Fact Sheets
Migration Fact Sheet Major global migration data, 2013
World Population Development and Largest Urban Agglomerations The countries and cities with
the highest populations, from 1950 to the present with future projections, 2013
Key World Facts The world in figures, 2012
News Media Facts At-a-glance key news media statistics, 2011
Crime Facts Headline facts and figures on crime, 2010
Health Facts Major global health data, 2010
Environment Facts Key facts on the environment, 2009
Oil Facts Essential data on oil, 2009
Defence Facts Headline facts and figures on defence, 2008
Health Facts At-a-glance key health statistics, 2008
Education Facts Major global education data, 2008
City Profiles
Essays
The Future Balance of Economic Power by Barry Turner, 2012
Spread a Little Happiness by Barry Turner, 2011
Openness. Not Always the Best Policy by Barry Turner, 2011
Where Do We Get the Energy? The Nuclear Debate by Barry Turner, 2011
At the Outer Limits of Knowledge Barry Turner discusses the role of Science today, 2011
What Hope for the Jobless? Barry Turner writes on unemployment, 2011
Keeping Up With the News Barry Turner writes on the current state of print and online media, 2011
The Way It Was, and Is Barry Turner writes on lessons from history, 2010
In Defence of Scepticism Barry Turner writes on the fallibility of experts, 2009
Globalization Barry Turner discusses the challenges of globalization, 2008
Looking Back As China and India make their impact on the world economy, William Keegan fears a return to protectionism, 2007
Two Cheers for Democracy Barry Turner charts the uneven course for a political ideal, 2007
In Search of the Peace Dividend Elisabeth Sköns from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute assesses the true cost of global military expenditure and questions its effectiveness, 2007
Focus
Us Before Me, Patricia Illingworth - an extract
Corruption, Nick Kochan; Robin Goodyear - an extract
The Reckoning, Michael Moran - an extract
The Financial Crisis and its Lessons, Sir Howard Davies - an extract
Greek crisis in perspective: Origins, effects and ways-out, Nicos Christodoulakis - an extract
The End of Isolation, Nicholas J. Cull - an extract
We Are All Diplomats Now, Nicholas J. Cull - an extract
The Popular Image of North Africa and the Middle East, Keith Dinnie - an extract
Ireland's Boom and Bust, David J. Lynch - an extract
With Clearer Heads and Clearer Lenses, What Might We Learn?, Professor Leif Johan Eliasson - an extract
The Secret History of Democracy, Benjamin Isakhan; Stephen Stockwell - an extract
The Failure of Democratic Nation Building, Albert Somit; Steven A. Peterson - an extract
Under the Shadow of Defeat, Karine Varley - an extract
ISO Codes
ISO Country Codes The suffixes used in Internet domains and email addresses
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