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4 THE LIMITS AND POTENTIALS OF OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY: Living Up to Expectations Robin Niblett

8 US POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN: Antidote to Insurgency Ayesha Khan

11 INDIA AND PAKISTAN: Keeping Control Gareth Price

EDITOR Graham Walker

ASSISTANT EDITOR Alison Couldridge

DESIGNER Martin Colyer

DATABASEMichael Farrell

INTERNZhu Song

13 CHINA - SOCIAL UNREST: On the Streets Yiyi Lu

15 CHINESE OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENT AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: Reaching Out Kerry Brown and Peter Wood

17 SOUTHEAST ASIA: Democratic Deficit David Martin Jones

20CONGO CONFLICT: Time to Act Muzong Kodi

24ISRAEL:Can We Change? Maybe Yossi Mekelberg

26EUROPEAN UNION - THE CZECH PRESIDENCY:Santa Klaus is Coming To Town Robin Shepherd

28THE EURO: TENTH ANNIVERSARY:Euro Weighs-In Stewart Fleming

30BRITAIN AND THE EURO:Back on the Agenda Richard Whitman

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