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

TalkingPointMon_Korea

key strategic challenge

Pakistan: Of jets and morale

The Pakistani military is too important for the US to neglect.

shorts

Brazil: Offshore, upset

Strikes in Brazil might undo last week’s oil price reprieve.

Cyprus: High hopes

Reunification might move (slightly) closer on Friday as leaders meet.

Ethiopia/Eritrea: After UNMEE

Ethiopia and Eritrea may go to war without UNMEE's presence.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk: Horn of Africa

by the numbers

Japan: budget bustingJapanese debt

Japan's politicians have a knack for putting off reforms, however urgent.

The Truth About...

Clean Coal

Industrial Smoke stacks

'Clean Coal' is not ready, and will be dirty and expensive when it is.

Political Masterstroke

US election

US presidential coverage

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