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

key strategic challenge

Buses and Boris

Can Boris Johnson learn from Latin America as he seeks to reform London's bus network?

shorts

Burma: battered and bruised

Burma's generals are gearing up for a constitutional referendum.

Serbia: elections -- again

Parliamentary elections are being represented as Serbia's choice between pro- and anti-Westernism.

Pakistan: judgement day

There will be further entropy in Pakistan this week.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk:
Central Asia

Today's Talking Point

US: Hedge fund scrutiny

Wednesday, May 14

Hedge funds used to be the exclusive haven of high net worth individuals. A broader client base has brought regulatory wariness.

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by the numbers

Clinton: dirt digging?

The effect of Campaigning on the Democrats presidential chances

The longer the Democratic race continues, the worse the consequences for both candidates.

Political Masterstroke

This week... The Saudi Government

Jargon Buster

Brown: 'Conviction politician'?

Gordon Brown

Two recent episodes call into question Gordon Brown's 'conviction politician' credentials.«

US election

US presidential coverage

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