OCTOBER 2002       VOL. 49, No. 10 Cover Story MOVING AFRICA OFF THE BACK BURNER   Challenges for the African Union, Henry Owuor, The Nation, Nairobi Africa, NEPAD, and the G-8, Chinua Akukwe, Addis Tribune, Addis Ababa Can NEPAD Work for Africa? The Financial Gazette, Harare Africa's Peace Offensive, Richard Dowden, The Observer, London HIV/AIDS: The Economic Impact, James S. Shikwati, East African Standard, Nairobi Let African Farmers Compete, Osseynu Gueye, Wal Fadjri, Dakar Can Biotech Save African Farms? Florence Wambugu, Business Day, Johannesburg Features U.S-EUROPE: CONTINENTAL RIFT   The Logic of Empire, George Monbiot, The Guardian, London Challenging America's Role, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Daily Telegraph Arm-Wrestling with America, Stefan Kornelius, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich A Divine Country All on Its Own, Tuva Raanes, Klassekampen, Oslo Power Won't Lead to Victory, Jean-Claude Casanova, Le Monde, Paris Europeans Are Wiser, PM Nilsson, Expressen, Stockholm INTERNATIONAL EDITOR OF THE YEAR   Iden Wetherell: Pulling No Punches, Julius Dawu, Bulawayo "Sanctions Rage" Turned on Citizens, Iden Wetherell, Zimbabwe Independent, Harare A Small Victory, Iden Wetherell, Zimbabwe Independent, Harare Departments   VIEWPOINTS Washington Weighs War with Iraq NATIONS Karikalan Grasps the Olive Branch, Anuradha Herath, Colombo Will Jiang Cling to Power? The Japan Times, Tokyo   State of the Debate Iran: Reformists' Setback Argentina: Has a Free-Market Warrior Fallen? Bolivia: Will the Democratic Center Hold? The Philippines: Return of the Galunggong Nepal: Political Vacuum Kaliningrad: Tight Spot Spain-Morocco: Hard Rock Congo: Peace Agreement Pan-Africa: Drought Spreads Across Continent Front Page About Us World Maps Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East EYE ON THE UNITED STATES America's Hangover, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw ARTS Brand New Day, Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh BOOKS Russian Literary Salons, Novoye Vremya, Moscow The Wedding Suit, Korrieri, Tirana SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Notes from Underground, Novye Izvestiya, Moscow SOCIETY Who Watches the Soldiers? Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich COMMENTARY The Rise of the Women of the Niger Delta, The Guardian, Lagos Pope Should Work to Restore Trust, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane Back Front Page Home About Us