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AUTUMN2009

Kenan Malik argues that rather than fear the BNP, liberals should look for a more sophisticated form of dialogue.

Fran Abrams asks if the further education system is providing teenagers with the best possible route into the labour market.

Bronwen Maddox asks whether small nations can survive as independent states.

Could a battle over theology help bring about the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran?

Martin Bright asks whether society has become too obsessed with openness.

Stephanie Flanders examines whether economics has lost its credibility after the Great Recession.

Frances Cairncross asks how we should plug the increasing deficit in the UK's coffers.

Chris Bowlby examines what would happen if Britain left the EU.

SUMMER 2009

Owen Bennett-Jones examines claims that Pakistan could become "Jihadistan" - a Sunni militant fascist state.

Tim Harford discusses the best ways to promote innovations in the fight against climate change.

Janet Radcliffe Richards looks at the new experiments revealing how we make moral choices.

Michael Blastland asks if MPs have succumbed to group think about what's normal.

As British combat troops come home, Bronwen Maddox asks what Iraq's future looks like.

Martin Wolf asks if we are really seeing the green shoots of recovery or withering vines.

The prison population has almost doubled over 20 years. Dr Richard Weight asks why.

SPRING 2009

What challenges will the president face as he tries to reshape the US military?

Ngaire Woods investigates how the economic crisis will cause instability and suffering in the world's poorest countries.

Kenan Malik asks whether the web is rewiring our children's brains - and whether we should be worried.

Will the economic crisis usher in a new era of thrift or has thrift lost its appeal after decades of consumerism?

With a wave of council house building planned, Richard Reeves asks if we can avoid repeating past mistakes.

Alison Wolf investigates our innate need to travel balanced with concerns over the environment and the time we spend commuting.

AUTUMN 2008

Ben Hammersley investigates the potential risks of personal genetic testing.

David Runciman charts the fast-changing terrain of Scottish politics as the credit crunch bites.

Frances Cairncross assesses the new threats arising as the credit crunch becomes a global downturn.

Should megacities in the developing world follow London and New York by courting the financial elite?

Michael Blastland asks if certainty can be more of a problem than a solution when it comes to policy.

Do we need an overhaul of the public inquiry system to ensure that recommendations actually make a difference?

As the economic crisis continues, can the greenback retain its place as the world's reserve currency?

SUMMER 2008

Why does Britain fail at top-level sports - and should the government be spending billions to change that?

Former jihadists explain why they are fighting - and winning - a war of ideas with Al-Qaeda.

Is geo-engineering - such as copying the effects of volcanic eruptions - a realistic solution to global warming?

Do newspapers have a responsibility to improve the quality of public life - or are they really more interested in degrading it?

The left once saw efforts to promote good character as a form of bourgeois moral imperialism. But are things about to change?

Martin Wolf examines the unprecedented threats to today's world economy - and asks if developing countries can save the day.

Are recent flawed elections evidence of a dangerous trend for autocratic regimes to seek legitimacy through the ballot box?

SPRING 2008

How we becoming hooked on narrative

Can India sustain its economic boom?

How do we define our responsibilities?

Examining the purpose of liberal intervention.

What are the innate human roots of faith?

A critical examination of drugs policy

Should we pay more attention to adaptation to climate change?

How the Chinese green movement works in a repressive political system.

Does the government's arts policy make sense?

Why the status of doctors, lawyers and others has come under threat



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