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VOLUME 65 NUMBER 6

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4 AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: Obama’s Quagmire Prem Shankar Jha

Taliban Toxin Wolfgang Danspeckgruber and William Maley 7

10 HEALTH: Preparing for Pandemics David L Heymann

CHINA AND RUSSIA: Life Support Christopher Davis 13 16 GROUP OF EIGHT: AID IN AFRICA: Party Over Thomas Cargill

Thinking, Not Talking Alex Vines 19

21 CHINA: Rising Again Kerry Brown 24 COAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Jon Gibbins Electrifying Issue Michael Hogan 27

30 EUROPE: Jobs for the Boys Richard Whitman

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

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