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China’s first top-100 global brand?
James Leibold
25 August 2013
Four hundred million people have downloaded WeChat, a quarter of them outside China. And the figures are growing daily, reports
James Leibold
International
How does a nation heal itself?
Jill Stockwell
8 August 2013
Despite pioneering the concept of the truth commission, Argentina is still dealing with the legacy of political and military violence thirty years later, writes
Jill Stockwell
A politics out of time
David Hayes
25 July 2013
The scale of Britain’s problems leaves its party and electoral systems struggling to catch up, says
David Hayes
International
Big brother
Klaus Neumann
15 July 2013
Popular unease about US surveillance of German citizens could pose a problem for Angela Merkel as national elections loom, writes
Klaus Neumann
International
The Islamic state in context
Tarek Osman
10 July 2013
Fears of the emergence of an Islamic state in Egypt or other countries in the region are at odds with thirteen centuries of history, writes
Tarek Osman
Surveillance society
James Leibold
4 July 2013
A high-tech system of social control is being superimposed on China’s network of urban neighbourhoods, writes
James Leibold
in Beijing
International
“One Brazil for all”
Tom Chodor
26 June 2013
The protests in Brazil highlight both the successes and limitations of the Workers’ Party government, writes
Tom Chodor
Big Society vs DIY World
David Hayes
17 June 2013
Although it’s widely disdained, the very vagueness of David Cameron’s ambitious idea gives it resilience, says
David Hayes
International
Overcoming this century’s Berlin Blockade
Michael Bröning
16 June 2013
It’s time for Germany to throw off old habits, both on European policy and in how it deals with broader security challenges, writes
Michael Bröning
A Kenyan dilemma, with global drivers
Clar Ni Chonghaile
6 June 2013
The East African country needs to take hold of its own future, the celebrated Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina tells
Clar Ni Chonghaile
. And he is deeply ambivalent…
International
A “train wreck” that looks like staying on the rails
Lesley Russell
3 June 2013
Opponents of Obamacare will have to face the fact that the scheme is being implemented across the United States, even in some unlikely places, writes
Lesley Russell
Life on stage
Brian McFarlane
31 May 2013
In London,
Brian McFarlane
reviews three recent stage productions
International
“Hijacking decolonisation”: French Polynesia at the United Nations
Nic Maclellan
31 May 2013
French Polynesia’s historic resolution at the United Nations was clinched by years of campaigning and back-room diplomacy by this French dependency, reports
Nic Maclellan
International
China goes local in search of growth
Kerry Brown
29 May 2013
The new Chinese premier has been wrestling with China’s economic future since the global financial crisis took its toll, writes
Kerry Brown
China’s museum-style multiculturalism
James Leibold
23 May 2013
“Stability maintenance” is translating into greater surveillance, but the Chinese government’s response to ethnic frictions looks to be unsustainable, writes…
International
Triumph of the machine
Edward Aspinall
7 May 2013
Rural dynamics explain the government’s victory in the Malaysian election, argues
Edward Aspinall
Can Malaysia find life after the National Front?
Amrita Malhi
4 May 2013
A historic election campaign reopened old questions about what kind of nation Malaysia should be, writes
Amrita Malhi
in Kuala Lumpur
Tales of the unexpected
Clar Ni Chonghaile
2 May 2013
The world’s largest refugee settlement is now telling its own stories, writes
Clar Ni Chonghaile
Ken Loach’s dreamland
David Hayes
28 April 2013
The renowned director’s new film, which uses the socialist mood of 1945 to assail the world Margaret Thatcher created, is bad history and worse politics, says
David Hayes
The impossible dream
James Leibold
22 April 2013
There’s a paradox at the heart of Xi Jinping’s new political maxim, writes
James Leibold
in Beijing
International
Force of nature
Carmela Ferraro
17 April 2013
Australian journalist Natalie Bennett has big ambitions for Britain’s Green Party.
Carmela Ferraro
talked to her in London
International
The shadow on the congressional horizon
Lesley Russell
16 April 2013
The Republicans have a problem and the Democrats have an opportunity, writes
Lesley Russell
Britain’s military complex
David Hayes
12 April 2013
The grim conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have dulled the instinct for armed intervention. But it still runs deep in British political culture, writes
David Hayes
International
Imbalance of power
Andy Butfoy
5 April 2013
Despite the cuts, the United States will remain the world’s military giant for the foreseeable future, writes
Andy Butfoy
International
Misjudgements on the Mediterranean
Ross Buckley
3 April 2013
The European Union bungled the Cyprus bailout, writes
Ross Buckley
. Next time, more Iceland and less Ireland
International
Will Putin survive until 2018?
John Besemeres
27 March 2013
Faced with turbulence among the elite as well as the general public, the Russian president is adjusting his polices and stepping up appeals to Russian sentiment, writes
John
…
Kenya on the cusp
Clar Ni Chonghaile
19 March 2013
Kenya’s enormous potential seems a step closer to reality after a relatively peaceful election. Now, the Supreme Court faces the delicate task of dealing with Raila…
International
Caught between homelands
Jane McAdam
15 March 2013
If climate change hastens migration in the Pacific, two twentieth-century cases could be useful guides, writes
Jane McAdam
International
The Arms Trade Treaty: has a good idea already failed?
Stephanie Koorey
14 March 2013
A treaty alone won’t make significant inroads into the global arms trade, writes
Stephanie Koorey
Four dishes, one soup
James Leibold
13 March 2013
There’s austerity in the air as China’s parliament meets, but has anything else changed, asks
James Leibold
in Beijing
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