Today's date:
 
Summer 1998



TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Comment:

Boom [nuclear] and Bust [economic] in Asia

New Nukes in South Asia: The Fallout:

The Demolition of Double Standards ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE
The End of Nuclear Colonization JASWANT SI NGH
The Mother of All Gambles VINOD MEHTA
What Islamic Bomb? NAWAZ SHARIF
Israel and the Islamic Bomb SHIMON PERES
South Asian Nuclear Parity Opens Door for Resolving Kashmir BENAZIR BHUTTO
India vs. Pakistan: The Clash of Civilizations Goes Nuclear SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON
Selective Nonproliferation Is a Hollow Posture ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI
Nuclear Weapons for None or for All JOSEPH ROTBIAT
Banning The Bomb: A Good Idea for Latin America? RAUL ALFONSIN
How Iraq Hid Its Nuclear Weapons Program KHIDIR HAMZA

The Asian Bust... Continued:

To Revive Japan, Banish Bureaucrats from Tokyo TAICHI SAKAIYA
Japan's Moment of Truth JAMES A. BAKER III
When Thinking of Asia, Remember Texas PAUL VOLCKER
Time for Expansion, Not Punishment of Asian Economies JEAN-MICHEL SEVERINO
Echoes of the Javanese Dictator PRAMOEDVA ANANTA TOER
Islam Is the Answer to Indonesia's Crisis HABIB CHIRZIN

As The World Turns:

China: From Democracy Wall to the Shopping Mall WEI JINGSHENG
Muslims, Missiles & Monica AKBAR AHMED
Osama bin Laden: Financier of "Desert" Islam GABER ASFOUR

Collage of Comment:

More on the "Third Way" TONY BLAIR, FELIX ROHATYN AND MASSIMO D'ALEMA

At Century's End:

Mouse Cloning Begins Bio-Industrial Era JEREMY RIFKIN

An Appreciation:

Remembering Octavio Paz NATHAN GARDELS, MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, CARLOS FUENTES

Just Think...

It Is Time to Abolish Nuclear Arms STANLEY K. SHEINBAUM AND ALICE SLATER