January/February 2008: Web Extras

A World Without Islam
What if Islam had never existed? To some, its a comforting thought: No clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. Would Christianity have taken over the world? Would the Middle East be a peaceful beacon of democracy? Would 9/11 have happened? In fact, remove Islam from the path of history, and the world ends up exactly where it is today.
By Graham Fuller

Web Extra: Ask the Author: Graham Fuller
Published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Beyond City Limits
Half of humanity now lives in cities. And during the next several decades, the world will experience the largest urban migration in history, with hundreds of millions flocking to African and Asian boomtowns.
By Richard Burdett

Think Again: Vladimir Putin
He has been called a despot, a menace, and even a murderer. But Vladimir Putins half-baked autocratic regime wont rule Russia forever. After nearly a decade in power, Putin is more isolated than ever. Will he step down, leaving behind a paralyzed political system and a bootless economy? Or will he continue the charade of phony democracy that has brought him this far?
By Lilia Shevtsova

Web Extra: Photo Essay: The Many Faces of Putin

What America Must Do
Anger, resentment, and fear have replaced the respect the world once held for the United States. So, we asked 12 of the worlds leading thinkers to answer a question: What one policy or gesture can the next president of the United States make to improve Americas standing in the world?

Kenneth Rogoff Yang Jianli Jorge I. Domnguez Reza Aslan Newt Gingrich Dmitri Trenin Philip Stephens Kavita Ramdas Fouad Ajami Jessica T. Mathews Nadine Gordimer Desmond Tutu Web Extra: Interviews with the authors
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Europes Philosophy of Failure
In France and Germany, students are being forced to undergo a dangerous indoctrination. Taught that capitalism, free markets, and entrepreneurship are savage, unhealthy, and immoral, these children are raised on a diet of prejudice and bias. Rooting it out may determine whether Europes economies prosperor continue to be left behind.
By Stefan Theil

New Age Thinking
The aging of the worlds baby boomers wont be the crisis we fear. What we consider old has itself become old-fashioned.
By John B. Shoven

Chinas Currency Crunch
Why China needs to adopt a floating exchange rate.
By Marvin Goodfriend and Eswar Prasad

Web Extras in this issue: Photo Essay: The Many Faces of Putin
What America Must Do: Author Interviews Kenneth Rogoff Yang Jianli Reza Aslan Dmitri Trenin Jessica T. Mathews Reporting from the Front Line of Israels Secret War An interview with Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman How to Do It: Be a Presidential Plane Spotter More Epiphanies from Muhammad Yunus FPTV: The Future of Oil Ask the Author: Graham Fuller

In Other Words Israels Secret War By Ephraim Kam Web Extra: Reporting from the Front Line of Israels Secret War An interview with Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman The State of Suspicion By Franois Roche Plus, What Theyre Reading in Dubai Interview by Henry Bowles

Global Newsstand The Thin Chinese Line By John Pomfret Dismal Political Science By Daniel W. Drezner
Net Effect Pirate Politics By Joshua Keating ICANNs Name Game By David Francis Koreas Cyber Vigilantes By James Card Caught in the Net: Tunisias First Lady Web Extra: How to Do It: Be a Presidential Plane Spotter Expert Sitings: Online Microlender Jessica Jackley Flannery on the Webs Best Tools for Spreading Wealth Hungry for America
After seven long years, the world is readyand waitingfor the return of the United States.
By Moiss Nam The Price of Opposing Chvez The Cash Economy Engineering Jihad Epiphanies from Muhammad Yunus
Web Extra: Read more of Yunuss Epiphanies, like his first encounter with American hippies, here. Passage to China By Malia Politzer Take the FP Quiz Divided over Disease Four to Watch in 2008 Oil Shock
Peak oil proponent Kjell Alekett, energy expert Vaclav Smil, and energy and national security analyst Keith Smith take issue with Think Again: Oil author Vijay V. Vaitheeswarans assertions. Web Extra: FPTV: The Future of Oil Iraq Is Not Our Fault
Matthew Crenson, Benjamin Ginsberg, and Dean Henry deny Alasdair Robertss claim that Iraq is the war Americans deserve. Web Extra: Ask the Author: Alasdair Roberts Concentrating on Globalization
Marketing professors Jagdish Sheth and Rajendra Sisodia spar with The Worlds Biggest Myth author Pankaj Ghemawat over whether globalization indeed leads to greater market share for fewer players.