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Deepak Lal: China's cloudy future - I

China's hope of resuming more sustainable market-based economic growth may be belied

Deepak Lal: Putin's nationalist turn

Putin's latest global moves should be seen in the context of a possible ouster from power back home

Deepak Lal: A cordon sanitaire in West Asia

Given the limited military options to contain ISIS, how to prevent its jihadism from spreading?

Deepak Lal: The travails of 'Europe'- II

With the Greek bailout agreement, the unravelling of Germany's "virtual empire" seems imminent

Deepak Lal: The travails of 'Europe' - I

With the possible exit of Greece from the euro zone, the disintegration of a 'virtual empire' is likely

Deepak Lal: Britain's 'austerity' election

How the United Kingdom shows that fiscal consolidation is economically and politically beneficial

Deepak Lal: Thinking about an Iranian bomb

The sanctions that have brought Iran to the negotiating table should not be removed until a better deal is negotiated

Deepak Lal: Reality mugs rhetoric

The world is left with the disorder that Mr Obama's reliance on rhetoric rather than the robust action expected of a superpower has provoked

Deepak Lal: The rule of law, for 800 years

The influence of the Magna Carta continues to be felt, even in the 21st century

Deepak Lal: The eco-fundamentalists

The Modi government is right to crack down on foreign financing of environmental NGOs

Deepak Lal: The future of Palestine

A two-state solution looks increasingly unlikely - and, for Israel, unnecessary

Deepak Lal: Inequality and envy

No free society can eliminate inequality

Deepak Lal: Enlightenments old and new - II

Why the best hope for an Islamic enlightenment comes from the Shia clerics of Iraq

Deepak Lal: Enlightenments, old and new - I

What can the history of the European enlightenments tell us about the chances of an Islamic enlightenment?

Deepak Lal: Born in blood

How intimations from the past help explain the spread of the ISIS

Deepak Lal: Globalisation, nations and taxes

The tension between the cosmopolitanism of a new global elite, and old-style nationalism

Deepak Lal: The new jihadist threat

Across West Asia, the old bonds of tribe and creed are causing states to unravel

Deepak Lal: A change in economic regime?

For the new dispensation, moving away from statism is highly desirable - but unlikely

Deepak Lal: Democracy in distress - II

The long, uneasy route from representative to constitutional democracy

Deepak Lal: Democracy in distress - I

Why representative democracy is staring at a less-than-secure future