I have never been one to give too much credibility to opinion polls and public surveys. Though they can sometimes project a semblance ...

The launch of trilateral strategic consultations among the United States, India, and Japan, and their decision to hold joint naval exercises this year, signals efforts ...

Hungary, a country that joined the European Union alongside Malta eight years ago, is in crisis. Not only is its economy in poor shape and...

Dressing up failure as victory has been integral to climate change negotiations since they started 20 years ago. The latest round of talks in Durban, South Africa, in December was no exception...

Happy New Year to all your readers, and as the year’s beginning was greeted by fireworks in many parts of the world, we, here in Malta, have made our own homemade fireworks...

2011 is now history. Depending on the individual, 2011 will be remembered fondly or else will go down as a year to forget. On a political level the past year was anything but uneventful...

So once more it is everybody else’s fault and everybody else’s problem but Franco Debono’s – even though he is the one who, as he tells us repeatedly, is suffering so very deeply...

Iraq’s troubled start to life without US forces calls into question the Obama administration’s assertion that it has wound down America’s long war responsibly...

While uncertainty continues to roil global markets, driving many investors into full retreat, one part of the financial sector is expanding exponentially...

After last week’s attempt to restart Mideast peace talks, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is now caught between undesirable choices. Despite Abbas’ deep misgivings, a Jordanian offer to salvage the peace process may be his best hope...