Who could have imagined that the sole self-sacrifice of a vegetable vendor in an insignificant suburb in Tunisia could have unleashed North Africa’s people power that in political significance surpasses the events in western capitals of 1968?...

“What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of ...

We study and talk about revolutions that have changed the world. From tribal uprisings to bloody social tremors that led to revived ...

That’s ‘nationalist’ with a small ‘n’ of course. What is happening in Libya has served as a mirror to reflect back to us how we react in a time of crisis....

It comes as no surprise that the unrest in Libya and the rest of the Arab world has upset the investment world. It directly affected the price of oil that hit the unprecedented high of $119 per barrel....

The experience of a traumatic event is possibly the most misunderstood, avoided, ignored, denied and untreated cause of human suffering. ...

Many years ago my old friend the late Pietru Gauci, il-Pirrex, an expert farmer at Għajn Żejtuna woke up early one spring morning and found bulldozers uprooting whatever...

While the Maghreb region – and it is not the only place – is in flames as nation after nation protests and uprisings bring down long-serving leaders and threaten others, here in Malta we are ...

Javier Solana had famously stated that European security was best promoted by a “ring of well-governed states.” In practice this meant the cultivation of bilateral action plans in collaboration with the regimes constituting the ring. ...

The recent sharp spike in food prices and growing concerns about food security have sparked anxiety worldwide. The possibility of being unable to put food on the table fills parents with a deep sense of foreboding. And, because the wor...