Salama

Soapbox:
A nuclear tall story
By Makram Mohamed Ahmed


This week:
Anis Mansour

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