Sean Hagan explains why the International Monetary Fund is taking the lead in the fight against graft and we also look at the British government’s admission that £90 billion a year is being laundered through the City of London.
Our interview is with the exiled Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky who explains how Europe can escape the ‘false paradigm’ of the Kremlin as untouchable and find ways to hurt Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
For 66 years the Queen has served as Head of the Commonwealth. H Kumarasingham looks at how she has used her position to break out of the confines of the British constitution and play an independent role in this ‘family’ which includes one third of humanity.
To judge by media coverage, the world seems to be heading for nuclear anarchy. Steady on, says Heather Willliams: the risks are indeed rising but there are ways to rebuild confidence between Russia and the United States.
