World Affairs
Lead Feature
Obama woos the Rust Belt
For all the talk of Obama's "new politics", the presidency might well be determined by trade union members in failing industrial cities
Also in world affairs
The missing women
A stronger female presence in the top banking jobs might have made a difference
Europe's first revolution
The west faces increasing tension with the Muslim world. To plot a course through this turbulent age, Europe must come to terms with what we owe to our Christian past
A chance for the Middle East
Now that the US economy has been hit with the financial meltdown, what are the options for investors from the Middle East and North Africa?
Life after Tom Hurndall
Jocelyn Hurndall - whose son Tom was unlawfully killed by the Israeli Defence Forces as he tried to rescue a Palestinian child - explains how she is putting her life back together by working with a university in the West Bank
Obama riding high on the downturn?
In Pennsylvania everywhere are the signs of how much effort, and money, has been pushed into the battle for this state. Rachael Jolley reports from a state key in the race for the White House. And Obama seems to be winning...
The luck of the Aussies
Even as the world seems caught in a financial meltdown, has Australia managed to escape? Mark Beeson looks at why Australia just might be lucky - this time anyway
Interview: Arundhati Roy
The controversial author speaks to newstatesman.com about India and Kashmir and her view that even if he's elected Barack Obama will govern like just another white man
More This Week
In Australasia
Days of sunshine and grace
Sep was tall, handsome and languid, with a laconic half-smile like Errol Flynn's. On Saturdays he would show us slick dives off a Bondi bogie hole. John Pilger on a star that the world never knew
In UK Politics
What happens when the money runs out?
Banks need the confidence of the public to survive and they have lost it for years to come. The danger is if governments take on their role, they too will lose the trust of the people
In Global Issues
The disaster we have yet to face
Jacques Attali finds disturbing similarities between the financial tsunami and the climate crisis we are failing to prevent
