May 2012

May 2012 issue

Past issues

Essays

Playboy goes west

A strategic own goal?

Europe’s star?

Politics interview: “I’m Labour’s biggest critic”

Making the most of emerging markets

Emerging markets: China’s noisy neighbours

Emerging markets: Will Brazil pay for its success?

Emerging markets: Can China avoid a crash landing?

From Faust to Frankenstein

The book of LBJ

Cameron’s immigration problem

What Dave has done

Regulars

Editorial: Deficit of ambition

The Prospect list

The way we were: Pens down, please

If I ruled the world

Prospect recommends: May

Letters: May

In fact

Diary: May 2012

Opinions

Burma gold rush

Joshua Kurlantzick

China diary: We got religion

Lost war on drugs

Cutting Whitehall

Cairene quandry

Wendell Steavenson

Obama the Republican

Cameron: unlucky but right

Pier Carlo Padoan

Arts & Books

Modern magus

Stealing the show

America’s new literary generation

For my next trick

The month in books

Prospect recommends: May

Debi

The book of LBJ

Society and Culture

Wine

Volcanic impulses

Leith on life

A moveable feast

William Skidelsky