By Invitation

Economist/ Shell Writing Prize 2001

A memory of travel

Economist/Shell Writing Prize 2001

Lessons for a new century

Economist/Shell Writing Prize 2001

A ramble to Africa

Economist/Shell Writing Prize 2001

Going faster - but where?

Economist/Shell Writing Prize 2001

An optimist’s view of tourism’s future

Economist/Shell Writing Prize 2001

Transport systems

Economist/ Shell Writing Prize 2001

Mobility and the sustainability of 21st century travel

By invitation

What’s good for the poor is good for America

Jeffrey Sachs on where Uncle Sam should be more generous, and why

Letters

As China rises, must others bow?

No, says Joseph Nye, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The China Bill Clinton will discover during his visit this week is a country more concerned with economic growth than military power, and unlikely to be able to assert leadership in the region so long as America stays involved*

Yes to Europe, No to federalism

David Owen explains how he reconciles his pro-Europeanism with opposition to British membership of a single European currency. Lord Owen was Britain’s foreign secretary from 1977-79 and EU co-chairman of the international conference on the former Yugoslavia from 1992-95. (A longer version of this article is available.)