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Welcome to The Global Dispatches,
This month we have a report on Australia's Great Barrier Reef by Jon C Day, Alana Grech and Jon Brodie; an interview on the future of Europe with Quentin Peel, an associate fellow with the Europe Programme at Chatham House and former foreign affairs editor with the Financial Times, a Namibian travelogue by Olga Iazzarrelli and much more.
Enjoy the festivities and see you in 2017, may the Lord have mercy on us! |
 | Updated for August 2017. Every month we recommend a few classic music CDs that rarely see the light of day. This month sees: Incredible Bongo Band, Jesus Guerrero, Budos Band, Dead Combo, Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos, Ali Khattab and The Cairo Jazz Band get main billing. |
 | The world's most iconic reef needs far more help than Australia claims in its latest report to UNESCO. |
 | Quentin Peel is an associate fellow with the Europe Programme at Chatham House and former foreign affairs editor with the Financial Times. |
 | Climate activists remain hopeful despite the potentially disastrous Trump administration. |
 | Accompanying us each day was the sun's flaming orb, rising each morning and setting each night - an unvarying ball of fire burnishing the red sandy deserts of Namibia. |
 | In less than two weeks, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi might become the next victim of the current anti-establishment global trend, as Italians vote on a controversial referendum seen as a plebiscite on Renzi himself. |
 | Xi Jinping’s South America tour is an opportunity to improve trade terms between China and its partners, writes Matt Ferchen. |
 | Almost exactly a year ago, Ethiopia entered its worst crisis since the arrival of the regime in 1991. Last month, a state of emergency was proclaimed. These two events have generated a flood of commentary and analysis. A few key points, sometimes underplayed if not ignored, are worth closer attention. |
 | Review of a recently translated novel by celebrated Turkish author Burhan Sönmez. While unmistakeably political in nature, the individual stories eventually merge into a love poem to the city of Istanbul. |
 | The writer and satirist "Teffi" was a literary sensation in Russia until war and revolution forced her to leave Russia for ever. |
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