The eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk has long been a stronghold of President Yanukovych and his party. Could protests in such a loyal place spell doom for the country’s ruling regime?
Creating 'Independent Arab and Jewish States'
Could the seemingly intractable issues of Israeli and Palestinian identity be overcome by a diplomatic flourish involving Shakespeare's musings on a rose?
China’s Water Crisis Made Worse by Policy Failures
China has 19 percent of the world’s population and only 7 percent of its fresh water, and Beijing’s policies, or lack thereof, are to date woefully inadequate.
Is It Too Late to Fix Syria?
A conference later this month hopes to broker a peace in Syria, but given the cleavages among the rebel forces, and the preponderance of religious extremism, is peace even possible?
Al Jazeera's 'False News' Problem
Egypt's government should neither arrest nor abuse reporters, nor restrict press freedom. But that does not give the Qatar-funded Al Jazeera license to "report" distorted and "false news".
