The World Today: October & November 2012: Grabbing the swing voters

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With one month to go before election day, Richard Wolffe looks at Barack Obama’s campaign and finds he is borrowing from George W. Bush’s playbook

Articles

Charles Kupchan and Bruce Jentleson on the President’s national security record

The next big thing: Once known only for hunger and war, Africa’s moment has arrived

Obama during his 'off microphone' conversation with Dmitry Medvedev. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

John Bolton argues that Obama’s failure to exert power has left the US vulnerable

From the editor

US presidential elections always have an element of Hollywood about them.

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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Said Jalili prays at a mosque in Istanbul. Photo: Ali Hassan Pour/AFP/Getty Images

David Patrikarakos reveals how Dick Cheney, the US Vice-President, missed a blatant opportunity to defuse the crisis with Tehran

‘Responsibility to Protect’ is a doctrine endorsed in 2005 which aims to end impunity for the perpetrators of atrocities such as those being committed in Syria. Gareth Evans, the former Australian Foreign Minister and a prime mover behind the concept, explains why the UN is now powerless to stop the bloodshed, and offers ideas on restoring consensus