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After the euphoria, reality is beginning to bite, says Maria Golia.

South Asia's giant, from the Country Profile series in our New Internationalist magazine.

Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ – Big Oil’s newest way to extract natural gas from an exhausted planet – comes with a terrible environmental price tag. Joyce Nelson digs deeper.

Danny Dorling and Anna Barford consider the gaps that divide us.

A profile of the President of Chechnya.

Award-winning author Monica Ali reveals why feminism and Princess Diana are on her mind just now.

Compulsive rambler Mark Thomas walks the line along the notorious Israeli Separation Barrier in an extract from his new book.

Anatomy of a Temporary Country: the life in waiting.

Orzala Ashraf and Michael Semple, both passionate workers for peace, have very differing points of view. Comment on our debate.

Avaaz, the largest global movement on the web, is giving the world a voice.

Maria Golia savours a moment of extraordinary clarity for Egypt.

It may be a leap of faith, but John Jordan and Isa Fremeaux are determined to try living the good life

An epic migration to the cities has been responsible for China’s turbocharged economic performance. But, as Richard Swift explains, the cost for many workers has been too great and they refuse to be quiet any longer.

A country profile.

Searching for timeless truths, enjoying freedom and watching snowflakes – poet Jack Mapanje tells Rowenna Davis about life after prison.