FEATURES: VIEW FROM THE TOP
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Iran: from prince to pariah
Iran and the West have been sworn enemies since the Islamic Republic came to power in 1979. Now, the focus on Iran’s suspected nuclear ambitions means that tensions have never been higher. Are the two sides irreconcilable, and could the escalation prove disastrous?
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Europe’s downturn bodes ill for refugees
There’s no good time to be a refugee, but things are getting worse as, 61 years after the UN Declaration on Refugees was signed, Europe forgets the horrors that forged it.
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Bringing the Khmer Rouge to justice
Cambodia’s war crimes court appears to have reached an impasse and run into controversy over potential future cases.
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FINANCIAL REGULATION
Dodd-Frank exchanges
 Attempts to re-build the financial system have resulted in a flood of banking regulations, emanating from the US and elsewhere, and it’s meeting with considerable resistance. Is the finance world right to push back?
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GLOBAL LEADERS
Kalidou Gadio
 Kalidou Gadio is the General Counsel of the African Development Bank, one of the most influential institutions on the continent of Africa. In a wide-ranging interview, conducted by award-winning BBC journalist Zeinab Badawi, he discussed critical links between law and development, investment from China and fragile states.
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