In this issue
A mythical place – land of the frozen ocean, the aurora borealis and the midnight sun.
Nowhere near as religious as its neighbour, Saudi Arabia, nor as bling-obsessed as nearby United Arab Emirates, Qatar has astutely observed the paths other Gulf states have chosen, and then cherry-picked what seems to work best.
In an upside-down world, there are many questions to be asked, writes *Eduardo Galeano*.
*Chris Richards* goes cold turkey in her umpteenth attempt to do without her car – and fumes about the structure of modern life that makes the task so hard.
Could countries come to blows over the North's resources? Professor *Michael Byers* explains.