Self-induced sluggishness
This year will probably be a pretty bad one for the world economy; it doesn’t have to be(19)
This year will probably be a pretty bad one for the world economy; it doesn’t have to be(19)
Mitt Romney strengthens his place as front-runner. But now he has a new rival(23)
A coup leader attempts to show his softer side(2)
With Islamists set to dominate the new parliament, secular Egyptians hope that the moderates will keep the extremists in check. So far they seem willing to do so(4)
The year when the Chinese economy will truly eclipse America’s is in sight(182)
Both inside and outside Hungary, alarm is growing over the ruling party’s steps to entrench its powers(9)
A biography of two women whose lives have been transformed by militant Islam(2)
Facebook, Twitter and other social media provide huge opportunities, but will bring huge problems(60)
The Arab League has failed to stop the bloodshed in Syria, and the opposition is growing ever restless(22)
A novel approach to solar power may help to improve its efficiency(58)
Buttonwood injects a little nuance into the debate about fiscal stimulus
Prospero explains how to be a dictator
Gulliver takes an iPad across Africa
Americas view notes Cristina Kirchner's illness
Johnson on words of the year
Barack Obama's military strategy is both sensible and a belated recognition of realities that have become all too apparent
Daniel Yergin on the future of energy
Jurgen Scdhdeberg arrived in South Africa as a teenager in 1950. Here are a selection of the photographs he took
Masters of management
Autocratic trends
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