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

key strategic challenge

China in Space

China has familiar motives for its space programme.

shorts

NATO: Policing the bear

NATO will boost its presence in the Baltic, following Russia's war with Georgia.

Rwanda: Girl power

Rwanda's leader finds a novel way to boost legitimacy.

Lehman over the edge

Lehman brothers can escape ruin, but other institutions may not share its luck.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

International: Oil price collapse

by the numbers

Paulson takes the plungeGRE stock vs. Dow Jones Index

The privatisation of Fannie and Freddie was well-handled, but the ultimate cost is unknowable.

Political Masterstroke

US election

US presidential coverage

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