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We are also proud that FP enjoys a growing, enthusiastic, and global audience, with editions in nine languages and readers in more than 160 countries. FP’s success would not have been possible without Carnegie’s recognition that editorial excellence depends on intellectual inde- pendence. As editors, we not only enjoyed Carnegie’s material support but, just as important, we were given the freedom to pursue big ideas regardless of any consideration other than their importance, rigor, and originality. In a competitive marketplace of ideas that is international and instantaneous, we know we will only attract and retain readers by presenting the most important ideas about global politics and economics in a way that challenges the common wisdom and stimulates new thinking. This approach has served us well. It stands at the core of the reasons that led the Washington Post Company to buy FP. 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November | December 2008 1 CONTENTS November| December 2008 4 LETTERS A legacy of failure I A second opinion I Questioning corruption I The problem with Pakistan. 28 IN BOX Fashion forward I The globalization of martyrdom I This is your brain on war I Epiphanies from Garry Kasparov I Development’s great depression I Plus, FP tests your knowledge of the world. THINK AGAIN 32 The Catholic Church From the outside, the Vatican appears flush with riches, resistant to change, and tone-deaf to scandal. But, 50 in reality, the Catholic Church is attracting millions of new and diverse followers who are embracing the church’s traditions of Meet the men and women debate and independence as gospel. By John L. Allen Jr. who should form the next president’s team of rivals. PRIME NUMBERS 40 Change Is in the Air More airlines around the world have gone belly up this year than in the aftermath of September 11. Airlines have simply met their match in the high price of oil. Nothing short of a com- plete overhaul of the industry—fewer carriers, fewer flights, and far higher prices—will keep the world flying. By William Swelbar ESSAYS 42 America’s Hard Sell For more than half a century, the United States ensured that five Big Ideas shaped international politics. Now, as the Big Ideas of the 21st century are formed, just who will corner the new global market of ideology is anyone’s guess. One thing is certain, though: If the United States wants to remain a player, it’s going to have to refine its sales pitch. By Bruce W. Jentleson and Steven Weber 50 The Dream Team The next American president will confront a host of potential cataclysms: from a virulent financial crisis to a vicious terrorist enemy, nuclear proliferation to climate change. He’ll need his country’s brightest minds—not his party’s usual suspects. So, we asked 68 ; BOTTOM: ANDY HWANG/ISTOCKPHOTO.COM 10 of the world’s top thinkers to name the unlikely team that can best FP guide No. 44 through the turbulent years ahead. Urban legends: Find out which towns Robert Baer Kishore Mahbubani top our ranking of the Christoph Bertram Cesare Merlini world’s most global cities. Robert L. Gallucci Grover Norquist Leslie H. Gelb Gideon Rachman Katrina vanden Heuvel Shashi Tharoor COVER: ILLUSTRATION BY SHOUT! FOR FP TOP: ILLUSTRATION BY ZINA SAUNDERS FOR 2 Foreign Policy 58 GLOBALIZATION AT WORK The adoption racket: 58 The Lie We Love International adoption seems like the ideal solution Inside the sad trade to a heartbreaking imbalance: Poor countries have babies in need of in foreign babies. homes, and rich countries have homes in need of babies. Unfortunately, those little bundles of joy may not be orphans at all. By E.J. Graff THE FP INDEX 68 The Global Cities Index Cities bear the brunt of the world’s financial meltdowns, crime waves, and climate crises in ways national governments never will. So, when Foreign Policy, A.T. Kearney, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs teamed up to measure globalization around the world, we focused on the 60 cities that shape our lives the most. ARGUMENT 78 Power to the People Why it’s the poor—not the experts—who can best solve the food crisis. By Eric Werker FP REVIEWS 80 IN OTHER WORDS The dangers of ignoring evil By James Traub I An Arab intellectual studies an unlikely subject By Robert Silverman I Plus, what they’re reading in Havana. 90 Development mafia 2.0 I Rebels with a server I Text NET EFFECT 42 for the cure I Bloggers sink the eu I Plus, Wired’s Chris Anderson on the sites that make him so darn smart. Why the world MISSING LINKS is in the market for 96 After the Fall What the lessons of 9/11 could teach the world a new set of values. TOP: GILLES SABRIE; BOTTOM: ILLUSTRATION BY SHOUT FOR about the financial crisis. By Moisés Naím November | December 2008 3 [ LETTERS ] A Legacy of Failure administration. It is, once again, an David Frum (“Think Again: Bush’s indictment of the American media and Legacy,” September/October 2008) political establishment as a whole. makes some good points, but most of the arguments in his essay are —Anatol Lieven Moisés Naím unproven or only manage to defend Professor, King’s College London EDITOR IN CHIEF George W.