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The weakened West
What would America fight for?
A nagging doubt is eating away at the world order—and the superpower is largely ignoring it
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Philanthropy
China’s Carnegie
Jack Ma’s establishment of a new charitable foundation offers his country an important opportunity
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Fund management
Cheap is cheerful
The business of managing other people’s money is being commoditised. About time
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Capitalism and its critics
A modern Marx
Thomas Piketty’s blockbuster book is a great piece of scholarship, but a poor guide to policy
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South Africa’s election
Time to ditch Mandela’s party
The ruling African National Congress is sure to triumph again. It no longer deserves to
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Geopolitics
The decline of deterrence
America is no longer as alarming to its foes or reassuring to its friends
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American military power
Unrivalled, for now
No other country comes close to America’s hard power, but its lead is slipping
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Lexington
When facts are weapons
Politicians have never had access to so much data: how come their debates are so sterile?
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Slums in Buenos Aires
The unplugged
Efforts to integrate shantytowns are hampered by a lack of trust and money
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Manmohan Singh
Man out of time
India’s departing prime minister makes an easy punchbag, but critics are too harsh
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Indian candidates
Actress, cricketer, dynast...
Celebrity is more common than political talent among electoral candidates
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Asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka
Uncertain haven
For minorities fleeing Pakistan, Sri Lanka is at best a temporary refuge
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Banyan
Daydream believers
Korean unification is less likely to be gradual and peaceful than nasty, brutish and quick
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Agriculture
Bring back the landlords
Officials want family-run farms to grow much bigger. Is America the new model?
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Freedom of information
Right to know
Leaders discover that some transparency can help make society more stable
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South Africa
Where will the rainbow end?
South Africa is a better place than in 1994, but it is going in the wrong direction
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Central African Republic
No one at the wheel
Foreign peacekeepers have yet to get a grip on a divided and chaotic country
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Iraq’s election
Alas, it may make little difference
The incumbent prime minister holds on like grim death
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Ukraine’s turmoil
Chaos out of order
Russian-inspired lawlessness is escalating across eastern Ukraine. Western sanctions are not...
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German taxes
Steep and cold progression
Flush with tax revenues, Germany considers ending bracket creep
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Spain and Catalonia
Wars of Spanish secession
Catalonia is set on an independence vote, despite Madrid’s hostility
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Muslims in Marseille
Behind the façade
The city may have a glossier image, but there is still much discontent, especially among Muslims
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Charlemagne
On a wing and a prayer
NATO scrambles to reassure and protect its eastern allies from Russia
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Politics
The impossible election
With a year to go, only one thing about the 2015 general election is certain: it will demolish old...
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Gerry Adams
When troubles come
The arrest of Sinn Fein’s leader threatens Northern Ireland’s still-fragile peace
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The labour market
Waiting for payday
The low-paying recovery might, at last, be turning into something better
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High-speed rail
Another one for the in-tray
The next government will be handed a weighty, expensive decision
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Bagehot
The world’s game, not England’s
Premier League football clubs are destroying their roots as they grow
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Additive manufacturing
Heavy metal
Three-dimensional printing may help entrench the world’s engineering giants
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Takeover tactics
A new wrinkle
The bidders for Botox’s maker took advantage of gaps in the takeover rules
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Law-firm rankings
When it vereins, it pours
The recent wave of giant legal mergers has yet to produce financial rewards
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Online video and advertising
NewTube
Media firms are making big bets on online video, still an untested medium
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Corporate governance in Japan
A revolution in the making
At long last, Japanese firms seem to be coming under proper outside scrutiny
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Corporate takeovers
Return of the big deal
A spate of mergers and acquisitions could redraw the business landscape, especially in Europe, with...
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Measuring GDP
The dragon takes wing
New data suggest the Chinese economy is bigger than previously thought
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Stress tests for European banks
Shock therapy
A long-overdue clean-up of European banks gets under way
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Pain perception
Sex, writhes and videotape
Rodents feel less pain when men are around. For scientists, that is worrying
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Sex, health and beauty
Faces and fortunes
What makes women attractive depends on how healthy the place they live is
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North Korea
Binding minds
A fascinating inside account of how the Kims used propaganda to cement their hold on power
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Palestine under the mandate
Making of a martyr
How the killing of the head of the Stern gang echoes down the years
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Win Tin
Myanmar’s conscience
Win Tin, a Burmese journalist and political activist, died on April 21st, aged 85
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