The World Today Groupthink is depriving the West of vision Nik Gowing and Chris Langdon reveal disturbing details from their research project into how people at the top struggle to cope In a digital age which throws up surprises
The World Today Q&A with Aniket Shah A young high-flyer on how to correct the older generation’s failings
The World Today Politics of a handshake Catherine Fieschi on the significance of the political gesture, be it a handshake or a peck
The World Today Kazakhstan gets twitchy Backlash to land reform makes regime stop and think, writes Alex Nice
The World Today Delhi’s nuclear ambitions China, not Pakistan, is the target of India’s deterrence drive, argues Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The World Today The leadership challenge Our cover story puts an unsettling question to anyone who has climbed the ladder to a leadership position in a big organization. Have the qualities that helped you to get to the top made you unable to cope with an increasingly unsettled world?
The World Today Success needs a military mentality The West needs a wartime response to today’s challenges, argues Chris Donnelly.
The World Today Obama’s tweet meister Philip Seib on the shortcomings of the White House’s spin machine
The World Today Whether in or out, Britain is divided EU vote may be close but problems will not evaporate, writes Matthew Goodwin
The World Today Romania's sheep bite back Lucy Ash on the simmering feud between hunters and shepherds
The World Today Taming Riyadh’s religious police Saudi Arabia looks to the future by curbing the mutawaeen, writes Najah Al-Osaimi
The World Today Europe’s peace dividend Vernon Bogdanor warns that the Balkans could erupt again if the EU implodes
The World Today Spinsters and security Jane Kinninmont on Egypt’s recurring anxieties over unmarried women
The World Today Trying to connect you now Thomas Raines finds this paean to globalization a little too much to take in
The World Today Is it better to forget? Michael Williams on the limits to David Rieff’s brilliantly phrased polemic
The World Today An artist painting in the dark Feminist artist Canan shines a light on Turkey’s troubles through her work. Alan Philps meets her in Istanbul
The World Today Staring into Britain’s angry face Georgina Wright admires a brave inquiry into what makes the far-Right tick
The World Today Assad's 'starve or kneel' policy On the morning of May 12 people in the besieged town of Daraya south of Damascus heard that an aid convoy was heading their way with supplies of food and medicine, the first during the three years they have been encircled by the Syrian army. Since the closure of a smuggling route into Daraya, signs of severe malnutrition have multiplied.
The World Today Michael Keating The UN mission chief on the daily challenges of rebuilding Somalia after 25 years of war
The World Today Dadaab refugee camp On May 6 the Kenyan government announced that it planned to close all its refugee camps including Dadaab, the world’s largest, with 600,000 residents, by May next year.
The World Today Opposing views, opposing blind spots The graph shows the significance of two issues – immigration and the economy – in helping the British electorate decide which way to vote in the European referendum on June 23.
The World Today Selling beer with too much froth Why do business people use language in such an impenetrable way?
