Current issue: February 2014

…behind the violence in South Sudan; the Arab Spring is not over; don’t upset the new middle classes of North Korea; China’s new battle of the Pacific; Japan’s makeover isn’t working; hungry burger workers were not the American dream; why the Romanians are growing their own veg; have the Games wrecked Sochi’s future? Uruguay fights drugs by unbanning them; a little night music… and more…

Must read

Against censorship, in any media

by Serge Halimi

Freedom of speech is something we only really talk about with reference to statements we condemn. Damage done to this principle may last long after the motive and the rulers who exploited it have been forgotten. In the atmosphere of near-panic (...)

South Sudan: it all began so well

by Gérard Prunier

The sudden conflict in South Sudan isn’t essentially tribal, but the result of clever economic pressure from Khartoum on South Sudan’s president, who is desperate to hold on to power.

Battle over a string of islands  *

by Olivier Zajec

Keep calm and don’t carry on  *

by Evelyne Pieiller

Japan’s fresh start stales  *

by Makoto Katsumata

North Korea’s lights go back on  *

by Patrick Maurus

Less money, more sharing  *

by Pierre Souchon

And also ...

Take back the Arab Spring * — You are watching Big Brother — The real cost of a cheap burger * — Back to the land in Romania — The Sochi Games * — Uruguay surrenders to win — A globalised business *

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