By Paul Rogers

The death of the al-Qaida leader is a symbolic moment. But far more important is that the future of his movement - and much else besides - is closely tied to the success or failure of the Arab risings.

By Dominic Browne

The AV referendum takes place today, representing an historic opportunity to change our electoral system. After all, any issue that divides the coalition government, splits Labour in two, yet brings the BNP and the Communist party together in agreement is clearly one of  peculiar interest. The newspapers reaction ranges from the optimistic to the cynical, the meditative to the hysterical.

By Daniele Archibugi

Maybe there really was no choice. But we have lost something by not putting bin Laden on trial, and that is a particular view of what Justice is for.

By Alistair Scrutton & Henry Foy

India may nervously wonder if Osama bin Laden's death will hasten a triumphalist U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and leave New Delhi exposed to an unfriendly, Pakistan-dominated neighborhood and unfettered militancy in its backyard.

By Rima Saini

In light of Prince William's marriage to the commoner of the hour, Catherine Middleton, a 'comment is free' article from the Guardian last weekend discussed the issue of social mobility in reference to scholar, freedom fighter and father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar. Born into a poor, untouchable family, his appeal to equality as the cornerstone of political democracy is indeed as relevant to our time and place as much as it was to his. Relevant, most certainly, to the current debate pitting our first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system against the Alternative Vote (AV).

By Ivor Cornish

Is AV too little and far too late? Our Kingdom has been debating in great detail the various pros, cons and mathematics of numerous voting systems, House of Lords reforms, the West Lothian question, Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish independence, written constitutions and home rule for the English. But what will any of this add up to, especially for the English, if Cameron has his way?