A COUNTRY IN DENIAL

Western leaders claim there's a connection between the bloody war in Afghanistan and "extremist safe havens" in Pakistan. The Economist's central Asia correspondent heads to the borderlands ... read more »
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Much of Lhasa was ransacked by Tibetan rioters in 2008. Life in Tibet is finally returning to normal, sort of. The Economist's Beijing correspondent reports on his first visit back ... read more »
MAINE FISHERMEN: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

In his visit to cod farms in coastal Maine, a contributor to The Economist slings fish food, dons a hairnet and minces garlic ... read more »
RAISED VOICES IN COPENHAGEN

What's it like in "Hopenhagen"? Alas, The Economist's energy correspondent found himself annoyed with the conference within the first ten minutes ... read more »
JÖRG HAIDER'S MUSEUM

Many continue to mourn the death of Jörg Haider, an Austrian far-right politician who died in a drunken car crash last year ... read more »
FIRST DAY JITTERS

A glimpse at a troubled school on Chicago's far south side (before the cameras arrived) ... read more »
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE POVERTY

Growing coffee is both backbreaking and unprofitable. The Economist's south-west correspondent visits some farmers in Chiapas ... read more »
LEHMAN, FROM THE BOTTOM OF A GLASS

Not long ago the Playwright Tavern would be filled to capacity with investment bankers. These days the boozers are fewer and more eccentric, observes a multimedia producer for The Economist ... read more »
GEORGIA: CAPTIVE NATION?

Georgia’s conflict with Russia over South Ossetia ended a year ago, but the stand-off continues. An Economist correspondent meets some of Georgia's displaced citizens ... read more »
FAITH IN REGENERATION

In a week-long diary on science in the Bay Area, a science correspondent for The Economist reports from the front lines of embryonic stem-cell research ... read more »

