Newsweek International articles from December 2008

Newsweek International archives from December 2008

The Rise Of The Hindu Right.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Bharatiya Janata Party of India)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf Upcoming elections in India could help usher an even more nationalist BJP back into power. It's election season in India, and that's bad news for the hapless Congress party. Six states go to the polls in the...

Good To Be Grim.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Gordon Brown)
December 1, 2008... Byline: William Underhill In tough economic times, Gordon Brown's Scottish roots are a blessing. Over the past 11 years of Labour rule, English commentators have regularly griped about the emergence of a "Scottish mafia" that has...

The Medvedev Doctrine.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Dmitry Medvedev)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova He wants to build a new security bloc and a gas cartel, and transform Moscow into a financial hub. Just what exactly does Dmitry Medvedev want? Six months into his tenure at the Kremlin, the...

Israel's Dissident.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Natan Sharansky)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Kevin Peraino Natan Sharansky fights to save democracy promotion from the wreck of the Bush administration. It's hard to think of a foreign leader whose public image is more closely tied to George W. Bush's than Natan...

Why Beijing Is In A Risky Place.(International Edition; CRISIS WATCH)(Beijing, China)
December 1, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz As the factory to the world, China may be the nation most vulnerable to collapsing global demand. Workers are losing factory jobs at the fastest rate in decades. Automakers--having failed to anticipate today's...

Driven Into the Ground.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(automobile industry bailout)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil Auto manufacturers around the world are all looking for government handouts. But that does nothing to address their real problems. If you thought that the more than $6 trillion governments around the world have...

He Called The Bust.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Jim Walker)(Interview)
December 1, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz An interview with Jim Walker, who predicted China's slump long before the crisis hit. Apocalyptic forecasts are a dime a dozen these days. Yet Jim Walker--former chief economist for the brokerage CLSA and now...

Riding Out The Crisis With A Few Good Books.(International Edition; SOCIETY & THE ARTS)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Andrew Bast Nobody asks a doctor for a diagnosis in the middle of surgery. Likewise, it seems unreasonable to expect that the current global economic crisis can be understood or explained now, as we struggle to grasp its full...

Growth In The Rearview Mirror.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Ruchir Sharma; Sharma is head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. The average growth of developing nations is likely to revert to the 1980 to 2002 pace of 3.5 to 4 percent. There is something amiss with...

The Peacemaker.(International Edition; THE LAST WORD)(Olusegun Obasanjo)(Interview)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Olusegun Obasanjo Something has to be done--by the leaders of the Congo, the Great Lakes region and the international community. OLUSEGUN OBASANJO HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE 1970S, WHEN HE WAS THE military dictator of...

The Toast Of The Town, Toasted.(Global Investor)(private equity)
December 1, 2008... PE returns have been spectacular, but getting them has required immense leverage in the form of high-yield debt. Probably the most spectacular asset class of the late and lamented Great Bull Market was private equity (PE). All the big...

The Riviera Of The South.(The Good Life; REAL ESTATE)(Punta del Este, Uruguay)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Brian Byrnes Long a haven for the Latin American elite, Punta del Este, Uruguay, has emerged as a major destination for savvy jetsetters--the St-Tropez of South America. Punta's pristine Atlantic beaches, vibrant cultural offerings...

Hot Spot: Los Angeles.(The Good Life)(Restaurant review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Tara Weingarten Superstar chef Michael Mina's most vibe-filled restaurant yet opened this month on a buzzy stretch of the Sunset Strip. His 14th high-concept fine-dining spot in the United States, this gathering place for Hollywood...

Four Hours In--.(The Good Life)(Cracow, Poland)(Brief article)(Travel narrative)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Igor Czernecki Cracow THE 1,000-year-old capital of medieval Poland is one of the best-preserved and culturally richest cities in Europe today. Its winding streets and spacious Renaissance squares are home to a lively mix of...

Creating A New Look For Leggings.(The Good Life; FASHION)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Sameer Reddy Leggings are back--but not the kind that might trigger a bad "Flashdance" flashback. Some Indian brands are using unconventional materials and cuts to reinvent the wardrobe staple. The trend began in 2006 with American...

No Money Left For The Coffee Table.(The Good Life; BOOKS)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala For a holiday gift that really carries weight, some coffee-table books have heftier price tags than the furniture on which they rest. "Guts and Glory: The Golden Age of American Football, 1958-1978" collects published...

Quotes From the Week of 11/17/08.(International Edition; Perspectives)(Quotation)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: SOURCES FROM TOP: CBS NEWS, THE WASHINGTON POST (2), UK TELEGRAPH, BBC "I can't go to my old barber shop now. I've gotta have my barber come to some undisclosed location to cut my hair." President-elect Barack Obama, on...

How China Could Quietly Play A Key Role In Afghanistan.(International Edition; PEACEKEEPING)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu Is Beijing, which is famously allergic to intervention, about to get involved in Afghanistan? It sounds crazy, yet there are intriguing signs. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently floated the notion at a talk at...

Arms Deal Intercepted.(International Edition; NORTH KOREA)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Mark Hosenball and Christian Caryl Shortly before dropping North Korea from the blacklist of states that support terrorism this summer, the Bush administration apparently thwarted the transfer of missile parts from Pyongyang to...

Early Shots At Obama.(International Edition; ROGUE'S GALLERY)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Adam B. Kushner There will be no honeymoon for Barack Obama on the Axis of Evil. Though Obama campaigned on a promise to talk to American enemies whom George Bush had once shunned, including erstwhile members of his Axis of...

BY THE NUMBERS.(International Edition; PERISCOPE)(China)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... On the eve of the 30th anniversary of China's social reforms, a new U.N. Development Program study looks at the country's socioeconomic gains, and an increasing urban-rural gap: 7.5Number of years longer that the average Chinese is expected...

A Gal Just Can't Get Ahead.(International Edition; DIRTY DEALINGS)(women and insider trading)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: John Sparks Martha Stewart may be the most famous woman to have had a disappointing experience as an inside trader, but apparently she's hardly the only one. In a new study of 700,000 insider trades over 20 years, finance...

Joyeux Noel (Sort Of).(International Edition; WORTH YOUR TIME)(A Christmas Tale)(Movie review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: David Ansen The holiday family-reunion movie is often as excruciating and treacly as the fraught, multigenerational gatherings it depicts. Rare is the masterwork, like Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander," which shows Yuletide...

Beets For Bankers.(International Edition; GREEN INITIATIVES)(Boris Johnson on planting)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Joanna Heath The phrase "capital growth" isn't often heard in London these days, certainly not inside the city's financial district. But with unintentional irony, it's the buzz on eccentric Mayor Boris Johnson's lips, as the...

Good Vibrations.(International Edition; TECHTONIC SHIFTS)(kinetic energy)(Report)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Sophie Grove Anyone who thinks running on a treadmill in the gym is a futile exercise should talk to Steve Beeby. The British scientist, a microsystems expert at the Engineering and Sciences Research Council, hates to see all those...

Mail Call: Sunny Days Ahead.(International Edition)(Letter to the editor)
December 8, 2008... Though readers took heart from Fareed Zakaria's unconventional optimism about the economic crisis, they didn't shy away from criticizing the practices that led to ruin. One warned that the United States cannot keep "playing by its own rules";...

Rule By The Dead.(International Edition; North Korea)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Christian Caryl and B.J. Lee North Korea's dictator may be ailing, but don't hope for change soon. In 1994, the future looked dark for North Korea. The collapse of Soviet communism had eliminated much of itsoutside support, its...

Sharing the Responsibility'.(International Edition; INTERVIEW)(Interview)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Michael Levitin He was chief of staff to Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, the leading voice behind Germany's refusal to fight in Iraq. Now German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is the Social Democratic Party candidate for...

Why Barriers Don't Matter.(International Edition; GLOBAL BUSINESS)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Barrett Sheridan It sounds like economic heresy, but many experts say more free trade won't ease the global crisis. A clear majority of global leaders, pundits and economists think more free trade is part of the solution to the...

The New Greens Like It Big.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)
December 8, 2008... The green view based on small sources and market power will give way to one based on scale and subsidies. The winds of economic destruction are flattening not just retirement accounts but also naive visions for a green economy. Public...

Latin America's Deafening Silence.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)
December 8, 2008... With few exceptions, Latin America prefers to look the other way when human rights are violated. To the myriad foreign challenges Barack Obama will have to confront upon taking office we may have to add a complex conundrum next door in...

Adam Smith's Return.(International Edition)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil Europe now likes free trade more than America. Alas, there could be a backlash in both places. After decades of American support for the free movement of goods, services and capital around the world, the tables...

Sharks in The Water.(International Edition; PIRATES)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Rod Nordland In the last year, Somalia's pirates have attacked 120 vessels in the Gulf of Aden, choking commerce in a critical shipping lane (the transit route for 20 percent of the world's oil), blocking aid supplies and driving...

The Internet Is Closing.(International Edition; TECHNOLOGY)
December 8, 2008... We face a wholesale threat to the open Internet environment of the past 30 years. The Internet, Arguably the most important technological development of the past few decades, happened almost by accident. It started out as a highly...

Delhi's Three Fatal Flaws.(International Edition; World View)
December 8, 2008... New Delhi suffers from bad PR and weak institutions. But just expressing more regret is not going to cut it. Last week's tragedy in Mumbai may have finally focused world attention on India's terror problem, but the crisis is nothing new....

The Problem Is Politics.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Shekhar Gupta; Gupta is editor in chief of the Indian Express. How did a historically strong state come to look so weak? The answer is politics. Given its hapless response to last week's deadly Mumbai attacks and other recent...

Markets Keep Rolling.(International Edition; INDIA)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf and George Wehrfritz Terrorism hasn't yet derailed India's growth story. You couldn't strike a blow closer to the heart of Indian finance. Mumbai's downtown waterfront--the setting of last week's terror...

Luxury For a Little Less.(The Good Life; Gift Giving)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala It's definitely not the best of times, and for some, it may be veering dangerously close to the worst. The stock market has taken more turns than a Hitchcock thriller. Retailers are forecasting a dismal shopping season,...

Browsing Markets Instead Of the Mall.(The Good Life; Shopping)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala Lucky for reluctant shoppers, outdoor outcroppings of stalls spring up each year at this time, proferring handcrafted tchotchkes, unique apparel, housewares, beauty products, toys and exotic delicacies. Featuring 300...

Accessories Of the Season.(The Good Life; HOLIDAYS)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Joanna Heath A Christmas tree should be just as well dressed as the guests sitting down to dinner. To that end, Faberge makes its bejeweled eggs into ornaments in deliciously bright colors: Czarevitch (blue), Anastasia (red), Swan...

Perspectives.(International Edition)(Quotation)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Sources: New York Times, CBS News, BBC, YNET News, Times Of London, Asia Straits Times "Felt a little nostalgic." Outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush, on his last official overseas trip to the Asia-Pacific Economic...

For America's New Kennedy, A Detente With the Castros.(International Edition; Latin America)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Mac Margolis; Mac Margolis Barack Obama's inauguration is still nearly two months away, but you can already hear the thawing sound over the Florida Strait. Latin America experts anticipate that Obama will quickly make good on his...

A Female Dalai Lama?(International Edition; World Religions)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Sudip Mazumdar The Dalai Lama didn't name a successor at the recent gathering of 600 exiled Tibetan leaders in Dharamsala, India, but triggered a wave of speculation by saying that he "may even choose a young girl," noting that he...

The Coming Oil Shock.(International Edition; Energy Strategy)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Rana Foroohar One of the many reasons that oil prices spiked to $150 earlier this year is that in the 1990s, when prices were $12 a barrel, oil firms stopped looking for new reserves. That resulted in supply shortages and, when...

By the Numbers.(International Edition)
December 8, 2008... Last week, the United Kingdom passed a new law designed to protect women from being forced into arranged marriages. The practice has been on the rise in Europe, but governments have been cautious to tackle the issue, treating it as a matter of...

Black Dog of Westminster.(International Edition; Fiction)
December 8, 2008... Byline: Sophie Grove Alastair Campbell, the formidable press chief under Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair, started his illustrious career writing erotica for the men's magazine Forum. Now the artful propagandist--who coined the...

Who's Responsible?(International Edition; LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 15, 2008... In apportioning responsibility for the worldwide-credit crisis, readers did not all point to former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. One called blaming Greenspan "simplistic," and another argued "banks were culpable." But after all...

A Young Mayor Pushes Reform.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Oh Se-hoon)(Interview)
December 15, 2008... Focusing on creativity and design, Seoul's leader is trying to bring more order to a chaotic economy. With a population of more than 10 million, Seoul is the creative, often chaotic heart of the dynamic South Korean economy. To bring order...

NATO in the West Bank.(International Edition; MIDDLE EAST)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Kevin Peraino Israel has long been allergic to foreign troops meddling in its affairs. That's now changing. Israelis have traditionally scorned the idea of international peacekeepers in their region. Prime Minister David...

Fears of an Angry Dragon.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)(Viewpoint essay)
December 15, 2008... Beijing could distract the population from its economic woes by whipping up nationalism. It's official: the United States is in a recession. Meanwhile, China's annual growth looks likely to fall below 9 percent this year. Given how...

Is Dubai's Party Over?(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(City overview)(Cover story)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Christopher Dickey; With Vivian Salama In Dubai and Nick Summers in New York In her classic account of World War I, Barbara Tuchman sets the scene for the passing of the prewar era with a vision of epochal pomp, the funeral of...

Africa's Other Holocaust.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Rod Nordland The story is depressingly familiar. Once again, war pushes an African nation to the verge of catastrophe, calls go out for foreign military intervention, and the proposed solution is unlikely to help. It could even...

Too Big to Fail.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)(Dubai, United Arab Emirates)(City overview)(Cover story)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Zachary Karabell; Karabell is president of RiverTwice Research. The emirate can do better than survive. Vision got it to where it is, and now vision will carry it through. The recent gala opening of the Atlantis hotel on...

How the West Won Ukraine.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova It may not be joining NATO soon. But Kiev has much bigger goals. In Brussels last week, NATO foreign ministers met to hash out details on whether Ukraine and Georgia should be allowed into the...

No Fanning the Flames.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf and Sudip Mazumdar India avoids lashing out at Pakistan and its own Muslims after the Mumbai attacks. Most people probably expected the Nov. 26 terrorist attacks on Mumbai to lead to another showdown between...

Thailand Slides Toward Civil War.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)
December 15, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz and Jaimie Seaton The public siege of its airports may be over, but the country's political crisis is just heating up. Last week, after Thailand's high court disbanded the country's ruling party and...

'It Doesn't Exist!'.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Peer Steinbruck)(Interview)
December 15, 2008... Germany's outspoken finance minister on the hopeless search for 'the Great Rescue Plan.' Since markets took a turn for the worse in September, there has been a chorus of calls for a Pan-European response. Most of those proposals have been...

Big Business Is Not to Blame.(International Edition; BUSINESS)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Barrett Sheridan The conventional wisdom is that 'we all' borrowed too much before the crisis, but that's just not so. Wall Street serves as an ideal scapegoat for the deepening global recession, but the emerging consensus is...

The Long Road to Nowhere.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Ruchir Sharma; Sharma is head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. The Japan parallel implies that the S&P index will tread water, trading within a broad but firmly capped range. With markets stuck in...

Obama's Turkish Partners.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)(Barack Obama)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Mustafa Akyol; Akyol is a columnist for Istanbul-based Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review. A democratic Turkey that has respect in Muslim capitals is exactly what the West needs. For years Ankara's foreign policy was fixated...

Why Obama Must Go to China.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)(Barack Obama)
December 15, 2008... It would be a showstopper if Obama made China his first presidential trip abroad and brought top officials. As an investment banker and then as Chairman and Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson had extensive experience with the...

Europe's Jewish Problem.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)
December 15, 2008... In Spain, unfavorable views of Jews climbed from 21 percent in 2005 to nearly one in two this year. As Europe faces up to its old demons of financial breakdown and job losses, a wind from the past is blowing through the continent. The...

Germany's Frau Nein.(International Edition; EUROPE)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil The world's policymakers say big spending packages will spur growth. But the leader of Europe's biggest economy says she's done enough already. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has every reason to feel besieged...

'We Will Not Let Go of Reform'.(International Edition; THE LAST WORD)(Jiang Jianqing)(Interview)
December 15, 2008... The government will keep growth above 8 percent next year, but we are in the middle of a tsunami that could last into 2010. The industrial and commercial bank of china has broken lots of records. In 2006 the bank went public in what became...

The Simpler Things In Life.(International Edition; TOP SHELF)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Sameer Reddy What to wear? If people can easily identify your outfit's price tag, then it's time to change. The party's over, even for the superrich. High-net-worth individuals, who lived on a scale most of us can't...

The Swiss Way to Beat a Crisis.(Global Investor)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Holger Schmieding; Schmieding is chief economist for Europe at Bank of America in London. When trust among banks evaporated, the Swiss acted firmlyand within three weeks brought the key rate under control. The global recession...

Perfume: Start Making Scents.(The Good Life)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Nick Foulkes One of the great harbingers of Christmas is a sudden spike in fragrance advertising. Images promoting eaux de toilette are an important and, for me at least, much loved part of the year-round adscape, but at this...

A Message in a Bottle.(The Good Life)(perfumes)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Michael Miller THE GOOD LIFE Packaging is everything. When it comes to perfume, the container can be just as seductive as the scent itself. For classic fragrances like Chanel's No. 5, simple but stylish bottles have become...

Travel: Tours With a Slice Of Sugar and Spice.(The Good Life)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala For holidaymakers, everything's coming up roses--and every other scent imaginable. When quick drops into fragrance shops seem too fleeting, perfume tours allow connoisseurs to really stop and smell the lavender. In...

Perspectives.(International Edition)(Quotation)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Quotation Sources: ABC, NY Times, Times of London, NY Times, UK Independent, NY Times "I think I was unprepared for war." U.S. President George W. Bush, reflecting on his eight years in the White House and his decision to go to...

Maligned Euro Is Now Winning Friends, Influencing Danes.(International Edition; GLOBAL CURRENCIES)
December 15, 2008... Byline: William Underhill At the Euro's birth back in 1998, doomsaying economists were quick to forecast its demise. They predicted a crisis would test Europe's single currency, and that rifts would emerge as member states fought to regain...

A China Skeptic.(International Edition; OBAMA'S CABINET)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Katie Baker The global response to team Obama's nomination of Hillary Clinton for secretary of state has been largely positive, thanks in part to fond memories of Bill and in part to an "anybody but Bush" mentality. But one nation...

Spy In The Spotlight.(International Edition; MUMBAI AFTERMATH)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Ron Moreau and Zahid Hussain In the wake of Mumbai's carnage, India handed Islamabad a list of 20 terrorists suspected to be hiding in Pakistan--including one who had phone contact with the gunmen during their attack. Now the nearly...

By the Numbers.(International Edition; PERISCOPE)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... A "Map of Violence" by a Brazilian think tank found that the problem of youth violence, including the murder rate for 15- to 24-year-olds, is concentrated in Latin America, because of its gangs and rampant drug trade: 37Murder rate (per...

Tweed Is the New Black.(International Edition; FASHION FILES)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Abbas Poptani Intricate designs, expert finishing. Sounds like a big-city fashion house--but in this case, it's the mills of the Outer Hebrides. On these remote Scottish isles, the weavers of Harris Tweed are bringing Britain's...

Morrison, Mellowed.(International Edition; NOVELS)(Toni Morrison's new book, A Mercy)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Michael Miller Toni Morrison's new book, "A Mercy," tackles the very origins of America's blood-soaked racial history. Set in Virginia during the last decade of the 17th century, the story follows four women bound to farmer Jacob...

Small-Town Currencies.(International Edition; CRISIS WATCH)(Brief article)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Tony Dokoupil Americans may hoard cash as recession fears grow. But in Riverwest, an enclave of Milwaukee, residents have another answer to money trouble: they'll print their own. The proposed River Currency would be used like cash...

The Rise of Black Market Data.(International Edition; TECHTONIC SHIFTS)
December 15, 2008... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland Criminals who steal personal data often don't exploit it. Instead, they put it up for sale on one of the many vibrant online markets. Los Angeles discount retailer Forever 21 announced earlier this fall...

Mail Call: The President-Elect.(International Edition)(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2008... Good cheer worldwide greeted Barack Obama's victory. One reader thanked us for delivering "the inside story" in the Nov. 17 issue, wholly devoted to the president-elect. While a Japanese reader affectionately referred to Obama-san, the German...

Al Qaeda On the Run.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)(Column)
December 22, 2008... Desperation led Zawahiri to lash out at Obama on a recent audiotape. Al Qaeda has plenty to be nervous about. Barack Obama did not have to wait long before receiving a major warning from Al Qaeda. Last month an audio recording appeared on...

President On the Precipice.(International Edition; FRANCE)(Nicolas Sarkozy)(Column)
December 22, 2008... Byline: Christopher Dickey and Tracy McNicoll Sarkozy is a loose cannon with no real opposition. So far, he's fared well. But that could change. For three months, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been telling the people of France,...

Fighting Wars of Peace.(International Edition; WORLD VIEW)(Column)
December 22, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Tepperman Intervention is an American tradition and may be harder for Obama to avoid than to do. Civil wars rage in Congo, Somalia and Sudan. Thousands of civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands more...

Why China Is Too Scared to Spend.(International Edition; ASIA)(Column)
December 22, 2008... Byline: Mary Hennock Boosting consumption is key to economic recovery. But that will take fixing a disastrous health system. This month marks the 30th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in China. But rather than...

Buying Peace of Mind.(International Edition; INDIA)
December 22, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf India turns to the private sector for security New Delhi can't provide. India's private-security industry has exploded in recent years, thanks to the country's longstanding terrorism problem and its inept police...