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4 EUROPEAN UNION TREATY: Trust the PeopleRobin Shepherd

6 Ways Out of the Irish Puzzle Thomas Legge

8 EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN: Eyeing Other Shores Claire Spencer

11 SOUTH AFRICA:Fundamental Failures Merle Lipton

EDITOR Graham Walker

ASSISTANT EDITOR Alison Couldridge

DESIGNER Martin Colyer

DATABASEMichael Farrell

INTERNPreethi Nallu

15 BOOK REVIEW:Good for Government Alex Vines

16 SMALL ARMS:Arms Control Eric Berman

18 THE GULF IN THE G8 AGENDA: Top Table Time? Vanessa Rossi and Ruth Davis

20SAUDI ARABIA’S FOREIGN POLICY: Discreet Persuasion Neil Partrick

23 ENERGY FOR ASIA: Chasing Pipe Dreams ElizabethMills

25BURMA AFTER THE CYCLONE: Making a Disaster Out of a Cyclone Ashley South

28ANALYSING NORTH KOREA:Big Wheel Turning Rudiger Frank

30PROFILE - SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE:Overestimating Al Qaeda? Sean Armstrong

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