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June 2013 - July 2013

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Back to the future for Syria, Michael Williams, UN envoy to Lebanon 2008 to 2012

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Turkey finds that trouble knows no bounds, Hugh Pope, author and Turkey/Cyprus director, International Crisis Group

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Sectarian pressures are tearing up the Sykes-Picot map, Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent for The Guardian

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Iraq can't avoid contagion, Jane Kinninmont, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme

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Smart phones: it's now the age of the thumb, Per Ola Kristensson, lecturer in Human Computer Interaction, University of St Andrews

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Venezuela's bad loser syndrome, Julia Buxton, Head of International Relations and Security Studies in the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford

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How to help the poor in a rich man's world, Jon Lidén, Consultant Research Fellow, Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security

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The Kremlin is not just a one-man band, Andrew Monaghan, Research Fellow, Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme

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Inside the superstar economy of America's big thinkers, Daniel W. Drezner, professor of international politics, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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Britain needs to think bigger, Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica

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Dicing with death penalties in Indonesia, Dave McRae, research fellow, East Asia Programme, Lowy Institute for International Policy

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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

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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

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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

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St Helena ready for take off, Michael Binyon, former diplomatic editor of The Times

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Shards of empire, Chatham House

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Tax havens under attack, Ronen Palan, author and professor of International Political Economy, City University London

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From the editor, Alan Philps

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Contributors, Chatham House
Notebook: James Buchan, Chatham House

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Postcard from... Reykjavik, Andri Snær Magnason, author

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Reviews: Iran’s nuclear fallout, Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House

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Reviews: Reading list on Pakistan, Rosheen Kabraji,Programme Manager, Chatham House Asia Programme

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Reviews: Unfair Obama bashing, Sherard Cowper-Coles, Britain’s Afghan envoy 2007-10

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Reviews: Crime writing in translation, Barry Forshaw, author

June 2013

April 2013 - May 2013

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The End of Youth, Professor Sarah Harper, Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing at the University of Oxford

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Holding back the years, Roger Highfield, former editor of ‘New Scientist’ and director of external affairs at the Science Museum

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A cruellest final chapter, David Derbyshire, science writer

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Feel like retiring? Forget it!, Norma Cohen, Demography Correspondent of The Financial Times

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The costs that rock the cradle, Paola Subacchi, Research Director, International Economics, at Chatham House

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China’s bulging piggy banks, Helena Huang, research assistant at the Chatham House International Economics Programme

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George Magnus, Alan Philps

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Japan: And then there was one, Richard Jackson, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies

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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

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Russia: From red to grey, Timothy Heleniak, Director of Research at the American Geographical Society

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India: Where girls are in short supply, Gethin Chamberlain writes for The Observer from India

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European Union: Caught in the fertility trap, Kenneth Howse, Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford.

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Iran: Birth control flip flops, Baqer Moin, author

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Singapore: Little Tigers have fewer cubs, Simon Long, The Economist’s Asia columnist and Associate Fellow at the Chatham House Asia Programme

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Africa: The growing continent, John Cleland, Professor of Medical Demography at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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From the Editor, Alan Philps

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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

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The World in Brief: How safe is my cloud?, Dave Clemente, Research Associate, Chatham House International Security Programme

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The World in Brief: Mali - After the war, the hard part, Paul Melly, Associate Fellow, Chatham House Africa Programme

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Hooray for the end of jobs for life, Harry de Quetteville, The Daily Telegraph's obituary editor

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A law to end the suffering, Sir Terence English served as consultant cardiothoracic surgeon to Papworth and Addenbrooke’s hospitals from 1972 to 1995

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Q&A: Juliet Stevenson, Interview by Libby Powell

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Thanks for stealing my future, Agnes Frimston, assistant editor of The World Today

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Postcard from...Astana, Zbigniew Wojnowski, an assistant professor at Nazarbayev University

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Review: Grey market films, Joan Smith, journalist and author

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Review: Tales of granny-dumping in Japan, Alex Dudok de Wit, student of Japanese

February 2013 - March 2013

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Chinese Silk Railroad ambitions, Michael Binyon, former diplomatic editor of The Times

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Keeping the dream on track, Malcolm Moore, Beijing Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph

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Catching the train bug, Christian Wolmar, author

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Top 10 train journeys, Agnes Frimston

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India’s middle-class dilemma, Gareth Price, Senior Research Fellow at the Chatham House Asia Programme

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Covert sexism in espionage, Susan Hasler, CIA staffer for 21 years and author of ‘Intelligence’

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The challenges facing Zuma, Fiona Forde, author

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Three costly lessons from the Iraq invasion, Charles Tripp, Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East at SOAS, University of London

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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

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Problems in the pipeline, Landon Shroder, political and security consultant in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa

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Iraq: Washington looks away, Omar Sirri, Research Assistant in the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House

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Iraq in figures, Chatham House

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The cost of feeding soya to all the pigs in China, Jaakko Kooroshy, Research Fellow at the Chatham House Energy, Environment and Resources Programme

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Is the US shadow war helping Yemen?, Leonie Northedge, Research Associate at the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme

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My country faces Talibanization, Ibrahim Mothana speaks to Alan Philps

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Putin’s catch-up plan, Professor Mary Buckley, Fellow and Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Science at Hughes Hall, Cambridge

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Smoking curb that cost a packet, Professor Jane Halton, Secretary, Australian Department of Health and Ageing

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The world's struggle to kick the habit, Kelley Lee, Associate Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House

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New faces, old tensions, John Swenson-Wright, Senior Consulting Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House

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Misogyny in Bollywood, Burhan Wazir, Editor of Qulture.com

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From the Editor, Alan Philps

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Letters, Chatham House

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Notebook: Nabila Ramdani, Nabila Ramdani, winner of the Best Arab Journalist in the West Award 2012

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Date with history: The Peace Palace opens in The Hague, Charles Emmerson, author and a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House

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Postcard from... Ascension Island, Caroline Yon manages the European Space Agency tracking station on Ascension Island

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Books: Lessons from William Dalrymple's 'Return of a King', Michael Keating, Senior Consulting Fellow at Chatham House

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Books: Haiti's man-made hell, Ian Birrell, columnist

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Books: Jonathan Wright's Iraq reading list, Jonathan Wright, translator
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