My favourite Cyprus columnist reckons the process is over.

Probably not. "Perhaps the boost to productivity from being able to use incandescent light bulbs while vacuuming with high-powered hoovers will be significant, but the above suggests new free trade agreements alone can’t do it."

Conrad's story.

Caps lock merited.

Great piece by @StephenFidler1.

From қазақша to qazaqşa?

Statistics and maps. Grimly fascinating.

Close!

Wise words.

Hooray!

Telling it like it is.

Telling it like it is.

Buzzfeed's tour d'horizon.

Gaming out the unthinkable.

Sometimes easier said than done...

Fascinating.

and the problems that causes.

A confession.

Well worth reading.

My own views on peacebuilding.

Lord Hannay on the state of UK diplomacy.

@guardian review.

Political poison.

Really good analysis.

Boggle.

Thomas Carothers & @YoungsRichard at @CarnegieEndow are not pessimistic.

The last time the UN declared a famine was in 2011. Today we are on the brink of four.

Shameful.

Brilliant by @ehorakova on sex in Star Trek.

Rhetoric and negotiation.