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CIAO DATE: 11/03
September/October 2003
Letters
Courting controversy
The rich respond
Aiding strife
Newt Gingrich takes on his critics
In Box
The impotent WTO
An obesity epidemic
Ashkhabad’s agitprop
10 years ago in FP
Think Again
United Nations by Madeleine K. Albright
Undemocratic. Bureaucratic. Anti-American. And after the debate over the use of force in Iraq, some critics dismiss the United Nations as irrelevant as well. Not so, argues the former U.S. secretary of state. For all its problems, the global body remains the world’s best hope against disease, poverty, global crime, and war―and all at a reasonable price.
Prime Numbers
The 5 Percent Solution by David Makovsky and Eran Benedek
Israeli settlements are routinely described as a “major obstacle” to peace in the Middle East. In reality, only 60,000 people stand in the way of a solution for millions.
Essays
Europe’s Floundering Fathers by Jack Rakove
How would the framers of America’s constitution respond to Europe’s new charter? With polite applause, at best. Not only does the new charter deny the European Union (EU) real authority over war, diplomacy, and taxes, but by refusing to submit the constitution for popular approval, many of the EU’s member states are undermining its legitimacy and future effectiveness.
Democracy Doesn’t Flow From the Barrel of a Gun by Chris Patten
The United States and Europe agree that democracy is a universal aspiration that defies weak economies or bogus cultural distinctions. But they differ on whether the West can force transformation in places such as the Middle East. If U.S. officials like Paul Wolfowitz really want to spur political reform, they should stop backing Arab despots and start respecting popular will.
The Morality of the Market by Martin Wolf
Capitalism has triumphed virtually everywhere―and is loathed virtually everywhere. Critics, including more than a few economists, allege that capitalism creates gross inequality, causes environmental havoc, and undermines democracy. Nothing could be further from the truth. The market economy is the most just and humane economic system yet devised.
The Falseness of Anti-Americanism by Fouad Ajami
China believes foreign direct investment is the fastest route to economic development. But India’s reliance on homegrown entrepreneurship may put that country in a position to catch up with, and possibly surpass, its northern neighbor. India, not China, is the rising economic power to watch.
Memo to the President
Wanted: A U.S. Colonial Service by Jeffrey E. Garten
The United States must build a force of specialists who can pick up the pieces after U.S. military interventions abroad. A new FP feature offering policy advice to global leaders shows President George W. Bush why and how.
Arguments
Adapt or Die by Raphael Sagarin
What Charles Darwin can teach Tom Ridge about homeland security.
Pipe Dreams in Iraq by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Why the U.S. occupation of Iraq will have no consequences for global oil markets.
Reviews
In Other Words
A maverick beauty challenges Ukraine’s authoritarian president. by Taras Kuzio
Why the American empire will kill itself softly. by Vladislav L. Inozemtsev and Ekaterina Kuznetsova
Global Newsstand
Mexican punk rockers rage against globalization
Donor deadbeats neglect malaria
France meddles in Africa―again
Net Effect
Missing Links
Berlusconi Goes to China by Moisés Naím
If Italy’s prime minister wants to improve his image, he should learn from Nixon.