The Statesman’s Yearbook Online

edited by Dr Barry Turner

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  • New prime ministers and governments take office in Croatia, Kyrgyzstan and Spain
  • New president, prime minister and cabinet take office in Tunisia
  • Cabinet reshuffle in Iceland
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ECONOMIC OVERVIEWS

Economic Overviews

Country profiles

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Spotlight

Spotlight

In this piece our editor Barry Turner looks at the future of the euro, which was introduced ten years ago.

Just a few weeks after the euro became the lead currency of Europe, a higher editorial authority on one of Britain's national newspapers declared confidently that it couldn't last. ...find out more



 

Focus FOCUS

We are all diplomats now - Nicholas J. Cull explores the all-embracing potential for digital public diplomacy in his journal article for Place Branding and Public Diplomacy...find out more

  Essay ESSAY

What makes people happy? For many, the question is rhetorical. Happiness is an abstract concept shaped into something tangible by individual choice. What delights one person can drive another to distraction...find out more

 

City Profile CITY PROFILE

As part of our series of quarterly, in-depth city profiles, we take a look at one of the fastest growing and dynamic cities in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai