Fisayo Soyombo Nigeria elections: Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea On Saturday, Nigerians will be forced to choose the lesser of the two evils once again.
Yara Hawari Love in times of Israeli apartheid Israeli restrictions on Palestinian entry, movement and settlement constitute deliberate community engineering.
Jalal Abukhater Palestine's other open-air prison Here is what a West Bank Palestinian resident has to go through every time s/he tries to get out of home.
Claudio Sopranzetti How a princess entered, shook and left Thai politics in one day Princess Ubolratana's bid for the premiership lasted less than 24 hours, but it left behind major political fractures.
Hamid Dabashi The last total revolution turns 40 The Iranian revolution was the last grand illusion of the 20th century.
Leonid Ragozin Can Petro Poroshenko win Ukraine's presidential race? Ukraine's incumbent is lagging behind in polls, but he still has time to manipulate political events to his advantage.
Adeel Malik Why are Middle Eastern economies struggling to diversify? Diversification of Middle Eastern economies is more a political than an economic challenge.
Netsanet Belay How the AU failed Africans, from Sudan to DRC and Zimbabwe It's time the African Union made radical changes to how it responds to gross human rights violations.
Adewunmi Emoruwa Nigeria's democracy is fading away Nigerians preparing to head to the polls on February 16 must bear in mind that elections do not make a democracy.
Tony Greenstein Why Israel is a Jewish, not a white supremacist state Recognising Israel as a Jewish supremacist state does not mean rejecting Jews or Judaism.
Gregory Aftandilian Trump's mixed messages on the Middle East President Trump's State of the Union address revealed no clear foreign policy vision or coherent Middle East strategy.
Nadir Naim Understanding the Taliban will be key to peace in Afghanistan Sustainable peace cannot be achieved unless all parties learn from past mistakes and stop underestimating their enemies.
Roxane Farmanfarmaian Win some, lose some: Iran, the EU and Trump's three-way game In the game that started with Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, there is still no clear winner.
Larry Beinhart To tax or not to tax the rich more, that is the question Thanks to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren, the most important battle in American politics is finally on.
Hamid Dabashi The incurable parochialism of American intellectuals On American provincialism and Michelle Alexander's misguided attempt to 'break the silence on Palestine' in a NYT essay.
Maysam Behravesh What does Iran want in Afghanistan? Tehran would favour a heterogeneous, if not divided, government in post-withdrawal Afghanistan.