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CIAO DATE: 12/03
November/December 2003
Letters
China’s staying power
Terrorized moderates
Dueling nationalisms
In Box
The IMF’s new dissident
Enviro semantics
Lies in space
Germany’s silver lining
10 years ago in FP
Think Again
International Trade by Arvind Panagariya
The collapse of the World Trade Organization talks in Cancún amid debates over "fair trade" obscured some inconvenient facts: First, poor countries are more protectionist than rich countries. Second, free trade in agriculture would help consumers in rich nations and hurt consumers in developing economies. Finally, the WTO can promote development-but only if rich nations let it.
Prime Numbers
A Loss for Words by Nicholas Ostler
Hundreds of languages are at risk of extinction, and as the world becomes ever more intertwined, the number of endangered dialects is likely to surge. But many minor languages can be saved; doing so would help preserve tradition and diversity.
Essays
The Day After
Disarray in post-Saddam Iraq offers a sharp reminder that ridding a country of a despotic regime is much easier than figuring out who or what comes after. What economic, social, and political forces will shape the futures of other oppressed nations once their dictators fall?
Cuba: His Brother’s Keeper by Jorge I. Domínguez
Belarus: Freedom to Submit by Jan Maksymiuk
Libya: The Sons Also Rise by Muhammad Ibrahim
Burma: A Gentler Authoritarianism? by Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung
Egypt: God’s Choice by Max Rodenbeck
Zimbabwe: Exhuming Hope by Iden Wetherell
North Korea: The Hardest Nut by Kongdan Oh and Ralph C. Hassig
Globalization at Work
Migration’s New Payoff by Devesh Kapur and John McHale
Every day, migrants working in rich countries send money to their families in the developing world. Last year, these remittances added up to $80 billion, outstripping foreign aid. Find out why remittances boomed in the 1990s-and how this money is lifting entire nations out of poverty, rewiring international politics, and reshaping immigration policy.
Antiglobalism’s Jewish Problem by Mark Strauss
Anti-Semitism is again on the rise. Why now? Blame the backlash against globalization. As public fears grow over lost jobs, shaky economies, and political and social upheaval, the far right and extreme left are seeking solace in conspiracy theories. Modern anxieties are merging with old hatreds and the myths on which they rest.
Memo to the President
A Strategy for Business and Human Rights by Daniel Litvin
Twice, the United Nations has tried to produce workable human rights guidelines for multinational corporations. Twice, it has failed. If U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan wants to get it right, here’s his step-by-step guide.
Arguments
Downside Danger by Ben S. Bernanke
After years of fretting about inflation, can the world’s central banks learn to handle the equally dangerous prospect of falling prices?
Reviews
In Other Words
Why Japanese women don’t want to be buried next to their husbands by Ayako Doi
Thailand’s new leader looks like Southeast Asia’s new strongman. by Michael J. Montesano
Global Newsstand
Bosnia suffers the world’s best intentions
The Philippines battles terror and ignorance
Europeans harass with class
Tony Blair needs a post-Iraq hug
Net Effect
Missing Links
An Indigenous World