The World Next Week - Forward-looking Intelligence from Oxford Analytica

key strategic challenge

Laying the IPI pipeline

The prospect of a gas pipeline linking Iran, Pakistan and India is back on the table.

emerging trends

Two jobs for the Turks

Ankara needs to choose a new parliamentary speaker. Easy. Picking a new president is the real challenge.

Striking changes in the EU

The usual summertime industrial action hits France and Germany. But times are a-changing.

Next stop: Pakistan

The key threat to US interests? Not Iraq. Not Afghanistan. The tribal areas of northwest Pakistan.

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Sayonara, Shinzo?

Shinzo Abe: Bidding goodbye?

(c) Kyodo/Reuters

With his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) about to lose an election, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could be headed for the exit this week.


Martyr's Square, Beirut

Lebanon: Last chance saloon

A last-ditch diplomatic effort to resolve Lebanon's long-standing political crisis will be launched in Beirut this weekend.

question of the week

Is the Chinese dragon overheating?

Q: Is the Chinese economy overheating?

A: China's economy is now running close to full tilt, but growth is not accelerating substantially...«

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Globe Trotters

Who's going where? Interactive map

Jargon Buster

'Basel II'

A rule telling banks how much capital they need to hold. Why is it important? «

The truth about...

The Second Life 'economy'

Why the virtual world in massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) is likely to remain an emerging art form rather than an emerging market.«

by the numbers

Politics 2.0

Barack Obama's Facebook entry

Never mind who is ahead in the US presidential polls. Which candidate has the most Facebook friends?