David Hearst

Syria and the battle for regional control

LONDON: Two years on, they are still haggling over the name. An Arab spring? Springs are seasonal, and tumultuous though transitional government is, what they have in Egypt and Tunisia is a long way away from an Arab winter. If the wave of revolt sweeping Published 16 Oct, 2012 08:36pm

Morsi changing balance of power in Egypt

LONDON: While Syria’s civil war dominates the world’s attention, less dramatic and telegenic events in Egypt retain the power to decide if popular uprisings will succeed in establishing a democratic alternative to tyranny in the Arab world Published 15 Aug, 2012 01:04am

Brotherhood urged to share power in Egypt

TUNIS: The head of the Tunisian Islamist party and the brains behind a successful transitional coalition with two securalist parties has flown to Cairo in an effort to persuade the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to share power Published 13 Jun, 2012 01:19am

Will Putinism see the end of Putin?

ON a Friday night last November Vladimir Putin was running three hours late. A group of foreign academics, journalists and selected Russian TV cameras were quarantined in a restaurant in an equestrian centre Published 28 Feb, 2012 09:31pm

The selective autocracy

BEFORE meeting Vladimir Putin, it’s best to get acquainted with his horse. Each year a group of academics and journalists is invited by the Russian government Published 01 Dec, 2011 01:43am

World on path to disaster: scientist

LONDON: President George Bush, hijacked by hardliners in his administration, is setting the world on a course ... Published 10 Jan, 2003 12:00am

Bush should study Chechnya war

LONDON: The Sept 11 attacks have seen a transformation in the relationship between Washington and Moscow, historic... Published 11 Nov, 2001 12:00am