Paul Mason | BBC | 30 December 2011 Compelling predictions for 2012. Shape of the crisis in Europe will be determined by how three major issues play out. Mason hazards some answers. Also predicts return of protectionism internationally, rise of conviction politicians Comments Adam Curtis | BBC | 22 December 2011 Engaging piece, with video, on history of ghosts on television. Not fictional ghosts but "real" ones, or reports of their appearances. And why the BBC promised not to show its 1992 programme Ghostwatch ever again Comments Ivan Eland | National Interest | 29 December 2011 Excellent piece on uses and limitations of sanctions. An economic means trying to achieve a political end. Even if economic impact is severe they rarely work. They don't avoid war either. Can even lead to it Comments Jackson Lears | London Review Of Books | 29 December 2011 "How did Obama develop his paradoxical combination of fierce ambition and persistent timidity?" Hostile assessment of US president says part of the answer may lie in his family background and a "genealogy of disappointment" Comments Tim Murphy | Do The Math | 20 December 2011 Physicist investigating how we can replace fossil fuels turns attention to hydroelectric power. Steady, self-storing, efficient, low-carbon. Better than tidal. But a few calculations show it'll never be a big player Comments Sergei Karaganov | Foreign Affairs | 28 December 2011 Harsh, perceptive global view from dean of Russian foreign policy analysts. Western democracy follows communism into oblivion. Authoritarianism emerges as best form of government. History returns to "customary state of chaos" Comments | 
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