TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Comment:

The Year Ahead: From Soft Islam to Postmodern Populism

The Rising Soft Power of India and China:

The Rising "Soft Power" of India and China JEHANGIR POCHA
Individualism Arrives in China HA JIN

Islam, Soft and Hard:

Beauty and the Beast WOLE SOYINKA
Soft Islam Takes Over in Turkey ORHAN PAMUK
Turkey Is Not Part of Europe VALÉRY GISCARD D'ESTAING
Conflict and Coexistence in the Age of Terrorism SONIA GHANDI
For a Non-Religous State ABDURRAHMAN WAHID
Terrorists Strike at Peaceful Bali JOSÉ RAMOS-HORTA

War With Iraq:

Iraqi Army Won't Fight for Saddam SHARIF ALI BIN AL HUSSEIN
Protect Civilians First PETER BOUCKAERT
A New Rome? WESLY CLARK
Preemption Wrong US Policy, But Saddam Must Go RICHARD HOLBROOKE
US Will Return to Multilateral Fold BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
Saddam Does Not Threaten US SCOTT RITTER
Defection and Detection ROLF EKEUS

Brazil & Soft Anti-Globalization:

Brazil Wants Autonomy to Act LUIZ INACIO "LULA" DA SILVA
Latin America Takes a Breath SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
Lula, Be Radical ALVARA VARGAS LLOSA

Global Anti-Americanism:

United States Should Lead, Not Dominate WILLIAM J. CLINTON
Is the UN the Only Institution That Can Legitimize Force? RICHARD PERLE
The Nuclear Threat Is Real - But From the US, Not Iraq JOSEPH ROTBLAT
George Bush Is A Threat to World Peace GÜNTER GRASS

As the World Turns:

Putin Is Wrong in Chechnya BORIS BEREZOVSKY
Don't Negotiate With Terrorists MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
The Managers Have Stolen Capitalism JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH

Just Think:

A New Middle East or a Nuclear Middle East SHIMON PERES