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

key strategic challenge

Arctic interest

As the Arctic melts, the stakes of exploration in the region are rising.

Jargon Buster

Large Hadron Collider

CMS Higgs event

Multinational science can be a headache to organize.

shorts

Pakistan: Polo, prison, PM?

Pakistan’s probable new leader is dogged by stories about his past. .

Iraq: Back to work

The reconvened Iraqi parliament has to please all of the people, in not much time.

Cuba and Mexico: Warming

In a Cuban-US rapprochement, Mexico could be a crucial go-between.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk: Commodity bust

by the numbers

Governing Europe's economyEurope's Economy

Battles over ECB independence miss Europe’s real economic problems.

Political Masterstroke

US election

US presidential coverage

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