Press Release: FOREIGN POLICY MAY/JUNE 2004

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April 27, 2004
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FOREIGN POLICY May/June 2004
BEYOND BIN LADEN: WHY AL QAEDAS IDEOLOGY IS SPREADING FASTER THAN EVER
Plus, the Second Annual Center for Global Development/FOREIGN POLICY Commitment to Development Index, Selling to the Poor, an Interview with America, Samuel Huntington Answers His Critics, and More

The mere mention of al Qaeda conjures images of an efficient terrorist network guided by a powerful criminal mastermind. Yet capturing Osama bin Laden will not cripple al Qaeda or help the West win the war on terror, writes Jason Burke, chief reporter for the London Observer. In this issues Think Again feature, Burke argues that al Qaeda is more an ideology than an organizationand its influence is spreading. The destruction of training camps and scattering of its leadership havent stopped its followers, he warns. There is no longer a central hub for Islamic militancy, he writes. But al Qaedas worldview, or al Qaedaism, is growing stronger every day. The reason: The West has yet to find a way to eradicate its enemies without creating new ones. As a result, al Qaedaism will attract supporters for years to come with or without bin Laden.

Excerpts from Think Again: al Qaeda:

Although bin Laden and his partners were able to create a structure in Afghanistan that attracted new recruits and forged links among preexisting Islamic militant groups, they never created a coherent terrorist network in the way commonly conceived.

This radical internationalist ideologyhas adherents among many individuals and groups, few of whom are currently linked in any substantial way to bin Laden or those around him. They merely follow his precepts, models, and methods. They act in the style of al Qaeda, but they are only part of al Qaeda in the very loosest sense.

[Bin Laden’s] worldview is receiving immeasurably more support around the globe than it was two years ago, let alone 15 years ago when he began seriously campaigning.

SAMUEL HUNTINGTON ANSWERS HIS CRITICS
Samuel Huntingtons controversial essay The Hispanic Challenge (FP, March/April 2004) has generated unprecedented international media coverage and sparked a global debate on the impact of Latino immigrants in the United States. In the longest letters to the editors section ever devoted to one article in the magazines history, National Council of La Raza president Raul Yzaguirre, Roberto Suro, Fouad Ajami, Pat Buchanan, and others weigh in on the debateand Huntington responds. (Letters p. 4)

RANKING THE RICH 2004
For years, rich countries have measured, categorized, scored, advised, and admonished poor nations to cut their budget deficits, invest more in education, or liberalize their financial markets. Last year, the Center for Global Development (CGD) and FOREIGN POLICY turned the tables, creating the Commitment to Development Index (CDI), a ranking of rich nations according to how their policies help or hinder social and economic development in other countries. One year and much additional data later, see why the Netherlands and Denmark tied for first, why the United States finishes seventh, and why Japan finishes dead last. (p. 46)

SELLING TO THE POOR
Searching for new customers eager to buy your products? Forget Tokyos schoolgirls and Milans fashionistas. Instead, try the worlds 4 billion poor people, the largest untapped consumer market on Earth. To reach them, CEOs must shed old concepts of marketing, distribution, and research. Allen L. Hammond and C.K. Prahalad tell us how getting it right can both generate big profits and help end economic isolation throughout the developing world. (p. 30)

VOICE OF A SUPERPOWER
The 2004 U.S. presidential election may be the first in decades to center on the candidates foreign-policy views. So what do most Americans really think about Iraq, terrorism, North Korea, and free trade? Steven Kull, director of the Program for International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, uses more than two and half years of surveys to tell us just what America is thinking. (p. 38)

HOW BOEING CAN STOP ITS DESCENT
Corporate scandals and European competition have humbled the U.S. aviation giant. In this issues FP Memo, The Economists Douglas Gantenbein offers Boeings bosses some advice: Stop outsourcing expertise and revive the vision that made the company fly. (p. 58)

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