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June 2013 - July 2013
Back to the future for Syria, Michael Williams, UN envoy to Lebanon 2008 to 2012
Turkey finds that trouble knows no bounds, Hugh Pope, author and Turkey/Cyprus director, International Crisis Group
Sectarian pressures are tearing up the Sykes-Picot map, Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent for The Guardian
Q&A: A grass-roots view of the Syrian uprising, Alan Philps
Iraq can't avoid contagion, Jane Kinninmont, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme
Smart phones: it's now the age of the thumb, Per Ola Kristensson, lecturer in Human Computer Interaction, University of St Andrews
Venezuela's bad loser syndrome, Julia Buxton, Head of International Relations and Security Studies in the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
How to help the poor in a rich man's world, Jon Lidén, Consultant Research Fellow, Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security
The Kremlin is not just a one-man band, Andrew Monaghan, Research Fellow, Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme
Inside the superstar economy of America's big thinkers, Daniel W. Drezner, professor of international politics, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Britain needs to think bigger, Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica
Ideas that nudged governments, Chatham House
Joseph Nye, the inventor of the term 'soft power' , Alan Philps
Dicing with death penalties in Indonesia, Dave McRae, research fellow, East Asia Programme, Lowy Institute for International Policy
International justice should prosecute beyond the bounds of Africa, Max du Plessis, barrister and senior research associate, International Crime in Africa Programme, Institute for Security Studies
Can culture heal the wounds of the Troubles?, Bruce Clark is an author, and editor of Erasmus, The Economist’s religion and public policy blog
Chasing the Nordic option after independence, Alyson J.K. Bailes, adjunct professor, University of Iceland, and Paul Ingram, executive director, British American Security Information Council
St Helena ready for take off, Michael Binyon, former diplomatic editor of The Times
Shards of empire, Chatham House
Tax havens under attack, Ronen Palan, author and professor of International Political Economy, City University London
From the editor, Alan Philps
Contributors, Chatham House
Notebook: James Buchan, Chatham House
The World in Brief: From the archive, Vince Cable
The World in Brief: Bitcoin, Craig Drake
The World in Brief: Global round-up, Chatham House
The World in Brief: Jargonbuster, Chatham House
The World in Brief: Letters, Chatham House
The World in Brief: Previously in The World Today, Chatham House
Date with history... Cairo’s first revolution, Tarek Osman, author
Postcard from... Reykjavik, Andri Snær Magnason, author
Reviews: Iran’s nuclear fallout, Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House
Reviews: Reading list on Pakistan, Rosheen Kabraji,Programme Manager, Chatham House Asia Programme
Reviews: The rich life or the good life?, John Kampfner, author
Reviews: Unfair Obama bashing, Sherard Cowper-Coles, Britain’s Afghan envoy 2007-10
Reviews: Crime writing in translation, Barry Forshaw, author
Reviews: Euro crime writers, Chatham House
Ten minutes with.. Callum Macrae, documentary-maker, Libby Powell
June 2013
The World in Brief: Quotes from Chatham House, Chatham House
April 2013 - May 2013
The End of Youth, Professor Sarah Harper, Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing at the University of Oxford
Holding back the years, Roger Highfield, former editor of ‘New Scientist’ and director of external affairs at the Science Museum
A cruellest final chapter, David Derbyshire, science writer
Feel like retiring? Forget it!, Norma Cohen, Demography Correspondent of The Financial Times
The costs that rock the cradle, Paola Subacchi, Research Director, International Economics, at Chatham House
China’s bulging piggy banks, Helena Huang, research assistant at the Chatham House International Economics Programme
George Magnus, Alan Philps
Japan: And then there was one, Richard Jackson, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
China: Cheap labour is becoming scarce, Qiyu Tu, Deputy Director of the Institute of Urban and Demographic Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Saudi Arabia: Cyber-savvy youth on the rise, Caryle Murphy, author
Russia: From red to grey, Timothy Heleniak, Director of Research at the American Geographical Society
India: Where girls are in short supply, Gethin Chamberlain writes for The Observer from India
European Union: Caught in the fertility trap, Kenneth Howse, Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford.
Iran: Birth control flip flops, Baqer Moin, author
Singapore: Little Tigers have fewer cubs, Simon Long, The Economist’s Asia columnist and Associate Fellow at the Chatham House Asia Programme
Africa: The growing continent, John Cleland, Professor of Medical Demography at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
From the Editor, Alan Philps
Notebook: Robin Lustig, Robin Lustig worked for the BBC for 23 years, presenting Newshour on the World Service and The World Tonight on Radio 4
The World in Brief: Letters, Chatham House
The World in Brief: How safe is my cloud?, Dave Clemente, Research Associate, Chatham House International Security Programme
The World in Brief: Mali - After the war, the hard part, Paul Melly, Associate Fellow, Chatham House Africa Programme
The World in Brief: Quotes from Chatham House, Chatham House
The World in Brief: Jargonbuster on 'hard-working families', letters@theworldtoday.org
Hooray for the end of jobs for life, Harry de Quetteville, The Daily Telegraph's obituary editor
A law to end the suffering, Sir Terence English served as consultant cardiothoracic surgeon to Papworth and Addenbrooke’s hospitals from 1972 to 1995
Q&A: Juliet Stevenson, Interview by Libby Powell
Thanks for stealing my future, Agnes Frimston, assistant editor of The World Today
Postcard from...Astana, Zbigniew Wojnowski, an assistant professor at Nazarbayev University
Review: Grey market films, Joan Smith, journalist and author
Review: America sees the shrink, Alan Philps
Review: Tales of granny-dumping in Japan, Alex Dudok de Wit, student of Japanese
Review: Reading list on age, Alan Philps
Review: Reading list on youth, Agnes Frimston
Ten minutes with...Lucy Worsley, historian, Alan Philps
February 2013 - March 2013
Chinese Silk Railroad ambitions, Michael Binyon, former diplomatic editor of The Times
Keeping the dream on track, Malcolm Moore, Beijing Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph
Catching the train bug, Christian Wolmar, author
Top 10 train journeys, Agnes Frimston
India’s middle-class dilemma, Gareth Price, Senior Research Fellow at the Chatham House Asia Programme
Covert sexism in espionage, Susan Hasler, CIA staffer for 21 years and author of ‘Intelligence’
The challenges facing Zuma, Fiona Forde, author
Three costly lessons from the Iraq invasion, Charles Tripp, Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East at SOAS, University of London
Iraq: One day the world will thank Bush for shaking up the Arab region, Nadim Shehadi, Associate Fellow of the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme
Problems in the pipeline, Landon Shroder, political and security consultant in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa
Iraq: Washington looks away, Omar Sirri, Research Assistant in the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House
Iraq in figures, Chatham House
The cost of feeding soya to all the pigs in China, Jaakko Kooroshy, Research Fellow at the Chatham House Energy, Environment and Resources Programme
Is the US shadow war helping Yemen?, Leonie Northedge, Research Associate at the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme
My country faces Talibanization, Ibrahim Mothana speaks to Alan Philps
Putin’s catch-up plan, Professor Mary Buckley, Fellow and Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Science at Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Smoking curb that cost a packet, Professor Jane Halton, Secretary, Australian Department of Health and Ageing
The world's struggle to kick the habit, Kelley Lee, Associate Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House
New faces, old tensions, John Swenson-Wright, Senior Consulting Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House
Misogyny in Bollywood, Burhan Wazir, Editor of Qulture.com
From the Editor, Alan Philps
Letters, Chatham House
Notebook: Nabila Ramdani, Nabila Ramdani, winner of the Best Arab Journalist in the West Award 2012
Date with history: The Peace Palace opens in The Hague, Charles Emmerson, author and a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House
Postcard from... Ascension Island, Caroline Yon manages the European Space Agency tracking station on Ascension Island
Jargonbuster gets 'pragmatic', Chatham House
Books: Lessons from William Dalrymple's 'Return of a King', Michael Keating, Senior Consulting Fellow at Chatham House
Books: Haiti's man-made hell, Ian Birrell, columnist
Books: Jonathan Wright's Iraq reading list, Jonathan Wright, translator
Ten minutes with... John Riordan, illustrator, Agnes Frimston