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

key strategic challenge

Obrador's comeback

After a year in the political wilderness, the Mexican civil resistance leader returns.

by the numbers

Yahoo: data goldmine

Collecting visitor data

The real reason Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo.

shorts

Sarkozy: damage limitation

Will voters rally behind centre-right mayors in decisive second round?

Fed: blood transfusion

The financial system is likely to continue significant deleveraging.

US: muddled Hamas policy

Is the US performing a u-turn in policy towards Hamas? 

Somalia: floundering government

The TFG has struggled to assert its authority. 

Moldova: 'frozen conflict'

Pakistan: bad blood

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk:
Central Asia disorder

NEW Today's Talking Point

Mortgage Sector relief?

Tuesday 18 March

The US administration has abandoned its doctrinaire insistence on market-led solutions to the unfolding mortgage crisis, and President George Bush has expressed support for recent Federal Reserve measures to stabilise capital markets.

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Growing Dollars

Russia: the rules of engagement

John McCain

McCain's 'Veepstakes'

Green City

Organic growth

question of the week

EquadorQ: Why is sovereignty so important in Latin America?

A: Sovereignty is not an issue taken lightly in Latin America, as illustrated in recent days by the strong reaction to an incursion...«

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Talking Points

Mon, Mar.18 - China & Tibet

Fri, Mar.13 - Beijing Olympics

Wed, Mar.12 - Cheney of Arabia

Tue, Mar.11 - Cuomo advancement

US election

US presidential coverage

Read The World Next Week's coverage of the 2008 US Presidential Election

One Week Later....

Developments, March 7 - 13.

Malaysia: crisis

Problems for ruling Barisan Nasional.

Cricket: India dictates agenda

A new world order?

Zapatero victory

But no absolute majority.

Political Masterstroke

This week...China

Jargon Buster

Off record, off-limits

Lying Journalists

The Scotsman Vs. Samantha Power incident is a story of indiscretion and unethical journalism practice.«