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Countdown to an election
Lesley Russell
9 November 2011
The US presidential race has one year to run.
Lesley Russell
looks at the field and the issues
“We cannot achieve what we want with hatred. We need a situation where everybody wins, including the military”
Our correspondent in Rangoon
1 November 2011
A year after Burma’s first general election in two decades, our correspondent in Rangoon finds encouraging signs of political and social change
The smoke this time
David Hayes
1 November 2011
An encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral in London casts a new light on this icon of British wartime defiance. But the epic days of the 1940s may have something to teach the…
Sri Lanka’s uneasy peace
Antonio Castillo
20 October 2011
More than two years have passed since the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, but reconciliation still seems a long way off, writes
Antonio Castillo
International
A Palestinian state within a year?
James Richardson
19 October 2011
Although the diplomatic task is daunting, Europe should take up the challenge, writes
James L. Richardson
International
Poland at the polls: a win for pragmatism
John Besemeres
14 October 2011
Fears that Poland could lurch to the right proved unfounded when Poles voted last weekend, writes
John Besemeres
. The results highlight the waning influence of the Church…
Back to the future
Duncan Hewitt
14 October 2011
Returning to China,
Duncan Hewitt
finds more development, plenty of stresses, and an increasingly enquiring local media
International
The Apple farmer
Graeme Orr
10 October 2011
Graeme Orr
looks at responses to the death of the man who stood between consumers and the complexities of science, innovation and corporate strategy
On the edge of the Arab Spring
Matthew Gray
5 October 2011
Avoiding the worst of the protests in the region, Jordan is changing anyway, writes
Matthew Gray
in Amman
International
“Em inap nau…” (“That’s enough now…”)
Hank Nelson
26 September 2011
It was the end of an era for Papua New Guinea when Sir Michael Somare retired at the end of June. Or did he?
Hank Nelson
looks at more months of tumult in PNG politics
International
Palestine and the United Nations: crisis as opportunity?
James Richardson
20 September 2011
The debate about Palestine’s UN status could create a new basis for negotiations, writes
James L. Richardson
A country of the mind
David Hayes
18 September 2011
The tendency to press reality into a heritage mould traps England in political aspic, says
David Hayes
International
Covering Obama’s secret war
Tara McKelvey
15 September 2011
When drones strike in Pakistan, key questions go unasked and unanswered, writes
Tara McKelvey
International
Russia’s elections: leaving little to chance
John Besemeres
8 September 2011
With elections looming, speculation is mounting about whether Vladimir Putin or Dmitry Medvedev (or even someone else) will be the ruling establishment’s presidential…
No time to lose
Samina Ahmed
7 September 2011
Given the fragility of Pakistan’s democratic transition, the need for electoral reforms is as urgent as ever, writes the International Crisis Group’s
Samina Ahmed
International
Delhi drift
Robin Jeffrey
31 August 2011
Deep political disillusionment in India won’t be solved simply by creating a new anti-corruption czar, writes
Robin Jeffrey
International
What should Obama do?
Eric M. Leeper
26 August 2011
The US president should start by articulating sound short-term and longer-term economic policies
International
Understanding Somali society
I.M. Lewis
17 August 2011
The distinguished anthropologist
I.M. Lewis
discusses the background to the famine in Somalia
Africa’s victories over malaria
Xan Rice
16 August 2011
Infection and death rates are down in many countries, writes
Xan Rice
. Now the challenge is to consolidate and extend those gains
England on trial
David Hayes
16 August 2011
Four days and nights of riotous disorder are a potent argument for social repair. But lack of agreement on fundamentals could soon prove fatal to the chances, says
David Hayes
Heading west, heading east: impressions from Warsaw and Moscow
John Besemeres
11 August 2011
In Poland and Russia
John Besemeres
found two countries heading in quite different directions
The brothers grim
Frank Bongiorno
10 August 2011
Despite defeating his brother in a long and hard-fought leadership campaign, it’s still not clear what British Labour leader Ed Miliband stands for, writes
Frank Bongiorno
“This is the Tunisian Revolution!”
Daniel Nethery
1 August 2011
Daniel Nethery
reports from post-revolutionary Tunis
International
Can Germany go green?
Michael Jacobs
1 August 2011
The world’s energy policy-makers are watching as the Merkel government takes the lead, writes
Michael Jacobs
British Labour’s blues
Frank Bongiorno
26 July 2011
Frank Bongiorno
looks at the growing influence of Labour peer Maurice Glasman on the British opposition party
A shrinking continent
Xan Rice
25 July 2011
It’s becoming much easier to fly within Africa, writes
Xan Rice
as he visits the world’s newest nation
A class apart
Frank Bongiorno
21 July 2011
Is “merit” the new demarcation line in British society, asks
Frank Bongiorno
in London
International
Red hot challenges for Thailand
Nicholas Farrelly
7 July 2011
Thailand’s new government faces the difficult challenge of keeping traditional enemies relatively happy, writes
Nicholas Farrelly
International
The limits of good intentions: Noynoy Aquino one year on
Paul Hutchcroft
30 June 2011
A change in leadership style is only a first step for the Philippines
Living with an epidemic
Lesley Russell
29 June 2011
In the thirty years since AIDS was first identified much has been achieved, says
Lesley Russell
, but much still needs to be done to strengthen the international response
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