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CONTENTS DIPLOMATICA|
Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Cartoons from around the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The great infrastructure boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fen Hampson on what Donald Trump’s win means for the world . . 24 Questions Asked: Janice Stein on what 2017 will offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Ghana Medical Help: Charity founded by a medical student . . . . . . . 34 Good Deeds: Helping build community with international dishes . . 35 Diplomatic Agenda: Costa Rica’s huge renewable energy project . . . 36 Trade Winds: Croatia, Iraq and Palestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
DISPATCHES|
2017: Reasons for optimism despite a difficult 2016 Lower poverty rates, less crime, more female politicians and longer, healthier lives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 An insider’s view of Yemen’s civil war and refugee crisis . . . . . . . . . 55 Peacekeeping isn’t what it used to be — and it never was . . . . . . . . . . 62 The quandary of Africa’s big urban centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 The near future is digital and robotic — and we aren’t ready . . . . . . . 68
DELIGHTS|
Books: Hollywood’s link to Israel’s founding, plus Afghan titles . . . . 72 Entertaining: Poland’s culinary past and present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Wine: The art of blending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Residences: Saudi Arabia’s magnificent domicile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 New arrivals in the diplomatic corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Envoy’s album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Photo Finish: Mike Beedell’s penguin parent and chick . . . . . . . . . . . 107
DIPLOMATIC LISTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 destinations|
A tour of bodacious Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 cover photo: UN Photo
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