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Beijing seeks a head start in the race to go green
A low-carbon road map proposed for inclusion in China’s 12th five-year plan (2011-2015) has been developed by a task force of Chinese and international experts, writes its co-chair Gordon Conway
America risks being left behind in Asia
Obama’s challenge is to adapt America’s role by bringing US interests and the new reality of Asian regional co-operation together, writes Evan Feigenbaum
Obama has lost his way on jobs
The US president has been weighed down by a tedious fight between Keynesianism and tax cuts. What is needed is structural change that comes with a new set of economic tools, writes Jeffrey Sachs
A new era as Turks and Kurds learn to co-operate
Turkey will guarantee security in Iraqi Kurdistan because it enables her to shape the balance of power in Iraq, writes David Phillips
The BBC and C4 must raise spending on content
New figures show the UK’s total spending on content has fallen from £3.4bn in 2004 to £2.8bn this year. It is time to do something about this, writes Peter Bazalgette
Not all bubbles present a risk to the economy
If bubbles are possible now, are they of the dangerous, credit boom variety? In the US and Europe, the answer is no. Tightening monetary policy would not yet make sense, writes Frederic Mishkin
How we can restore trust in financial institutions
The gravity of the recent crisis makes this discussion urgent. Failure to resolve issues will put at risk the confidence of millions of people in globalisation, setting back economic and social progress. We must all rise to the challenge, writes Gordon Brown
Human rights are the highest form of realism
States like Iran, Cuba, Zimbabwe and Burma, which are hostile to human dignity, may look stable, but they are actually rotting inside – for they have only fear and force to sustain them, and people will not be afraid forever, writes John McCain
Outside Edge: Fiat’s tiny new American road trip
Italians loved the car and loved in the car. Francesco Guerrera bids benvenuta to the new Fiat 500 as the miniscule vehicle prepares to take on the monster trucks of the US highways
The Wall may have fallen but not enough changed
Two decades on, Germany is still grinding through the problems thrown up by reunification. That does not detract from what was a wonderful moment and a joy to witness, writes Frederick Studemann



