Opinion

There is something definitely strange about Egyptian politics.Opposition parties decide to participate in elections, even though they know from experience…

Christmas Island evokes a tropical paradise, an antipodean getaway, where Santa can relax after the festivities have died down. It…

All dictatorships throughout history have relied on the ruthless support of security apparatuses. The situation in Egypt from the late…

Many people seem to doubt that the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) includes any true reformists among its ranks. I,…

On the final day of the United Nations climate talks in Cancun, Diana Pei Wu, a member of Grassroots Solutions…

Egypt’s 28 November election and its 5 December run-off solved one problem for the ruling party--by removing the Muslim Brothers…

Egypt's controversial new parliament has convened in business-as-usual fashion despite the opposition's accusations that the new house is illegitimate and…

What are Mohamed ElBaradei’s political objectives? Is he a charismatic leader who represents an Egyptian national consensus in favor of…

On Sunday, President Hosni Mubarak appointed ten MPs to parliament, a right the Egyptian constitution grants to any president. The…

After two weeks of difficult negotiations between more than 190 nations at the climate talks in Cancun, the multilateral process…