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

key strategic challenge

OSCE and Kazakhstan

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly convenes.

shorts

ECB kicks it up a notch

The European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to raise interest rates.

Houston: reinvention

The United States may be in the economic doldrums, yet Houston is a hot spot.

Iraq: sweet crude

The Iraqi government is set to announce foreign oil majors that have been awarded oil field deals.

Kosovo: St. Vitus Day dance

Serbs in Kosovo hold the first meeting of their parallel assembly.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk: Horn of Africa 'hot' wars

Today's Talking Point

EITI++ targets resources

Wednesday July 02

Countries rich in natural resources -- oil, gas and other minerals -- are often also among the world's poorest.

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by the numbers

The MPG myth

Fuel Economy

Improving the fuel economy of gas-guzzlers by just 2 MPG may have a huge environmental impact.

Political Masterstroke

US election

US presidential coverage

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