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CIAO DATE: 02/04
January/February 2004
Cover Story
Job Description of the Next Pope by R. Scott Appleby
What skills will the Roman Catholic Church's next chief executive need? The successor to John Paul II should embrace science, reject globalization, and reach out to the Islamic world — and brush up on his economics.
Think Again
Neocons by Max Boot
A cabal of neoconservatives has hijacked the Bush administration's foreign policy and transformed the world's sole superpower into an unilateral monster. A good story, but not quite true. Tales of the "neocon" ascendancy — and the group's insidious intent to wage preemptive wars across the globe — have been much exaggerated.
Globalization at Work
Soccer vs. McWorld by Franklin Foer
What could be more global than soccer? The world's top players and owners disregard national borders, with major teams banking revenues in every currency and billions of fans cheering for their champions in too many languages to count. But dissecting the inner workings of the beautiful game reveals more about globalization's limits than its potential.
Essays
Iraq's False Promises by Slavoj Zizek
If you want to know why the Bush administration invaded Iraq, read Freud's Interpretation of Dreams, not the National Security Strategy of the United States. Only the twisted logic of dreams, argues one of Europe's most insightful philosophers, can explain why the United States thinks the aggressive pursuit of contradictory goals-promoting democracy, affirming U.S. hegemony, and ensuring stable energy supplies-will produce success.
Japan's English Lessons by Bill Emmott
North Korea's nuclear threat is forcing Japan to choose between two strategies: draw closer to the United States, or develop a more independent foreign policy. How to decide, asks Economist editor Bill Emmott. Look to another island nation, Britain, which has spent the last 60 years strongly allied to the United States while maintaining its ability to act on its own.
Arguments
A Development Nightmare by Kenneth Rogoff
Why rich nations don't really want poor nations to catch up with them
The People's Sovereignty by George Soros
A new twist on an old concept can help save the world's most oppressed populations.
Europe's Awkward Embrace by Cem Ozdemir
European conservatives should imitate U.S. Republicans and learn to love immigrants.
Trade Secrets by Lori Wallach
The real message of the recent collapse of trade talks in Cancún: Business as usual is over for the WTO.
Reviews
In Other Words
Muslim suspicions of the United States run deeper than the Bush administration imagines. by Husain Haqqani
Argentina's intellectuals ignore their nation's challenges. by Sergio Berensztein
The French find reasons to bash themselves. by Eric Le Boucher
Global Newsstand
Uganda wants cultural healing
Brazil searches its soul on trade
Europe tiptoes around technology
Germany flexes its pacifist muscles
Net Effect
Between the Lines
Revisiting the Case for War by Joseph Cirincione and Dipali Mukhopadhyay
Last year, President George W. Bush delivered a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he made a detailed case for war against Iraq. A look at recently declassified documents reveals that what the president said did not always reflect what some U.S. intelligence analysts believed about the threat of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the regime's links to al Qaeda.
Missing Links
Russia's Oily Future by Moisés Naím
Overcoming geology, not ideology, will prove Moscow's greatest challenge.
In Box
Tips for reporting under fire
Blame African poverty on the rain
Why Latin Americans love a good border fight
How not to cut the U.N. budget
5 Years Ago in FP: Can High Technology Bring U.S. Troops Home? The End of Complacency