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Articles in this issue:
Politics this week
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KAL's cartoon
The Nordic countries: The next supermodel
Immigration reform: Let them stay, let them in
Chaos in Egypt: Tahrir squandered
British monetary policy: Shake ’em up, Mr Carney
America’s lawyers: Guilty as charged
Letters: On the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, the British army, Croatia, climate change, Richard Nixon, "huge" matters
Egypt: To the barricades, again
Immigration reform: Washington learns a new language
The economy: The little dipper
Recess appointments: Obama oversteps
Grand Central: The survivor
Juvenile justice: Suffer the children
America’s maritime infrastructure: Crying out for dollars
The Great Lakes: The shipping news
Lexington: Reporting for one last duty
Peru’s roaring economy: Hold on tight
Brazil’s nightclub fire: A night from hell
Women in Canadian politics: On top, for now
Latin American integration: Past and future
Myanmar: Talking peace, waging war
Myanmar and China: The Kachin dilemma
Politics in Malaysia: Scrapping for every vote
South Korean politics: Pardon me
Banyan: The limits to dialogue
China and North Korea: On the naughty step
Football: Own goal
Political activism: Local hero
Nuclear diplomacy and Iran: Where’s the deal?
Iran’s coming presidential election: Make no mistake
Syria’s refugees: Drowning in the flood
Israel’s rising star: Man of peace?
French intervention in Mali: Where have the jihadists gone?
The African Cup of Nations: Boys to men
Turkey and its army: Erdogan and his generals
Italy’s election: Scandal, fascism and football
Serbia and Kosovo: Inching closer
France and gay marriage: Pink pride in Paris
Ireland’s abortion debate: Still restrictive
Sexism in Germany: A cloud over Rainer
Charlemagne: Transatlantic trading
English cities: Freedom at last
How to be British: Patriotism recycled
Race and politics: The colour of votes
Speed limits: The slowing of Britain
Politics: Friends reunited?
Police recruitment: Bright blue
Structural reform: A growth manifesto
Private schools: Pride and prejudice
Bagehot: An unwelcoming nation
Outsiders in the Arctic: The roar of ice cracking
Internet capacity: Hooking up
Homelessness: Words on the street
Northern lights
Welfare: More for less
Immigrants: The ins and the outs
Business: Global niche players
Entrepreneurs: If in doubt, innovate
Creativity: Cultural revolution
Norway: The rich cousin
Lessons: The secret of their success
Reforming America’s legal education: The two-year itch
America’s legal industry: The case against clones
Online-video sites: Net flicks
Unconventional gas in Europe: Frack to the future
ThyssenKrupp: Nerves of steel
Indian carmakers: The four-wheeled survivor
The company formerly known as RIM: BounceBack or ByeBye?
Huawei: Clear as mud
Schumpeter: Fixing common affairs
AIG: America’s Improved Giant
The Big Mac index: Bunfight
Buttonwood: The value of value
India’s stockmarket: The road from perdition
Cyber-security: War on terabytes
Video games and financial literacy: Blood bars and debt bunnies
Vietnam’s banks: Tiger tamed
The Icesave ruling: In the cooler
Free exchange: The autopilot solution
The future of energy: Batteries included?
Steganography: Speaking with silence
Memory: Remember, remember
Malnutrition and the microbiome: Debugging the problem
Avian navigation: The Birdmuda triangle
Human evolution: Of ice and men
China, India and climate change: Take the lead
Religion in Russia: A question of faith
Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon: The odd couple
Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir: Before judgment days
New fiction in translation: Darkness before dawn
Jozef Glemp
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