LATEST OP-ED STORIES

By ANDREY BORODAEVSKIY

The future of Russian democracy will depend on the correct relationship between people and power, the two major elements that constitute any society.

By ITAMAR RABINOVICH

Syria's opposition must build itself as a credible and attractive alternative to the Assad regime, assisted by the regime's international and regional critics.

By STEPHEN L. CARTER

We need people whose passion for the democratic process is greater than their passion for an outcome. When that group vanishes, so will real democracy.

By NYUNT SHWE

The only sure way to lessen the military regime's grip on Myanmar would be for the international community to remove all sanctions against the country.

By URI DADUSH and MOISES NAIM

Equally as scandalous as the repellent way the World Bank president is appointed is the appointment process for other senior Bank managers and the IMF.

By ROBERT J. SHILLER

Much significance has been attached to a possible eurozone breakup, but it would not have the dire political consequences for Europe that so many predict.

By GEORGE WILL

Professional bureaucracies are dismayed by creative destruction in the digital age and the many independent decisions made by Americans daily. Good.

By GWYNNE DYER

Mohamed Merah and Robert Bales both were responding, in confused ways, to the "war on terror" launched by former U.S. President George W. Bush.

Japan-related commentary

Huge sources for generating electricity lie within and below the seas around Japan. Scientists and corporations are beginning to see what they're missing.

By RAMESH THAKUR

A year after the 3/11 disasters, the future of Japan's nuclear power industry looks uncertain even as exports of nuclear technology and materials continue.

Country-specific commentary

By HAROLD MEYERSON

Even as many European nations recoil from economic union obligations, a radical cross-border politics is being born. But it doesn't unite the continent.

By HIROAKI SATO

Maintaining a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is said to cost $1.2 million a year, which is equal to the total median annual income for 25 American households.

Global-related commentary

By SANJEEV SANYAL

The last two decades were the era of massive superstores whose product arrays dazzled customers. There are signs that this dominance may be over.

By RAMZY BAROUD

The words 'senseless' and 'morbid' don't begin to describe the dirty war in Afghanistan.