AFRICA
Hope springs from marginalisation   Dec 6

SOUTH AFRICA
An African tiger economy   Dec 6



LATIN AMERICA
A mixed bag of tricks  Dec 6

UNITED STATES
Lingering flavours of the founding fathers  Dec 6

SUPERCITIES
All in a world of its own   Dec 6



ASIA
A nightmare scenario imagined  Dec 6

HONG KONG
Goose pâté not on menu  Dec 6

JAPAN
Junkie economy craves cash  Dec 6

THE CHINESE DIASPORA
Mistrust at home and abroad  Dec 6

CHINA
Time of transitions  Dec 6



FRANCE
Difference turned to advantage  Dec 6

SWEDEN
Globalisation threatens idealism  Dec 6

ITALY
Asleep to perils of regionalism  Dec 6

THE NETHERLANDS
Exporting a way with water  Dec 6

SPAIN
Back in the mainstream  Dec 6

RUSSIA
Blur on the landscape  Dec 6

EASTERN EUROPE
Neighbours could foster stability  Dec 6

UK
Refraining from backward glances  Dec 6

GERMANY
Berlin shakes off humble mantle  Dec 6

EUROPE
New order bangs the drum  Dec 6

LANGUAGE
English as she is spoke in the world   Dec 6



MIDDLE EAST
Uneasy shift to political liberalisation  Dec 6

ISRAEL
'Old new land' is still some way off  Dec 6