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Coping With Closed Regimes

William Skidelsky T HE J C URVE by Ian Bremmer Simon & Schuster, £17.99, pp. 306, ISBN 18004566798 ✆ £14.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I an Bremmer, a political risk......

Why It’s More Than Just A Game

Ed Smith T HE M EANING OF S PORT by Simon Barnes Short Books, £16.99, pp. 336, ISBN 1904977456 ✆ £13.59 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 S imon Barnes, the brilliant writer about......