Affairs / Politics
The pitfalls of political chest-puffing
Thursday 3 May
In the ancient poem Beowulf, the eponymous hero went about the Scandinavian countryside battling dragons and beasts and sharing his bold exploits with all who would listen.
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Affairs / Government
A Ugandan protest and an unworried president
Thursday 10 March
Uganda’s elite red beret troops weren’t taking any chances.
Affairs / Defence
Brain vs brawn
Issue 56
In the forest of Evjemoen, Norway’s officer training school puts troops through an extreme test of endurance. It’s a physical and mental challenge but more of the latter in these days of modern warfare.
Affairs / Politics
Defence Briefing
Issue 70
We talk to the head of the Israeli Defense Force about women, religion and recruitment and look at China and Japan's move to streamline their military decision-making.
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Affairs / Economics
Portugal needs to hold on to its talent
Wednesday 5 September
Spending the evening strolling around the Baixa district of Lisbon, watching the bars and restaurants fill up as the sun begins to set across the Tagus river, it can be easy to imagine that Portugal’s financial crisis…
Affairs / Defence
IDEX 09
IDEX arms fair in Abu Dhabi is where armed forces and security services from nations all over the world go to see the latest in tanks and guns and put in their orders. Exhibitors are traditionally from the traditional western power block but China, Russia and Turkey are starting to challenge their dominance.
Affairs / Defence
A ticking time bomb
Monday 6 May
The atrocities in Syria might soon provoke the US into supplying arms to its rebel fighters but the same tactic in 1980s Afghanistan meant arms recipients soon turned against the hand that feeds.
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East Briefing
Issue 4
Robert Mugabe still misses Savile Row.
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Affairs / Society
Ready to blow
Monday 9 December
The recent riots in Singapore didn’t come as a huge surprise to Aisha Speirs, who says the simmering racial tensions in the city-state haven’t finished bubbling over yet.
Affairs / Society
Respect the elders
Issue 58
The Avengers be damned. The combined diplomatic super powers of 10 global leaders known as The Elders, formed by Nelson Mandela and led by chairman Desmond Tutu, are taking on the world’s most complex problems.
Affairs / Politics
Europe briefing
Issue 4
Moscow says goodbye to brutalism and the twentysomethings running Georgia.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Tällberg: Shereen El Feki
Shereen El Feki is a presenter with the global news channel Al Jazeera International. From 1998 to 2005 she was Healthcare Correspondent at The Economist, writing on bio-medical research, the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries, international public health, biomedical ethics, intellectual property rights and agribusiness. Here, Shereen El Feki explains how the Tällberg Forum hopes to address health threats and infectious diseases in the context of climate change.
