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VOLUME 65 NUMBER 4

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4 THE G20 SUMMIT: Saving Globalisation... Again? Ngaire Woods

Summit Cynics Wait to See Ruth Davis and Vanessa Rossi 7

9 AFGHANISTAN: Ending the Thirty-Year War Martin Barber 13 NATO AT SIXTY: Unhappy Returns Michael Clarke

Power and War Lawrence Freedman 16 Digital Defences Rex Hughes 19 On Our Terms Dmitri Rogozin 22

24 RUSSIA - THE ECONOMY: Performing Poorly Graeme Herd 26 INDONESIA ELECTIONS: Potential Partners Tamara Lynch 28 INDIA: ELECTIONS: Exercising Democracy Gareth Price 30 CHINA AND TIBET: Tibet Matters Dibyesh Anand

EDITOR Graham Walker ASSISTANT EDITOR Alison Couldridge DESIGNER Martin Colyer DATABASE Michael Farrell INTERN Donna Hatziioannou

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