Commentary

There has been a long standing grievance that discussions and analyses of war have seemed to get more print and airtime than would be expected of the peace dividend. This prevails even as the East African Community stares at the unfolding situation in the Sudans.

Rousseau versus Hobbes: on the cover of the French magazine Philosophie, the two leading contenders in France’s upcoming presidential election, the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and the Socialist candidate François Hollande, are dressed up accordingly.