Politics

Kuwaiti journalist and novelist Saud Alsanousi talks to Graeme Green about the Gulf region’s appetite for change.

Our government has a charmingly cosy relationship with Saudi Arabia, writes Chris Coltrane.

Richard Carver's insights into a country struggling with poverty, floods and corruption.

Mathew Lawrence and Uri Gordon go head to head.

Desert solar plants planned for North Africa are just another exploitative resource grab, argues Hamza Hamouchene.

'We can change the world, but music can't,' Billy Bragg tells Louise Gray.

Tourist impressions of the country can be deeply misleading, says Russell White.

Tom Sykes wonders if Omanis may soon have the opportunity for democratization.

Richard Swift provides a brief profile of Romania's new leader.

How General Pinochet inadvertently helped create Chile’s thriving music scene. By Anne Hoffman.

John Perry Barlow’s visionary 1996 statement.

Not necessarily opposed, argues Sunil Abraham.

Investigative journalist Nick Davies on the myth of press freedom.

Micah L Sifry assesses the political limits of social media.

Further information, campaign groups and websites.

A new law in Egypt is a positive step for women, but not the end of the struggle, says Chalaine Chang.

Syrian artists in exile feel free to express themselves and their politics, discovers Lydia James.

Richard Swift welcomes the Bolivian president's third term in office.

In London's Parliament Square, protesters provide a visible alternative to the politics of vested interest. Hannah Martin reports.

Jeremy Seabrook considers the myths of radicalization.