With the passing consolations of a royal wedding and a triumph at cricket, England endures a turbulent summer, as riots sweep through the cities,…
THE SAUDI royal family is afraid. Very, very afraid. A crisis of leadership is brewing. The king is ailing and his successor, Crown Prince…
By Nader Mousavizadeh The opinions expressed are his own. Last week, China quietly launched the aircraft carrier Varyag from the port of Dalian. The…
Beijing is less likely to seek astral dominance if it is treated as a partner, not a pariah. By Gerard De Groot Ever since…
On 23 August we celebrate a vital moment in the abolition of the slave trade – so why has the day received no state…
By ANTHONY SHADID DJERBA, Tunisia — The idealism of the revolts in Egypt and Tunisia, where the power of the street revealed the frailty…
Christopher Hill 2011-08-23 SINGAPORE – While NATO probably will not want to replicate its Libya intervention anywhere else anytime soon, it appears that the…
At the Edinburgh international book festival this weekend, Ewan Morrison set out his bleak vision of a publishing industry in terminal decline. Here’s a…
Secular society can only make sense of the riots through the language of morality. But the church is struggling, too By Albert Radcliffe The…
The economy may be booming but a hunger strike by Anna Hazare is feeding public anger against political and state corruption. By Patrick French…