What a summer this has been! Not red-hot (at least in the UK), but red-meat. As many people have observed, August is not a good time to take your eye off the
ball. Wars, riots, insurrection, unrest, currency crises and damaging press leaks tend to break out during the traditional holiday month of the northern hemisphere. Seldom, though, as in 2011, all at once For OMFIF, it has been a busy few weeks, where we have cast our net ever wider. And on the broader international stage, the last few weeks have been rich in portentous events. Not a season for the faint-at-heart. Paying testimony to an extraordinary period, the Bulletin contains a bumper outpouring, with contributions in this edition from a record 12 advisory board members.