Lee Kwang Yew the elder statesman of Asia discusses issues ranging from Taiwan-China relations rendering support to China's views on Tibet&Taiwan. He reiterates his view of importance of economic growth and stable society over political aspirations

Andrew Wilson argues that President Medvedev would most likely be sidelined and major powers and influence would move to the Cabinet headed by Putin who is supported by the security services- as he suggest ways for the West to deal with this new situation

"East meets West" is a wide subject, and difficult to cover in one article - but Commissioner McCreevy discusses the rise of the East and highlights few key thoughts on the relationship between EU, Russia, India and of course China.

US has significantly fallen behind many countries when it comes to Government using IT as highlighted by the US Census Bureau's failure to deploy technology effectively thus costing US taxpayers more says Daniel Castro from ITIF.

The War on terror has diverted attention from other more serious and likely causes of conflict claim the authors in their study on global threats. Here they explore the study and argue that the root causes of global insecurity must be dealt with now.

Proliferation of social networking tools has changed the way people keep in touch and organisations cannot escape their influence. But how can organisations across sector harness these tools to enhance their productivity? David Lavenda lays out a plan.

Thomas Hammarberg , Human Rights Commissioner, Council of Europe discusses the role of Human Rights Organisations and points out how their performance could be improved with support and continuous self critique and improvement.

The International Development Secretary at the launch of DFID's new research centre discusses the importance of research to meet current and future challenges. He also emphasised the need to put results of research into practice to improve quality of life

While the rest of the world has been consumed by the high drama surrounding the Olympics torch relay, another curious and unprecedented drama has been unfolding on the African high waters. Samburu Mbugua examines the Sino-Africa relationship

This essay discusses how the growth of knowledge based industries help energy providers to meet the daunting challenges they face in grappling with energy demand, security, rising prices and, of course, climate change.