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Pakistan's New Prime Minister

Democratic Turning Point

The election of Pakistan's new prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani represents a turning point in the country's recent history. Pakistan is facing a new democratic beginning. Thomas Bärthlein comments
Pakistan's Political Crisis

Sidelining Sharif

Even by the standards of Pakistan's turbulent politics, the high drama surrounding Nawaz Sharif's brief return to Pakistan would be hard to beat. Irfan Husain reports
Persecution of NGOs in Pakistan

"Like a Damoclean Sword Hanging over Our Heads"

In Pakistan, thousands of opposition activists, human rights activists, and journalists have been arrested; many others have gone into hiding. Annette Meisters reports from Karachi
Provincial Elections in Iraq

Blow to Confessionalism

The Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has emerged the clear victor from the country's recent provincial elections. With their vote for Maliki's "State of Law" coalition, the Iraqis have confirmed his pragmatic policy of reconciliation and struck a blow against the religious parties. By Loay Mudhoon
The Federal Structure of Iraq

More Power to the Powers That Be

The Syrian jurist Naseef Naeem has completed a scholarly study which closely examines the emergence, framing, and consolidation of the new Iraqi constitution. The main flaw of this constitution, says Naeem, is that it grants the central government too little power. Sebastian Sons presents the study
Reconnaissance Flights against the "Neo-Taliban"

A Step in the Wrong Direction

The provision of Tornado reconnaissance planes by the Bundeswehr is a meagre contribution to the major Nato offensive. But this is in any case the wrong way to achieve a comprehensive political stabilization for Afghanistan, Citha D. Maaß believes
Women in the Afghan Parliament

In Search of Allies

In Afghanistan's new parliament one in four members are woman. But this figure does nothing to tackle the multiple problems female politicians have to deal with. Martin Gerner reports from Kabul
"The Green Wave"

The Rise and Fall of Iran's Protest Movement

Ali Samadi Ahadi's dramatised documentary The Green Wave retells the drama of the 2009 presidential elections in Iran, unintentionally revealing the weaknesses of the opposition against the hardliners around Ahmadinejad and Khamenei. By Stefan Buchen
Interview with Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

The Secular Elements of the Islamic Republic

The Iranian revolution sought to establish an Islamic state. Officially, it got one. Unofficially, however, the process did not lead to the Islamicization of society, but to a transformation of Islam. This, in any case, is the theory held by the Iranian sociologist Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi. Mona Sarkis spoke to him
Post-conflict Reconstruction in Libya

Possibilities and Probabilities

There are many pitfalls ahead for post-Gaddafi Libya – but there are also many reasons to be optimistic about the success of post-conflict reconstruction, says Stefan Wolff in his assessment of the country's mid-term perspectives