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

key strategic challenge

Parting the Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea offers rich resources -- once it is clear who owns what.

shorts

Bailouts without borders

Recent cross-border bank rescues are likely to exceptional.

Bangkok dangerous

An election in the Thai capital echoes national politics.

China: Rural ruction

Beijing contemplates how to treat the losers from growth.

The Global Stress Points Matrix

Global Stress Point Matrix™

Rising risk: US recession

by the numbers

Hard Times
Topics Gaining or Losing space in US newspapers 2007-8

US newspapers are facing bad news as well as reporting it.

Political Masterstroke

US election

US presidential coverage

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