Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
The British Queen's motorcade, a European space ship, the first direct flights between Russia and Brazil and the Turkish prime minister's branding potential
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Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Saturday 18 September
Opposites attract for the Turkic states
It has been more than 1,000 years since Turkic tribes migrated west from the Asian steppe to establish most of the great empires of Central Asia and the Middle East.
Midori House, episode 286
Joseph Dana and Daniella Peled dicuss Israeli-Palestinian relations, Raffaello Pantucci assess China’s plans for Central Asia, and we hear why Carla Bruni is undermining feminism.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 3 January
2010: Beware of the bear
I sat down to lunch last month in Abkhazia with Vladimir Churov, the head of Russia’s Central Election Commission and a man who has been accused of rigging elections, and Alexei Ostrovsky, head of the Duma’s Committee on…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 June
Shaking off the Borat legacy
Kazakhstan is far from most people’s geopolitical radars, and outside oil and gas circles is still known mainly for the fictional journalist, Borat.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 16 May
An historic Kyrgyz vote
After last month’s riots in Kyrgyzstan, the new provisional government is doing its best to regain control over the whole of the country.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Wednesday 15 September
Flagpole diplomacy
Fledgling nations have an understandable urge to spend the early stages of their independence over-compensating.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 8 April
Kyrgyzstan’s revolution
There are many things that have helped provoke the violent revolution in Kyrgyzstan this week: extreme poverty, financial crisis and possibly a nudge from Moscow, to name just a few.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Thursday 24 February
North Korea’s army adds gloss to capital
Nuclear armed, highly motivated and a potentially destabilising force in Northeast Asia, the North Korean People’s Army, or KPA, is one of the most feared fighting forces on the planet.
Design / Architecture
Monocolumn
Monday 4 March
Low expectations
Hong Kong's famous skyline will always impress architecturally but look below the towers to find the interesting stuff.
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Sunday 14 October
Generous hosts
After a week of meetings, seminars, press conferences and photo opportunities, the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank – the first to be held in Tokyo in 48 years – came to a close…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 7 October
Doing away with democracy
Rumours are sweeping Kazakhstan that President Nursultan Nazarbayev is gearing up to make himself President for Life.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 19 December
The Great Un-Known
Will the world be a safer place without North Korean leader Kim Jong-il?
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 10 October
Democracy comes to Kyrgyzstan
The plaques bolted to each of its five bulky printing units say it all: “Property of the United States Government Department of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor”.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 6 May
A ticking time bomb
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.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 9 March
Weekend agenda 9/10 March
This Weekend go and see the work of an American print icon in London, indulge your literary leanings in Dubai, and enjoy the best of underground cinema in Chicago.
Affairs / Politics
Asia briefing
Why 2013 will be a year of economic and political uncertainty in Asia, and the politician Jakarta has high hopes for.
Business / Business Hubs
Monocolumn
Thursday 16 December
Seoul’s property dreamers awaken to reality
Well, they seemed like good ideas at the time.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 21 October
Weekend agenda 22/23 October
This weekend enjoy Chinese Opera in Hong Kong, shop for outerwear in London or pick up some Sandro Perri jazz. Also, Aleksandra Mir has a new show in New York and the UK will see a disturbingly brilliant new cinema release…
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Thursday 9 May
Northern exposure
A visit to Seoul in South Korea reveals a nation that's comfortable in its identity and wearily mature about a nuclear threat on its doorstep.