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

key strategic challenge

Cooling tempers in Colombia

Regional tensions have been ratcheted up to uneasy levels in recent days. Will there be war?

by the numbers

4 dollar gas?

US Gasoline Price Outlook

Warmer weather means more chagrin at the pump this spring.

shorts

Iran: two or three elections?

This week, Iranians vote in Majlis elections.

Spain: Zapatero victory?

Prime minister will hope for good weather on Sunday.

Divisive EU summit

Summit traditionally focuses on economic matters.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk:
US recession

NEW Today's Talking Point

Cheney: Middle East trip

Wednesday 12 March

Cheney's visit certainly does not herald a softening within the Bush administration on Hamas.

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One Week Later....

Developments, Feb. 29 - March 6.

Russia: continuity

Possible softening of rhetoric.

Gas dispute resolved

Kiev agrees to pay for supplies.

Kenya: land question

Threat of renewed violence remains.

Political Masterstroke

This week...Thai authorities

Analytica™ - news to us

Jargon Buster

Staking a 'moral claim'

Barack Obama

Remaining primaries and caucuses are now a 'beauty contest' to convince an elite constituency.«