Military planning for future conflicts tends to be dominated by the lessons of the last one. So as the 20th century ends, the western powers are still preoccupied by their successful 78-day aerial assault on Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999....more

SOCIAL SECURITY
The spirit of Bismarck lives on  Dec 6

NATION STATES
Nations in a state of change  Dec 6

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Ageing bodies need to change  Dec 6

SOCIAL EXCLUSION
Problems that just won't go away  Dec 6

DISABILITY
Setting right centuries of wrongs  Dec 6



TRANSPORT
Cars still drive the agenda  Dec 6

AGEING
Life really does begin at 40  Dec 6

HEALTHCARE
Making way for a new diagnosis  Dec 6

EDUCATION
Learning for learners, not the learned  Dec 6

LEISURE
Free time comes at a high price  Dec 6

FOOD
'Feed the world' used to justify the new technology  Dec 6

WORK
Ethic remains intense and unforgiving  Dec 6

SCIENCE
Biology takes baton from chemistry and physics  Dec 6

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