The Saudi succession: Still murky

The rumour mill over the Saudis’ royal succession is whirring(6)

Middle East and Africa: Still nothing like normal

Iraq’s continuing headache(0)

Middle East and Africa: Hello country number 193

Introducing South Sudan(1)

Business: The emerging emerging markets

Businesses will learn to look beyond the BRICs(0)

Business: The new battle-plan for business

Countries tick the scorecards(0)

The world in figures: Countries: Saudi Arabia

Fossil-fuel subsidies: Green view: How to save $300 billion

The world wastes a truly impressive amount of money subsidising fossil fuels(21)

The G20: The ghost at the feast

The G20 summit in Seoul forged a compromise between the world’s most powerful leaders. But it was a decision made in Washington, DC, that made the biggest splash(64)

Yemen's local and global terrorism: No quick fixes

Fighting terrorism in Yemen requires patience and partners(22)

Business and bureaucracy: Snipping off the shackles

The red tape that ties down businesses is being modestly pruned around the world. But there is still an awful lot left to cut(4)

The defence industry: War on new fronts

Different tactics are needed to profit from a slowdown in defence spending(3)

The freight bomb plot: Al Qaeda, again

How close did terrorists come to downing two planes?(5)

Terrorist threats: Return to sender

Authorities have found packages with explosive material in them headed for America(73)

War in Afghanistan: Lunch with the Taliban

Recent hopes of a negotiated peace are overblown(32)

Satellites in the Arab world: Stop their orbit

The authorities want to control the airwaves—if they can(1)

Taleb, volatility and macroeconomics: Fragility and rapping

The new idea from Nassim Taleb(13)

What the Arab papers say: Reactions to the WikiLeaks release of Iraq-war files

What the Arab papers had to say about the latest WikiLeaks releases(13)

A country's welcome rise: Is Turkey turning its back on the West?

No. But it might if Europe and America cannot come to terms with its success(246)

Bloggers in the Middle East: Don't be too cheeky

Governments in the Middle East are cracking down on bloggers(16)

Buttonwood: Engine trouble

A rise in the cost of extracting energy will hit productivity(7)

Bahrain's pre-election jitters: Backward steps

A Gulf monarchy’s experiment in controlled democracy is looking shaky(6)

Oil prices: Crude awakening

A stable commodity may be about to get more volatile(12)

Aquifers: Deep waters, slowly drying up

Depletion of aquifers is a looming tragedy. New agreements offer hope(3)

Military spending: Hands off the warfare state!

Conservative think-tank bosses warn against cutting America's mammoth military(146)

Paul Krugman: An angry man

A profile of Paul Krugman(1)