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

key strategic challenge

Tinderbox Philippines

Violence threatens elections, due in an autonomous Muslim area.

The Truth About...

The Mauritanian coup

Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

Mauritania’s coup might seem familiar -- both for the cast of characters, and their motivations.

shorts

Paraguay: Hanging up the mitre

Former Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo to be inaugurated next week.

Drinking buddies

Following positive second quarter earnings from Carlsberg, InBev is likely to follow suit.

Ghana: phone vote

Parliament is expected to consider the sale of a 70% stake in Ghana Telecom to Vodafone.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk: North Korea

Today's Talking Point

PAKISTAN: Capital markets

Wednesday, August 13

Pakistan’s capital markets are suffering from the country’s political turbulence and weak economic performance. Is improvement in store?

question of the week (submitted by readers)

Castle prisonQ: Is Belarus 'Europe's last dictatorship'?

A: More of the same, for now -– whatever cracks in the regime, the opposition is in worse shape.

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by the numbers

The Big Three: no more 4x4?Automotive trade

Economic downturn and rising fuel prices have poisoned the auto industry.

Political Masterstroke

US election

US presidential coverage

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