1.  Why was Gordon Brown able to survive his latest brush with political death?
2.  Should Umaru Yar’Adua step down?
3.  Do tense relations with Turkey imperil Israel’s security?
4.  Will China’s recent missile defense tests force other nations to increase spending on such projects?
5.  Is Catherine Ashton unqualified to be the EU’s foreign affairs chief?
6.  Will Peter Robinson’s temporary departure from duties in Northern Ireland become a permanent exile?
7.  How can Rajapaksa win the Tamil vote in Sri Lanka’s presidential election?
8.  Will Hugo Chavez’s decision to devalue Venezuela’s currency enable opposition forces to take control of the national legislature?
9.  Is North Korea’s peace offer disingenuous?
10.  Will a new Zimbabwean constitution provide for effective limits on executive power?