The best of Le monde diplomatique 2012 / edited by Wendy Kristianasen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE WORLD IN CRISIS -- Europe's wakeup call / Serge Halimi -- A permanent state of emergency / Slavoj Zizek -- The currency wars / Laurent L. Jacque -- The wolf pack stalks Europe / James K. Galbraith -- Iceland's loud No / Silla Sigurgeirsdottir -- pt. II US EMPIRE -- Empire as a state of being / Philip S. Golub -- Obama misses his historic moment / Jeff Manza -- `We the people' / Walter Benn Michaels -- What happened to the US left? / Rick Fantasia -- A small town in the middle of everywhere / John R. MacArthur -- pt. III A SMALLER WORLD -- Cuba's new socialism / Renaud Lambert -- Brazil: we've got the power / Lamia Oualalou -- Latin America embraces Palestine / Maurice Lemoine -- A fine, and convenient, romance / Nikolas Kozloff -- Russia shouldn't work but it does / Vladislav Inozemtsev -- Can China share out the wealth? / Martine Bulard -- China and India: united against the West / Christophe Jaffrelot.

Contents note continued: Sudan's south secedes / Gerard Prunier -- Somaliland, an African exception / Gerard Prunier -- pt. IV EUROPEAN DIRECTIONS -- Germany goes for sustainable capitalism / Olivier Cyran -- Academia's rebel alliance / Pierre Rimbert -- Communism revisited / Evelyne Pieiller -- pt. V ROOTS OF CONFLICT -- One state, two dreams / Alain Gresh -- Afghanistan's future lies in its past / Georges Lefeuvre -- The Taliban's secret weapon / Louis Imbert -- Now that he's gone / Jean-Luc Racine -- Red line, green line / Joost Hiltermann -- pt. VI REVOLUTION: THE `ARAB SPRING' -- The Muslim Brothers in Egypt's `orderly transition' / Gilbert Achcar -- To shoot, or not to shoot? / Bassma Kodmani -- Follow the money / Samir Aita -- Power of the word in the Syrian intifada / Zenobie -- Yemen knows what it doesn't want / Marine Poirier -- Egypt's revolution is only beginning / Alain Gresh -- How to make Libya work after Gaddafi / Patrick Haimzadeh.

Contents note continued: pt. VII THE QUESTION OF ISLAM -- The Arab world's cultural challenge / Hicham Ben Abdallah El. Alaoui -- Iran can't reform itself / Farhang Jahanpour -- Islamic Republic uncensored / Shervin Ahmadi -- The myth of Islamic conquest / Samir Amghar -- Indonesia, a democracy full stop / Wendy Kristianasen -- pt. VIII ON THE MOVE: PEOPLE AND CITIES -- Africa does business in China / Tristan Coloma -- Filipino maids for export / Julien Brygo -- Greater Hanoi swallows the countryside / Xavier Montheard -- Death of the Casbah / Paul Vannier -- America's slow ground zero / Paul Vannier -- The world has become a city / Philip S. Golub.

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Le Monde diplomatique is one of the most highly respected independent newspapers. Published monthly in French and English, it brings together a diverse range of high-calibre writers from across the world. This book collects the paper's highlights from 2011/2012. The articles have been carefully selected and are arranged around the key themes in our changing world including US imperialism, the financial crisis and the Arab Spring. Among the contributors are Slavoj iek, James K Galbraith and Phillip S. Golub. A perfect seasonal gift for anyone interested in global issues, The Best of Le Monde diplomatique goes beyond the news and illuminates the state of our planet.

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