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

key strategic challenge

Delhi's defence deal

Washington, Moscow and Paris are competing for a lucrative contract.

by the numbers

The Democrats' democratic deficit

Democratic Primary Results

The Democratic party's supposedly 'proportional' method of allocating delegates is nothing of the kind.

shorts

Gazprom muscle

Ukraine has again fallen behind on its payments to the gas giant.

Iran's bizarre ritual

Another 'managed' election.

Kenya peace prospects

Peace or pause in the violence?

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk:
Balkans disruption

NEW Today's Talking Point

Seducing superdelegates

Wednesday 5 March

State contests now are a proxy for a different, and more significant, competition.

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Senator John McCainQ: Is McCain too old for the presidency?

A: He is easily fit enough, but will need to sell the electorate on a septuagenarian chief. «

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One Week Later....

Developments, Feb. 22 - 28

Sadr makes his call

A ceasefire is extended in Iraq.

South Korea: Lee leads

New president makes his mark

Latin American gas shortage

A frosty Southern Cone winter

Political Masterstroke

This week...Kofi Annan

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Jargon Buster

'Community cohesion'

Community

Can the government foster inter-ethnic and inter-faith comity? «