The next supermodel


The world this week

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Leaders

The Nordic countries

The next supermodel

Politicians from both right and left could learn from the Nordic countries

Immigration reform

Let them stay, let them in

An area where Barack Obama has got it right

Chaos in Egypt

Tahrir squandered

Muhammad Morsi must rule by peaceful means. If he does not, Egypt will fall apart

British monetary policy

Shake ’em up, Mr Carney

How the Bank of England’s new governor (and the chancellor) should stimulate the British economy

America’s lawyers

Guilty as charged

Cheaper legal education and more liberal rules would benefit America’s lawyers—and their clients


Letters


Briefing

Mr Morsi and company

Egypt

To the barricades, again

Two years after its revolution, Egypt is again in crisis. How did it get there?


United States

The economy

The little dipper

Recess appointments

Obama oversteps

Grand Central

The survivor

America’s maritime infrastructure

Crying out for dollars

Juvenile justice

Suffer the children

The Great Lakes

The shipping news


The Americas

Peru’s roaring economy

Hold on tight

Women in Canadian politics

On top, for now

Brazil’s nightclub fire

A night from hell

Latin American integration

Past and future


Asia

Myanmar and China

The Kachin dilemma

South Korean politics

Pardon me

Politics in Malaysia

Scrapping for every vote


China

China and North Korea

On the naughty step

Political activism

Local hero

Football

Own goal


Middle East & Africa

Nuclear diplomacy and Iran

Where’s the deal?

Iran’s coming presidential election

Make no mistake

Syria’s refugees

Drowning in the flood

Israel’s rising star

Man of peace?

French intervention in Mali

Where have the jihadists gone?

The African Cup of Nations

Boys to men


Europe

Turkey and its army

Erdogan and his generals

Serbia and Kosovo

Inching closer

France and gay marriage

Pink pride in Paris

Sexism in Germany

A cloud over Rainer

Ireland’s abortion debate

Still restrictive


Britain

English cities

Freedom at last

How to be British

Patriotism recycled

Race and politics

The colour of votes

Police recruitment

Bright blue

Structural reform

A growth manifesto

Private schools

Pride and prejudice


International

Outsiders in the Arctic

The roar of ice cracking

Homelessness

Words on the street

Internet capacity

Hooking up


Business

Reforming America’s legal education

The two-year itch

America’s legal industry

The case against clones

Online-video sites

Net flicks

Unconventional gas in Europe

Frack to the future

ThyssenKrupp

Nerves of steel

Indian carmakers

The four-wheeled survivor

The company formerly known as RIM

BounceBack or ByeBye?


Finance & economics

The Big Mac index

Bunfight

India’s stockmarket

The road from perdition

Cyber-security

War on terabytes

Video games and financial literacy

Blood bars and debt bunnies

Vietnam’s banks

Tiger tamed

The Icesave ruling

In the cooler


Science & technology

The future of energy

Batteries included?

Steganography

Speaking with silence

Malnutrition and the microbiome

Debugging the problem

Avian navigation

The Birdmuda triangle


Culture

The search for meaning

Human evolution

Of ice and men

China, India and climate change

Take the lead

Religion in Russia

A question of faith

Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon

The odd couple

Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir

Before judgment days

New fiction in translation

Darkness before dawn


Obituary