By Invitation

Intelligence and security

America needs more spies

Six of America's most experienced practitioners argue here that current proposals to improve the effectiveness of America's security services fail to address the key issue: how to gather more and better intelligence

Jeffrey Garten on business leadership

A new year; a new agenda

To succeed in the years ahead, business leaders need new strategies, both inside and outside their organisations

By invitation

Unleashing the trade winds

Achieving free trade across the globe is a daunting task. But America is committed, says Robert Zoellick

Mario Monti

Europe's merger monitor

The European Commission's merger regime is under attack. In this invited article, Mario Monti, the competition commissioner, offers his response

Jeffrey Sachs

Weapons of mass salvation

In this invited article, Jeffrey Sachs argues that, in the war against want, no less than in the war against terror, actions speak louder than words

By invitation: Jack Straw

A constitution for Europe

What should Europe's constitution look like? As the Convention on the Future of Europe debates the matter, we invited Jack Straw, Britain's foreign secretary, to set out his ideas

America's power - By invitation

The new Rome meets the new barbarians

The United States is likely to be the world's top power for many years. This brings challenges that it should not try to face alone, writes Joseph Nye

Economist/ Shell Writing Prize 2001

A memory of travel

Economist/Shell Writing Prize 2001

Lessons for a new century

Economist/Shell Writing Prize 2001

A ramble to Africa

Economist/Shell Writing Prize 2001

Going faster - but where?