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Politics Forecast— Global
Preface
A look ahead at the year in politics, including the challenges facing Nicholas Sarkozy, some potential new EU members and the run-up to the US election.
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01Syria's game
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02High stakes for the hyperpresident
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Asia briefing
Issue 62
Cambodia keeps politics in the family, South Korea get equal, and Japan gets green vending machines
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Diplomacy Briefing
Issue 57
We meet Timor-Leste's man in Australia and bring you more dispatches from the diplomatic world.
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Still fighting
Issue 40
The former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency has refused to sink quietly into retirement and is battling to bring democracy to his home country of Egypt.
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Africa/Middle East briefing
Issue 15
A Kenyan town gets a presidential boost, and will Emiratis ever use Dubai's new metro?
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Africa/Middle East Briefing
Issue 40
South Africa's ambition to host a mega-telescope, the new calendar for Senegal, and the Ugandan president's desperate measures to win the election.
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Americas Briefing
Issue 44
We examine Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's image makeover, report on Qatar's investment in the US property market and bring you the view from Bogotá.
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Clean and serene
Issue 8
Liechtenstein’s population is under 35,000 people, yet it is the registered home of 70,000 companies and 15 boutique banks. There is just one anachronism in this modern thriving state: a ruling prince who has little time…
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Oceania briefing
Issue 12
Why Australia's new gay Malaysian-Chinese MP is the politician to watch, and making high-rise healthier.
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Diplomacy Briefing
Issue 54
We meet Argentina's man in Paris and bring you a round-up of happenings in the world of diplomacy.
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Asia briefing
Issue 59
Why 2013 will be a year of economic and political uncertainty in Asia, and the politician Jakarta has high hopes for.
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Defence briefing
Issue 61
Germany’s armed forces are experiencing an era of change. Just as they are becoming more active on the world military stage, they’re also facing cuts and restructuring. What type of military emerges in the end is still…
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Letter from Tallinn
Issue 3
In 1991, impoverished Estonia broke free from the old Soviet Union. Today it is Europe’s fastest-growing economy. No surprise then that the nation has just voted back into power the coalition government which has overseen…