Egypt’s New Dawn Chorus
Following President Mubarak's resignation, is the Muslim Brotherhood the next threat to Egyptian democracy?
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Old-order Collapse
Australia's performance in the Ashes is symptomatic of the newly-prosperous nation's fixation with consumerism
A Tale of Love, Bulls and Goats
A tribal wedding in Kenya shows that globalisation can be reconciled with the preservation of time-honoured ways of life
The Surge is Working — So Far
Official voices are unwilling to claim victory, but Nato forces in southern Afghanistan are defeating the Taliban
The Lesson of Oz
"Australian politics is in turmoil of a type and intensity not seen for 70 years"
Xinjiang: Taming China’s Wild West
'The Chinese government is destroying the mud-brick maze of traditional Kashgar to cement control over its rebellious Turkic natives. Uighurs are terrified that by mid-century they will have become the Apache or
Istanbul: Press Freedom Alla Turca
'When Western journalists note in a casual aside that press freedom has experienced certain setbacks under the AKP, they are failing to do justice to the severity of this calamity and its
Johannesburg: Hard Pressed
'I would like to think that all the politically correct Brits who lined up to condemn me for "juxtapositional racism" might say a word or two about the extinction of media freedom
ONLINE Only: Ankara’s Proxy
"Why would a country that is both an ally of the United States and Nato as well as an aspiring member of the European Union brazenly declare its solidarity with a terrorist
Tajikistan: In Search of the Yeti
'The Tajiks are unnervingly friendly. They take the Islamic injunction of hospitality with grave seriousness. The hungry often sacrifice their only cow for a backpacker with a camera, and the regime has
Bahrain: Women Drivers Welcome Here
'Hadija laughs as she describes how Saudi women, once over the bridge connecting Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, elbow their husbands out of the driving seat to take command of the wheel.'
Bajaur: A Talk with the Taliban
‘At last, a familiar sight: we drive past a Johnson & Johnson factory. “This place can’t be that bad,” I tell myself. “Daniel Pearl was executed near here,” the driver says unprompted.