♦ While many previously buoyant island states across the Caribbean are struggling, Jamaica's crisis is the deepest. Robin Wigglesworth profiles a country teetering on the edge of an economic precipice. ♦ The FT interviews Haruhiko Kuroda, the central bank outsider who this year took over the Bank of Japan. ♦ Israelis see many positive economic, strategic and diplomatic developments despite Benjamin Netanyahu’s dark public statements on Iran that present an image of an embattled, paranoid state, says Gideon Rachman. ♦ The Washington Post spoke to refugees from all walks of life in its report: Stories from the Syrian exodus. ♦ When veteran Egyptian politician Amr Moussa unveiled Egypt’s new draft constitution on Sunday, he did so in front of a vast banner that proclaimed the text represented “all Egyptians”. Unfortunately for Moussa, three of the five models used to depict “all Egyptians” turned out to be westerners. ♦Veronique Greenwood in Aeon explains why Swiss farmers take such good care of their cows. Read more | 
