The World Today Shrinking Presidency: Don't expect too much of the next US president Aaron David Miller looks at what it takes to make a great US president and identifies three figures who made the grade. But without the right mix of crisis and character, he argues, the best we can hope for in future is “good”
The World Today America's constitutional paralysis Sherard Cowper-Coles on why America’s strength is now its weakness
The World Today Europe needs a Marshall Plan But pep talks are all Obama has to offer, writes James Hoge
The World Today Surviving a lost decade Japan survived a lost decade in the 1990s after its property bubble burst. But Europe is not so well placed to weather years of zero growth, writes Tony Barber
The World Today How to spot a growing military power James de Waal says you can’t judge a navy just by counting its ships
The World Today From the Director Welcome to The World Today in its new format. Since the magazine was founded in 1945 it has chronicled the key events of the Cold War and post-Cold War eras. The year 2012 could be another turning point.
The World Today Piracy, not China, is the real issue in the Indian Ocean Mesmerised by Chinese string of pearls theory
The World Today Cracks in the Kremlin Putin is wounded but the West will have to live with him, writes Andrew Wood
The World Today Time to build bridges over the Mediterranean Robin Niblett and Claire Spencer argue that the EU must look South to solve its problems
The World Today The next fight in Egypt and Tunisia will be among the Islamists Parties may splinter, says Jane Kinninmont
The World Today Who will feed the next 2 billion? Since the food price spike of 2008, big land deals in Africa and Asia have produced headlines but little else, writes Rob Bailey
The World Today After 50 years of military rule there are signs of real hope Philip Delves Broughton grew up hearing of a glorious Burmese past that had been lost forever. But as he returns to the land of his mother, he sees signs for hope in a country rich in potential
The World Today Claire Spencer Claire Spencer, head of the Middle East and North African programme at Chatham House
The World Today Xenia Dormandy on Kissinger and Kennan The poet and the power player: Xenia Dormandy assesses America’s two great foreign policy strategists
The World Today Film: John Kampfner on the legacy of J. Edgar Hoover America’s super snooper: John Kampfner sees J. Edgar Hoover’s fingerprint on today’s world
The World Today Phnom Penh Cambodia’s Jazz Age: Excess is the watchword of the ‘Khmer Riche’ writes Sebastian Strangio
The World Today Ahdaf Soueif's Egypt reading list Ahdaf Soueif, novelist and campaigner for change in Egypt, chooses six books about her homeland
The World Today Korda's ever-fresh portrait of Che The poster boy: March 5, 1950: Alberto Korda takes his iconic image of Che Guevara
