The World Today Obama is borrowing George W. Bush's winning playbook 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
The World Today Democrat view: Principled pragmatism beats Bush-style bluster Charles Kupchan and Bruce Jentleson on the President’s national security record
The World Today The True Size of Africa The next big thing: Once known only for hunger and war, Africa’s moment has arrived
The World Today Republican View: We need a Reaganite foreign policy John Bolton argues that Obama’s failure to exert power has left the US vulnerable
The World Today US Elections US presidential elections always have an element of Hollywood about them.
The World Today Lighting Iran's nuclear fuse David Patrikarakos reveals how Dick Cheney, the US Vice-President, missed a blatant opportunity to defuse the crisis with Tehran
The World Today Gareth Evans on 'Responsibility to Protect' after Libya ‘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
The World Today The height of arrogance? Boosting morale while straining the neck. Why countries vie to have the tallest flagpoles
The World Today Fast food on the frontline US fast-food outlets under fire should tighten local links
The World Today Divine right won't save the Arab kings Jane Kinninmont demolishes the theory of monarchical exceptionalism
The World Today The impact of Syrian refugees on Turkey and Jordan Syria’s refugee crisis is getting worse – for those who flee and for those who take them in. Christopher Phillips reports
The World Today Europe loses its Chinese cheerleader Kerry Brown rues the pending departure of Premier Wen Jiabao
The World Today Mao's great famine Yang Jisheng, Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao’s Great Famine (Allen Lane, £30)
The World Today Ciudad Juarez, Spain The airport with no planes and other futile projects that have drained Spanish coffers
The World Today Film: Bollywood for grown-ups A lesser known independent strand in Indian cinema that is prepared to talk seriously about politics
