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The Worldpress.org Opinion section includes op-ed essays, commentaries, and letters to the editor.
Fracking and Water Scarcity
With global energy demands rising, water is becoming a more precious resource by the day, and fracking threatens its supply in more ways than one.
By Joshua Pringle.
Syria: the Misnomer of 'Combating Terrorism'
In Syria and across the Middle East, every actor embroiled in conflict is considered a terrorist by someone, making resolutions exceedingly difficult to achieve. By Laurelle Atkinson.
Egypt: Consequences of Morsi's Removal
The Egyptian Armed Forces' removal of President Morsi has created a number of challenges related to democracy, political stability and the role of Islam. By Jacob Cedusky.
Israel's Brick Wall
Israel's unreasonableness, backed by U.S. opposition to Palestinian statehood, is bound to isolate Israel and undermine American influence in the region.
By Larry Derfner.
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Mercosur and Pacific Alliance: Latin America Divided
Ailana Navarez
United States and Brazil: Reaping What You Sow
Jan Knippers Black
Rwanda: 20th Anniversary of the Genocide
Derick Wolf
Letter: Venezuela: The International Media Is Asleep
Maria Huston
The International Criminal Court in Afghanistan
Djeyhoun Ostowar
Libya Is a Failed State
James Stafford
Syria: Center of a Region Inflamed
Laurelle Atkinson
Bo Xilai: Anti-Corruption Failure in China
Sun Xi
Singapore: from Bilingualism to Biculturalism
Sun Xi
When Will the U.S. Hit The 1947 Wall?
Evan Schnidman
Do Bahrain's Sunnis Like the Smell of Tear Gas?
Joshua Pringle
Hegemony: What Is It Good For?
Joshua Pringle
Standing Down as Iran's Power Struggle Unfolds
Jen Alic
Iran Is the New Iraq
Joey Ayoub
Climate Change: Why Oil Companies Don't Want Us Talking about It
Bill McKibben
Iran vs. Israel
Laurelle Atkinson
Real Battle in Egypt Is Not on the Streets
Maria Golia
Global Fund Fights AIDS, TB and Malaria
Chinua Akukwe
A Brighter Future for Bahrain
Dr. Abdulla Elmadani
Something's Fishy in Tripoli
Daniel J. Graeber
Iranian Nuclear Issue within the State System
Laurelle Atkinson
Gender, Race and the Burqa Ban
Jakub Burkowicz
China and North Korea's New Dynasty
Joseph Kirschke
Kenya's Incursion in Somalia
Andre Vltchek
Hope Is Not a Scarce Resource in Iraq
John Filson
Land Grabs and the World Bank
Joshua Pringle
An Iranian Distraction from U.S. Woes
Laurelle Atkinson
Empty Rhetoric of the U.S. Campaign Season
Michael D. Rettig
Terror Generation in Pakistan
Ehsan Azari Stanizai
Colombian Security at a Crossroads
Robert Works
Preserving Pakistani Security
Michael D. Rettig
The Case for U.S. Humanitarian Interventionism
Joshua Pringle
Taiwan's Exclusion from Global Governance
Timothy Yang
Before September 11th: Air France Flight 8969
Joseph Kirschke
Empowering Youth Associations in Indonesia
Testriono
Security and Islam in the New Libya
Walid Phares
Social Media In Egypt
Mehrunisa Qayyum
India's 64th Independence Day Anniversary
Neelam Deo and Manjeet Kripalani
U.S. and India: 'C' for Political Management
Akshay Mathur
Israel's Anti-Boycott Law
Mairav Zonszein
Shifting Defense Frameworks in the East
Laurelle Atkinson
Letter: U.S. Social Security: Suggested Reforms
Cynthia Jones
U.S. Social Security: Suggested Reforms
Erin Martz, Ph.D., C.R.C.
Living with Disabilities in Uganda
Susan Majek
Women's Struggle in Sierra Leone
Unisa Dizo-Conteh
South Sudan: Safeguarding Independence
Chinua Akukwe
Taliban Plan for Takeover in Afghanistan
Walid Phares
Letter: Re: Fifteenth Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Karly Ralph
Lessons from India's Partition
Nasim Yousaf
In Defense of Judicial Independence in Egypt
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Radical Islam Passing through Greece
Ioannis Michaletos
Fateh-Hamas Reconciliation Agreement: An Opportunity for Peace
Antonia Dimou
Pakistan Leads in Human Rights Violations
Tanveer Jafri
Nigeria: Ten Unavoidable Issues
Chinua Akukwe
Palestinian Statehood and the Defense Structure of Israel
Laurelle Atkinson
Muslim Brotherhood Riding the Crest of Arab Spring
Walid Phares
Letter: Re: Peru's Less-Than-Benign Environmental Policy
Erwin Anders
Piracy and Pigeonholed Security in Somalia
Abukar Arman
Repression of the Press in Zimbabwe
Stephen Tsoroti
Obama's Middle East Address
Jeysundhar D
ESL Teachers Scammed by U.S.-Saudi Fellowship
Jeffrey Stanton
U.S.-Pakistan Relations Post-Bin Laden
Huma Yusuf
Political Motives behind Iran's Abuses
Niusha Boghrati
Nigeria Post-Presidential-Election Violence
Chinua Akukwe
Dictatorship Cycle in the Middle East
Laurelle Atkinson
Goldstone's Statements Do Not Trump International Justice
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
The Uncertain Future of Libya
Chinua Akukwe
When Bullets Meet Oil: Today's Middle East
Laurelle Atkinson
Libya: Another Oily Killing Field
Walid Phares
Issues Awaiting Haiti's Next President
Chinua Akukwe
The Abandoned Children of Sierra Leone
Unisa Dizo-Conteh
India and the Turmoil in the Middle East
Tanveer Jafri
Letter: Re: Kashmir at the Crossroads
Principal Md. Mahbubul Alam
The Brotherhood: Empowered by Its Weakness
Osama Diab
The United States: A Country Without a Revolution
Joshua Pringle
Peaceful Protests Meet Violent Results in Bahrain
Latheef Farook
The Narco Effect and the Politicization of Mexican Media
Naheed Ali
The Future of Egypt's Political Soul
Chinua Akukwe
The Ubiquity of Militant Rationale
Laurelle Atkinson
Facebook's Role in Iranian Resistance
Omid Habibinia
Egypt Has Long Deserved Better
Joseph Kirschke
Pakistan's Broken Judicial System
Irshad Panhwer and Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington
Japan's Galapagosization
Jeysundhar D
Fiji: the Lost Decade
Sanjay Ramesh
The Jasmine Revolution
Osama Diab
Assange and His Liberal Critics
Aaron Ross
Hezbollah's Coup in Lebanon Targets Cedars Revolution
Walid Phares
Religion and Power Politics in the Middle East
Laurelle Atkinson
Letter: Re: Season for Jews, Christians and Muslims to Look Back at 2010
Eugene Dickerson
Iran�s Nuclear Program at the Crossroads: Greece's Role in Mediation
Antonia Dimou
Iran's Nuclear Program at the Crossroads: Greece's Role in Mediation
Antonia Dimou
Ivory Coast's Election Quagmire
Chinua Akukwe
In Need of a New Security Framework in the Middle East
Laurelle Atkinson
The Nixon Tapes vs. Wikileaks
James Stocker
Season for Jews, Christians and Muslims to Look Back at 2010
Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Isolation and Engagement: Terrorism and American Muslims
Jeysundhar D
A More Moderate Hamas
Chrystie Swiney
Russia and the WTO
Jeysundhar D
Stop Appeasing China Now
Jeysundhar D
Egypt's President Should Dissolve Parliament
The Independent Coalition for Elections' Observation
Dilemma of the Two-State Solution
Laurelle Atkinson
U.S. Dual-Track Policy in Somalia
Said Liban
Obama's Visit to India
Sameer Jafri
Ashburn Jihadist Signals Danger
Walid Phares
Letter: Re: Kashmir at the Crossroads
Marc Bacardi
Middle East Theocracy
Laurelle Atkinson
Kashmir at the Crossroads
Tanveer Jafri
East and West: Partners in Justice
Radhia Al-Mutawakel
Foreign Aid in Lean Times
Jurnan Goos
Women's Modern Plight
Talia Carner
Letter: Re: Pakistan's Suicidal Politics
T. James Weibelzahl
Military Rationale in the Middle East
Laurelle Atkinson
Improving Security in Somalia
Hussein Yusuf
Quebec: Canada's Quarrelsome Province
Michael Werbowski
Young Arab-American Ambassador Finds Common Ground
Natasha Nassar
The Case for Geopolitical Mechanisms
Laurelle Atkinson
Hey, America: I'm a Muslim, Let's Talk
Mona Eltahawy
Geopolitical Nuclear Regulation
Laurelle Atkinsson
The Lessons of Bhopal and BP
Justin Frewen
Pakistan's Suicidal Politics
Tanveer Jafri
Human Rights Violations in Yemen under the Pretext of Combating Terrorism
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Yemen on the Brink
Antonia Dimou
Africa's Women Turn 50
Chi Mgbako
Taiwan: Building Partnerships for Asia-Pacific Economic Integration
Johnny C. Chiang
Kyrgyzstan: the Road Not Taken
Michael N. Nagler and S. Francesca Po
Pakistan's Inept Terrorism Control
Tanveer Jafri
Want to Cut the Deficit? Start by Getting out of Afghanistan
Joshua Pringle
Letter: Re: An Unbreakable Bond?
Joseph Elias
Letter: Re: Blood Diamonds: Still Bloody
Brilliant Earth
Letter: Re: Conflict Minerals: the New Blood Diamonds
Charles Young
World Cup Crime in South Africa
Ulindi Muller
Letter: Re: Tar Sands of Alberta
John Taylor
Letter: Re: Western Media Perverts Information about Thailand
Mickey C.
Western Media Perverts Information about Thailand
Andre Vltchek
Letter: Re: Blood Diamonds: Still Bloody
Beth Gerstein and Eric Grossberg
Haggling over the Former Moldavian SSR Dispute
Michael Averko
The Radicalization of Saudi Arabia
Chris Tyree
Letter: Re: Public Schools in Sierra Leone Gasping for Life Support
Ahmad Kemokai
Tar Sands of Alberta
Michael Werbowski
Letter: Re: Public Schools in Sierra Leone Gasping for Life Support
Zelene Wilkins
Taiwan under President Ma
Dr. Johnny Chiang
Letter: Why Amnesty Now?
Ken Oyer
Letter: Public Schools in Sierra Leone Gasping for Life Support
Joy Hathaway
Letter: Where Is the Philanthropy of Muslim Millionaires?
Shekaiba Bennett
Where Is the Philanthropy of Muslim Millionaires?
Latheef Farook
Somalia's Last Chance
Oduesp Eman
Crackdown in Egypt
Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations
An Iraqi Perspective on the Recent Elections
Ahmed K. Fahad
India Needs Independent Anti-Terrorism Strategy
Tanveer Jafri
Trade Not Aid?
Justin Frewen
Reaching across the Border
Ruth Eglash and Hani Hazaimeh
The Corporate Roadblock in Washington
Joshua Pringle
Saudi Arabia: a Patron to Hafiz Sayeed?
Tanveer Jafri
No EU-daimonia after Lisbon
Simon Roughneen
Women Work toward Equality in Muslim Societies
Mehnaz M. Afridi
Egypt's Struggle for Democracy
Osama Diab
Global Hunger
Justin Frewen
Greece: Pulling Its Neighbors Down with It
Jurnan Goos
The Need for a Joint Arab Force against Terror
Walid Phares
The Real Evils
Justin Frewen
Guinea Making Steps toward Democracy
Roland Marke
2010 World Cup: a Discussion about Crime
Miriam Mannak
AIDS Fight in Africa
Chinua Akukwe
Muffled Screams of Gaza
Abukar Arman
The Stolen Generations of Australia
Justin Frewen
Canada: Prorogation Nation
Michael Werbowski
A New Paradigm for Engaging Somalia
Abukar Arman
Lament over Democracy in Fiji
Sanjay Ramesh
Copenhagen: No Failure, but Just Not Good Enough
Jurnan Goos
Ukraine: Where Are You Going?
Michael Werbowski
U.N. Has the Potential to Overcome Challenges
Justin Frewen
The Kool-Aid Syndrome and Somalia's Fading Hope
Sadia Ali Aden
Illusion of Obama's Peace Talks
Latheef Farook
India and Pakistan Post-26/11
Tanveer Jafri
World Bank Reforms: Tough Decisions Needed on Four Critical Issues
Chinua Akukwe
Looking Beyond the U.S.-Asean Summit
Simon Roughneen
The Yuan Underrated, China Overrated
Jurnan Goos
Poppy Fields in Afghanistan
Joseph Kirschke
The Taliban's War on Pakistan
Walid Phares
Sierra Leone's Youth: A Boon for Investment
Unisa Dizo-Conteh
Nobel Committee Pulls Oil Plug on Intervention
Dr. Walid Phares
Honduras: Stop Blocking Human Rights Inquiries
Human Rights Watch
Shariah in Lawless Somalia
Abukar Arman
Book Review: "The Candy Girl"
Roland Bankole Marke
Letter: An Open Letter to Ukrainian President Yushchenko
Petro Kukushinsky
China: Media Summit Participants Should Push for Press Freedom
Human Rights Watch
Albania: A Dubious Government and a Missing Opposition
Ledion Krisafi
The Emerging Obama Doctrine on Africa
Chinua Akukwe
The Non-Aligned Movement: A Chance for a Multipolar World
Anton Caragea
Indian Festivals Celebrate Communal Harmony
Tanveer Jafri
Bin Laden to U.S.: "Drop Israel, Let's Talk"
Walid Phares
Letter: America's Afghan Mess
Michael Brenner
Is Mubarak Really a Force of Stability?
Osama Diab
Public Schools in Sierra Leone Gasping for Life Support
Roland Bankole Marke
Letter: Surging Ahead in Afghanistan
John Byrnes
China's Rise in Africa: Miracle or Mirage
Bright Simons
Letter: Bridges of Rhetoric and Suspicion
Sam Daze
Letter: Speaking Out Against Corruption
Ursula Marais
Caucasus: The Powder Barrel of Europe
Anton Caragea
Winds of Change in Turkish-Kurdish Relations
Yigal Schleifer
Grassroots Gone Dry
Joshua Pringle
The B.J.P. Refuses to Read the Writing on the Wall
Tanveer Jafri
Letter: Taiwan's Typhoon Recovery
Tony Ong
Gaza: Big Jihad vs. Little Jihad
Walid Phares
Neglected Arms Control
Michael Brzoska
Bridges of Rhetoric and Suspicion
Abukar Arman
East Asia: the Acid Test for Europe's Common Foreign Policy
Jing Men
Making Roads Safer in Nigeria
Adewale T. Akande
The Curious Case of Balochistan
Tanveer Jafri
Syria: The Key for Peace in the Middle East
Anton Caragea
U.S. Should Encourage Democracy in Africa
Walid Phares
Aid Won't Fix The Crisis in Yemen
Jane Novak
Peru's Cold War against Indigenous People
Kristina Aiello
Contemptuousness of Sub-Saharan Africa
Chika Onyeani
Road to Recovery: Provincial Towns in Sierra Leone
Roland Marke
Albanian Elections Produce Unstable Parliament
Ledion Krisafi
Iraqi Success Will Depend on Next U.S. Strategy
Walid Phares
Letter: Romania Headed toward National Bankruptcy
Somalia, outside the Violence Box
Abukar Arman
War Stories from the Tip of the Spear
Mohamad Hodai
Egypt: Power Has Already Been Transferred
Osama Diab
Honduras Coup D'�tat
Anton Caragea
Nigeria's Envy
Dr. Chika Onyeani
Ceuta, the Border-fence of Europe
Riccardo Valsecchi
Letter: Iran's Election
Iran's Elections: A Show Designed to Delay Democracy
Walid Phares
Romania Headed toward National Bankruptcy
Anton Caragea
Moves to Isolate Fiji Fail
Dr. Sanjay Ramesh
Sierra Leone: Water Crisis Threatens Survival in Freetown
Roland Marke
Lebanese Vote for the Status Quo
Paul Cochrane
Oslo Redux: Fool's Gold in Israel/Palestine
Remi Kanazi
The Taliban: Danger of an Ideology
Tanveer Jafri
The Last Dictatorship of Europe
Riccardo Valsecchi
Countering Jihadi Strategies in the Subcontinent
Dr. Walid Phares
Africans in the Diaspora: Development Partnerships
Chinua Akukwe
Turkey's Route to the E.U. May be Via the Middle East
Sinan Ulgen
Returning to Sierra Leone: No Place like Home
Roland B. Marke
The Pope's Visit to the Holy Land: Forging New Relations
Anton Caragea
Non-Military Solutions to the Somali Piracy Dilemma
Abukar Arman
Algeria: Women's Movement Still Going Strong
Samia Allalou, Common Ground News
Viewpoints on the U.N. Conference Against Racism
Worldpress.org
Somali Pirates: Part of a Maritime Jihadi Strategy?
Walid Phares
Palestinian Nationalism
Dan Lieberman
Moldavia: Between Revolution and Geopolitics
Anton Caragea
Taliban Receptive to Talks with Afghan Government
Martin Gerner, Common Ground News
Jamaica: Corporate Exploitation by the Bauxite Ore Industry
John Maxwell
Foreign Politics
Andy Mason
Is Britain's Dialogue with Hezbollah Misleading?
Walid Phares
Britain: Economic Woes May Fuel Euro Debate
Jonathan White
US-Iranian Engagement: When and How?
Ahmad Sadri
Divisive Politics Hindering Progress in Sierra Leone
Roland Bankole Marke
Iraq Withdrawal Plan: Will Iran and Syria Go Along?
Walid Phares
Evolving Role for Senegalese Women in Religion
Penda Mbow, Common Ground News
Perspectives: George Mitchell's Middle East Tour
Defne Samyeli and Pelin Turgut, Common Ground News
Kashmir: Conflict in a Peaceful Valley
Ershad Mahmud, Common Ground News
Books Versus Bombs
Joshua Pringle
United States-Lebanon Relations Face a Paradigm Shift
Mona Yacoubian, Common Ground News
The Great Black Hajj of 2009
BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Somalia: A Symbol of the Decaying World Order
Omer Jama
Israeli, Palestinian girls share stories, build friendships
Noa Neumark
From CBS to Kolkata: An In-Depth Look at Investigative Journalism
By Naheed Ali
Some good news for a change
MJ Rosenberg
Rethinking National Security
By Dr. Prakash Ambegaonkar, Founder/CEO � Bridging Nations,, and Andrea H. Pietrzyk, Research Assistant, Bridging Nations
Live up to the spirit of 'One World, One Dream'
Vanessa Shih, Government Spokesperson, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Collective Punishment: Bad Idea Then and Now
By Julia A. Shearson
Has the Surge Prevented Peace in Iraq?
By Dan Lieberman
Voice of Power Threatens Voice of Dialogue
By Sharunas Paunksnis, Common Ground News Service, Kaunas, Lithuania
Rejected Somali Asylum Seekers in Britain Sent to Mogadishu
By Dalmar Yuusuf, Leicester, England
Mahmoud Darwish: A People and a Poet
By Ibtisam Barakat, Common Ground News Service, Columbia, Mo.
Albania: Through a Glass Darkly
By Ledion Krisafi, Tirana, Albania
India's Concept of Nonviolence and Gandhi
By Ravindra Kumar, Delhi, India
Nepal Invites Tourists to Visit Its Villages
By Kamala Sarup
An Abhorrent Form of Censorship
By Ambrose Musiyiwa, Leicester, England
10 Years After Suharto
By Ali Noer Zaman, Common Ground News Service, Jakarta, Indonesia
Myanmar: Waiting for Aung San Suu Kyi
By Dennis Guild, Green Left Weekly (radical newspaper), New South Wales, Australia
You Don't Mess With the Racism
By Remi Kanazi
Hamas and Israel: Strange Bedfellows
By Paul Scham, Washington, D.C., Common Ground News Service
Who's Running Foreign Policy in Washington?
By Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
China's 'Panda' Imperialism
Bright B. Simons, Essex, England
Aboriginal Control of Aboriginal Affairs
Pat Eatock, Green Left Weekly (radical newspaper), New South Wales, Australia
Saudis Call for Dialogue
By Asma Hanif, Common Ground News Service, Brussels, Belgium
Cyprus: The Time Has Come…
By Antonia Dimou, Athens, Greece
Pakistan Through the Lens of Iraq
By Marvin G. Weinbaum and Edward P. Joseph, Common Ground News Service
Why a Cultural Boycott of Israel Is Necessary
Remi Kanazi
What Syrian-Israeli Talks Mean
Hasan Abu Nimah, Jordan Times, Amman, Jordan
The Bonfire of the Townships: Purging South Africa
Bright B. Simons, Essex, England
When Free Speech Doesn't Come Free
Remi Kanazi
Discounts on Democracy in Europe: Who Should Determine How One Self-Determines?
Risto Karajkov, Bologna, Italy
China: The Infant Dragon
Bright B. Simons and Franklin Cudjoe, Accra, Ghana
Is Arab Media Truly Free?
Ramzy Baroud, Middle East Online, London, England
'We Are Workers, Not Criminals'
David Bacon, Americas Program, Center for International Policy
Letter: Carter Deserves Better Than He Receives
Protecting a Free Press Requires International Cooperation
Shieh Jhy-wey, Minister of the Government Information Office, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Morality and Ethics in Public Life: A Gandhian View
Ravindra Kumar, Delhi, India
Turkey's Turmoil: A Blessing in Disguise?
Diba Nigar Goksel, Common Ground News Service
Questioning the Death Penalty
Ayesha Khan, Common Ground News Service
Food Fights
Laura Carlsen, Americas Program, Center for International Policy (C.I.P.)
Tony Blair's Palestine
Chris Patten, Arab News, Jidda, Saudi Arabia
N.G.O.'s and Concerned Individuals Form Grassroots Campaign to Safeguard Human Rights of Refugees in Ghana
Megan Sullivan with Penelope Chester, The Niapele Project, Paris, France
The World Is Against Us, as Usual
Gavri Bargil, Ynetnews.com (Yediot Ahronot), Tel Aviv, Israel
The Specious 'National Security' Argument
Adam Isacson, Americas Program, Center for International Policy
A Redistribution of Power Essential in Lebanon
Graeme Bannerman, Common Ground News Service
Letter: Greece's Reservations Aren't All That Illogical
The Moral Majority for Peace
Gershon Baskin, Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem, Israel
Carbon Cuts: Why Rich Countries Must Lead the Way
Renfrey Clarke, Green Left Weekly (radical newspaper), New South Wales, Australia
Plan Colombia: The Real Destabilizing Force in South America
Carlos Martinez, Venezuelaanalysis.com, Caracas, Venezuela
Women Are Agents of Change
Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, Common Ground News Service
Should India Also Develop Satellite-Killing Capability?
Sreeram Chaulia, Indo-Asian News Service, New Delhi, India
The People of Pakistan Have Spoken
Rehan Rafay Jamil, Common Ground News Service
Humbling Hamas
Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East Times, Washington, D.C.
Can I Have My Change Back: Arab-Americans and Obama's False Hope
Remi Kanazi, New York, N.Y.
Turkey's New Look Displeases Secularists
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Post-Election Sierra Leone: Coming In From the Cold
Karamoh Kabba, Freetown, Sierra Leone
To Wear or Not to Wear the Hijab
Hafsa Kanjwal and Khadijeh Zarafshar, Common Ground News Service
Let's See Plan B, Please
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Mahatma Gandhi and His Quest for Self-Realization
Ravindra Kumar, Delhi, India
U.N. Troops Accused of Human Rights Violations in Haiti
Maria Luisa Mendon�a, Americas Program, Center for International Policy
Is Sarko Hypocritical?
Anene Ejikeme
Suharto: As He Lays Dying
Andre Vltchek, Jakarta, Indonesia
Kosovo: Quo Vadis
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Letter: India Must Deal With Poverty Before It's Too Late
Letter: U.S. Has Right to Prevent Illegal Immigration
Muslim Charities Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
William Fisher, The Jordan Times, Amman, Jordan
After Bhutto
John Esposito, Social Science Research Council
Russian-Iranian Rapprochement a Necessary Evil?
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Americans Glimpse the 'Real' Iran
Qamar-ul Huda, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, and Ayse Kadayifci, Common Ground News Service
Muslim Pilgrimage Exemplifies Believers' Equality Before God
Ahmad Al-Akhras, Columbus, Ohio
In the Shadow of Zion
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Common Ground News Service
No Democracy in the Middle East Without Muslim Citizenry
Asef Bayat, ISIM Review, Leiden, Netherlands
Deuces High: How the U.S. Can Bring an End to Myanmar's Crackdown on Democracy
Josh D. Friedman, San Francisco, Calif.
On Civil Society, Democracy, and Dziekanski
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Israel: Still a Democracy?
Shulamit Aloni, Ha'aretz (Liberal), Tel Aviv, Israel
Marshall Islands: Kwajalein Missile Range
Andre Vltchek, Worldpress.org correspondent
Letter: Anti-Blogger Law Approved in Italy
Poverty Alleviation in Nepal
Kamala Sarup
Letter: Zimbabwe's Political Newcomer
Southeast Asia: Resisting the Nokia E90
Andre Vltchek, Worldpress.org correspondent
Syria: There is a Role for Damascus
Volker Perthes, Common Ground News
Letter: The Truth About Jakarta
Israel: Measures of Confidence
Mark L. Cohen, Common Ground News
Israel: Moderating Among Moderates
Gail Lichtman
Letter: Clergyman Not Known in Chile by Alias
Letter: War in Iraq: Stay Off the Grass
Dual Nationality: A Blessing or a Curse?
Hanane El Hadi and Menna Taher, Common Ground News
Is This Ben Gurion or Hell?
Remi Kanazi
Beware the Growling Bear and other Predators
Raimondo Salomone
My Israeli and Lebanese Friends
Kamala Sarup
Letters: Disagreement With the Commentary on Colombia
Uribe's Colombia and U.S. Money
Jos� Mar�a Rodr�guez Gonz�lez
Letter: The Iran Crisis
Letter: The Offensive Exploitation of the Masai
Letter: An Alternative to Radical Islam
The Failure of the Israeli Left and the Two-State Solution
Remi Kanazi
How Far is Too Far?
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
The Wasatia Movement - An Alternative to Radical Islam
Mohammed Dajani
Selling a Convenient Untruth
Sammy Eppel, Caracas, Venezuela
Migrants and H.I.V./AIDS in Asia
Vivian Chong Wei Wan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
How to End 'Islamophobia'
Tawfik Hamid
The Challenge of American and Arab Fundamentalism
Ghassan Rubeiz, Common Ground News Service
Letter: Kosovo and the Ahtisaari Plan
Engendering Peace and Democracy
Kamala Sarup
The Expansionist Role of Iran
Naheed S. Ali
When Politics Ails Health
Ben Shao
Bill Maher�s 'Towel Headed Hos'
Remi Kanazi
'La Republique' is a Woman, But Can a Woman Win the Presidency?
Anene Ejikeme
Letter: The V.T. Tragedy and the Mental Health System
Letter: The Truth About Colombia
In the Footsteps of Muhammad
Amien Wangsitalaja, The Common Ground News Service
Why Banning Incandescent Lightbulbs Isn�t a Bright Idea
Peter Glover
The Politics of Pragmatism
Remi Kanazi
A Cigarette for Your Life Story
Daniel Lehman, NYU Livewire
Letter: Help for the Hmong
Letter: Coups in Fiji
What Iraq Needs
Youssef Benali, Caroline Fawzy and Austin Richardson, The Common Ground News Service
Waging the War of Peace
Ted Khan R. Juanite, Mindanao, Philippines
Can a Poor Country Become Rich?
Kamala Sarup, Kathmandu, Nepal
Letter: Attack on Zimbabwe Opposition Leader
Letter: Sierra Leone's Government
Letter: Global Warming
Diamonds: Symbols Of Love or Symbols Of War?
Miriam Mannak, Cape Town, South Africa
No Mercy
All Roads Lead to Checkpoints
Remi Kanazi
Exchange Siachen Confrontation for Peace
Q. Isa Daudpota and Arshad H. Abbasi, Islamabad, Pakistan
Myanmar Wants Pipeline Through NE India
Letter: About Yemen
Colombia's Rejection of a Humanitarian Exchange
Jos� Mar�a Rodr�guez Gonz�lez
The Obscenity of Vancouver�s Olympic Games: Here Comes Frankenstein
Am Johal, Vancouver, Canada
Crime, South Africa and the 2010 World Cup
Miriam Mannak, Cape Town, South Africa
The Beginning of the End For Britain's 'Merchant Class'?
Bright Simons, Essex, U.K.
Letter: Iran and the Concession in the Persian Gulf
Letter: Senator Barack Obama
Letter: The Current State of Affairs in Poland
Letter: Mugabe 2010 Presidential Honeymoon May Backfire
Muslims 'Get' Globalization, but Does It Get Them?
Mehmood Kazmi, The Common Ground News Service
Not Looking for Peace
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Islamist NGOs an Integral Part of Muslim Societies
Azza Karam, The Common Ground News Service
The Aesthetics of Execution
Am Johal
Why Isn�t My Generation Protesting the War?
Jennifer Kramer, NYU Livewire
Blood Diamond Malaise
Roland Bankole Marke
More Than a Question of Semantics in Iraq
Bill Glucroft, Common Ground News Service
Chile: The Death of an Assassin
Tito Tricot
One Day of Peace in Sri Lanka
Jason Thomas, Melbourne, Australia
Terrorists Are Criminals, Not Muslim Activists
Shaykh Ali Gomaa, Common Ground News
Letter: Jaamat-e-Islami�Pakistani Womens' Friend of Foe?
Letter: Censorship in India
Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Can Deliver
Leila Hanafi, The Common Ground News Service
Sowing the Seeds for the Next War
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Pakistan�s President Musharraf Walking a Tightrope
Rehan Rafay Jamil, The Common Ground News Service
Arab Feminists Speak Out on Women's Rights
Letters: The New Pacific Wall
Experiencing Insecurity
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
'And Did You Visit Any Terrorist Camps?'
Komail Aijazuddin, NYU Livewire
Is This the End of 'The European Idea'?
NewNations.com
Letter: Sudanese Orphans
Letters: Guatemalan Adoptions
Letter: Iranian Political Prisoners
Letter: U.S.-Muslim World Relations
Letter: Turkey's Admission to the European Union
Letter: Iran Sanctions
Letter: World War II
Al Qaeda, Muslims are Infidels in Bush's 'Freedom Agenda'
Mohamed Al-Azaki, Sana'a, Yemen
Letter: Wind Energy
Suffering from Stockholm Syndrome in Lebanon
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Letter: Problems with AirAsia
Letters: Gun Control in South Africa
Letter: Kenyan Orphans
Letter: Bird Flu Pandemic
Letter: Drought
Letter: Cuba in Transition
The Weak Link is the Lebanese Government
Manuela Paraipan, Bucharest, Romania
Assessment of the Situation in Lebanon Following UN Resolution 1701
The Lebanese Communist Party, August 12, 2006, Translated by Eric Mueller
Letter: Venezuelan Prisons
Can a Biased Media Prevent the Next World War?
Abukar Arman, Hilliard, OH
Letter: Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World
Letter: Hezbollah 'Kidnapping'
Looking in the Past
Manuela Paraipan, Timisoara, Romania
The Lemon Tree & Munich
Semih Minareci
Letter: H.I.V./AIDS
Letter: Population
Beautiful Madness
Am Johal, Haifa, Israel
Letter: Rudeness Study is Biased
Letter: Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Letters: Rape in the Congo
Letter: On Zimbabwe Deportations
Leadership Brings Responsibility
Manuela Paraipan, Timisoara, Romania
Letters: The Price of Free Speech
The Existing Question
Remi Kanazi, New York City, NY
Diversity as an Instrument of Conflict
Manuela Paraipan, Timisoara, Romania
Why Amnesty Now?
Semih Minareci, Cordova, TN
Letter: African Leaders Were Not Alone in Committing Criminal Acts
America: Quo Vadis?
Michael Werbowski, Prague, Czech Republic
Call a Spade a Spade
Remi Kanazi, New York City, NY
Four Reasons to Think Before Acting on Iran
Mounir Ibrahim, Washington, DC
Overextended Empire: Can the U.S. Recover From the Era of 'Pax Republicana'?
Am Johal, Vancouver, Canada
"I love my country, but I hate the government."
Kanak Mani Dixit, Kathmandu, Nepal
Rachel�s Words Live On
Remi Kanazi, New York, NY
What is Wrong with the USA Today?
Theodore Anderson, Mount Vernon, WA
US Media Bias: Covering Israel/Palestine
Remi Kanazi, New York, NY
The Lobby Made Me Do It
Erik Schechter, Tel Aviv, Israel
Letter: A Catholic Priest Advocates for Illegal Immigrants
A Message of Hope from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Larry Rich, Israel
Letter: Racial Discrimination in Malaysia
Letters: Yemen and India
Letters: Nicola Calipari, Mexican President Fox, and John Negroponte
Letters: On Gitmo, Chavez, and War
Letters: On Africa and Chomsky