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

key strategic challenge

Counter-terrorism, Indian style

India’s unique political features prove a headache for counter-terrorist operations.

shorts

Africom: Hard up

On Wednesday, Africa gets its own US military command -- in Germany.

Austria: Haider high?

Austrian politicians face unpleasant coalition choices.

Hungary: Robbing the rich

Spending on subsidies, a disliked government earns political capital.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk: Conflict in North Korea

by the numbers

Russian sovereign wealth
Estimated foreign exchange reserves

Russia may begin spending more of its oil wealth overseas.

Political Masterstroke

US election

US presidential coverage

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