Comment: Arab regimes are already restoring diplomatic ties with Israel, despite the rhetoric surrounding solidarity with Palestinians, writes Dr. Azmi Bishara in the first part of his treatise on normalisation
Comment: Political debate is only possible when there is a bare minimum agreement on certain values, or else it becomes an instrument of war, argues Dr. Azmi Bishara
Arab political elites have a long way to go over their attitudes on military coups, but there is hope thanks to emerging Arab democrats, argues Dr. Azmi Bishara
Comment: Identity is in crisis in a crucible of sectarian civil wars, proxy geopolitical power struggles and genocidal leaders, writes Dr Azmi Bishara.
Comment: Islamist movements are at a cross roads, and the way forward is to agree on the principles of the democratic system and abide by them, writes Azmi Bishara.
Comment: The violence of the Islamic State group will force a rethinking within political Islam which uses the same scriptures albeit differently, writes Azmi Bishara.
Comment: Islamists must choose between developing into a civil and democratic political and cultural force, or conservative isolation with a violent future, writes Azmi Bishara.
Islamists disregarded democratic principles that the Arab Spring protesters had advocated for, leading to their eventual failures, writes Dr. Azmi Bishara in the second part of his treatise on Islamism in crisis.
Comment: Political Islam is the end result of the enforced separation of religion and governance, leaving Islamist groups in crisis from their very inception, writes Dr Azmi Bishara.
Comment: The election of London's first Muslim mayor is major progress for Western democracy, argues Dr. Azmi Bishara, but the Arab world is light years away from such 'democratic citizenship'
