Democracy and its enemies
In the coming year the people who run the world will change—and so could the ideas, predicts John Micklethwait
In the coming year the people who run the world will change—and so could the ideas, predicts John Micklethwait
What a difference four years make
A close presidential election looms in France
The real fight starts for the coalition government(1)
And a possible big change that would ripple round the region
Asia's seemingly relentless economic rise is still not inevitable(3)
Most Arabs will edge towards democracy—but anti-modernisers will still stand in their way(3)
And hoping to avoid trouble
Global leaders will be preoccupied by politics at home. That augurs ill for globalisation
Three unconquered parts of the technology landscape will be fought over in 2012(2)
The markets will reveal which is right(3)
The mechanisms of cancer are still mysterious. That will soon change
London will have plenty of art, theatre and dance—and even a bit of competitive sport
Mayan calculations have led some to think the world will end on December 21st 2012. A celestial bard reports
Alec Baldwin, Sheryl Sandberg and Arianna Huffington join people from London, Beijing and New York to offer their thoughts on what 2012 has in store.
Our Cassandra blog accompanies The World in 2012, our almanac of predictions for the year ahead. The blog is named after the mythological Cassandra, who was cursed by Apollo to make prophecies that were accurate, but disbelieved More »
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