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The World In 2017

Planet Trump

With Donald Trump as America’s 45th president, 2017 will mark the beginning of a new and darker global order
Mon Nov 14 2016

Leaders

A Brexit barometer

How to judge whether Britain's divorce from the European Union will see a "hard" or "soft" exit
Mon Nov 14 2016

Britain

The Russian revolution of 2017

Maria Alyokhina, political activist and member of Pussy Riot, reflects on what revolution means today
Mon Nov 14 2016

Europe

Xi’s power struggle

Sweeping changes at China's Communist Party congress will bring an uncertainty-inducing power struggle
Mon Nov 14 2016

China

Waving goodbye

The latest wave of mergers will finally ebb in 2017. What will the next wave of dealmaking look like?
Mon Nov 14 2016

Business

A feminism for all

Nuanced feminism will become even more prevalent in 2017, predicts author Louise O'Neill
Tue Nov 15 2016

Generation prophet

Brexit and the City

London’s financial industry grapples with the biggest demerger in its history
Mon Nov 14 2016

Finance

A lower nuclear threshold

Nuclear weapons are a greater danger now than at any time since the end of the cold war
Mon Nov 14 2016

International

Saint’s relics

Two new museums will pay homage to a legendary fashion designer
Mon Nov 14 2016

Culture

Bolshiness is back

The similarities between the collapse of the liberal order in 1917 and today are stark
Mon Nov 14 2016

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