Here goes then.

A weekly update on the best articles students pursuing H1 General Paper should look out for in the week's issue of 'The Economist' - which will definitely help in expanding their grasp of current affairs and also get updated about the pressing issues facing us today across a wide genre of topics.



I've just finished this issue so this is here instead of this week's edition. More articles than I'd initially expected when I conceived this project..


Stanley McChrystal goes
Barack Obama has sacked his commander in Afghanistan. But the real worry is that the war is being lost.
- In depth: Afghanistan -
More than a one-man problem


Clouds of hypocrisy
An offer to supply Pakistan with nuclear reactors shows China at its worst.
- In depth: Nuclear proliferation in South Asia - The power of nightmares


Japan's new government - Enter the prudent Mr Kan
The new prime minister tries a novel campaign strategy for upper-house elections


Russia and its neighbourhood - Russia's empty empire
Russia�s neo-imperialist ambitions founder on the rocks of reality
Extra: Kyrgyzstan's humanitarian crisis - Sad homecoming


Charlemagne - Help them to help themselves
The EU should not just hector China about universal values but encourage it to follow its own laws


Schumpeter - Too many chiefs
Inflation in job titles is approaching Weimar levels

Zimbabwe's diamonds - Blood and dirt
President Robert Mugabe is determined that diamonds should prop up his party

The blockade of Gaza - Hamas is making ground again
As pressure mounts on Israel to lift the siege, Hamas gains

A Saudi tower - Mecca versus Las Vegas
Taller, holier and even more popular than (almost) anywhere else

French football - Three neuroses on their shirts
What the travails of Les Bleus say about modern France

The evolving blogosphere - An empire gives way
Blogs are growing a lot more slowly. But specialists still thrive

International bureaucracies - Secretarial work
Bureaucracies grow faster than they can be pruned

Uniqlo - Uniquely positioned
Fast Retailing, Japan�s biggest clothes retailer, hopes an innovative strategy will make it the world�s biggest too


The campaign against palm oil - The other oil spill
Palm oil is a popular, cheap commodity, which green activists are doing their best to turn into a commercial liability. Companies are finding them impossible to ignore


Quantum computing - A quantum hop
Not a leap, perhaps, but two important steps on the way to making quantum computing practical

SPECIAL REPORT - DEBT


Repent at leisure
Borrowing has been the answer to all economic troubles in the past 25 years. Now debt itself has become the problem, says Philip Coggan

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