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CIAO DATE: 10/00
Fall 2000
Letters
In Box
Articles
Think Again: Spies by Loch K. Johnson
The end of superpower rivalry has not put agents in black trench coats out of a job. How are spies adapting to a world of search engines, commercial satellite imagery, and greater transparency?
Prime numbers: Labor Pains
Persistent unemployment, wide earnings gaps, few employee benefits, and dwindling unions: a statistical snapshot of the current global labor market.
The FP Interview: Michel Camdessus Talks with FP
The former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) takes on his harshest critics, warns of the next global financial crisis, and scolds world leaders for using the IMF as their "scapegoat of first resort."
Globalization at work: After the Crash by Martin Wolf
Remember how Mexico's devaluation, Asia's meltdown, and Russia's collapse jolted the international economy? Just wait until you feel the global aftershocks of a Wall Street crash.
Will Globalization Make You Happy? by Robert Wright
Most people think globalization is something done by the rich, for the rich, and to the poor. In fact, its psychological payoff goes overwhelmingly to the world's lower classes. Find out why globalization is making the poor happier—and the rich more dysfunctional.
Rational Fanatics by Ehud Sprinzak
"Human bombs cannot be defeated, not even by nuclear bombs," declares the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. From Chechnya to Sri Lanka, terrorist groups are embracing this deadly strategy and deploying suicide bombers as their ultimate weapon. But they can be stopped.
The Irrelevant Election by Sebastian Mallaby
Come November, Americans will elect the next Hegemon-in-Chief. The world shouldn't expect any big foreign-policy initiatives, though. Little will change regardless of who becomes the next president.
Between the Lines: Democracy Holds a Party
Last June, representatives from more than 100 nations met to draft the guiding principles of a "Community of Democracies." Sounds great. A closer look at the text of the Warsaw Declaration, however, suggests that it's more about feeling good than doing good.
Arguments: Twenties/Twenties Hindsight by Emily Rosenberg
During the 1920s, a popular outcry against "dollar diplomacy" stymied efforts by policymakers to avert a global depression. Ring any bells?
Arguments: The Coming Identity War by Gianni Riotta
It's not as quiet as you think on the Western front.
Departments: The Spy Who Loved Globalization by David C. Earnest & James N. Rosenau
Meet James Bond: swinger, spy. . . international relations prophet?
Missing Links: The Digital Drain by Moisés Naím
Unable to match private sector salaries, governments are turning into the have-nots of the information age.
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