Think Again

Never mind the premature obituaries. To its critics, globalization is the cause of today’s financial collapse, growing instability, unfair trade, and insecurity. To its boosters, it’s the solution to these problems. What’s not debatable is that it’s here to stay

Forget Iran, Iraq, and North Korea—Bush’s “Axis of Evil.” As economic calamity meets political and social turmoil, the world’s worst problems may come from countries like Somalia, Russia, and Mexico. And they’re just the beginning

Vladimir Putin’s social contract has been premised on an authoritarian state delivering rising incomes and resurgent power. But the economic crisis is unraveling all that. And what comes next in Russia might be even worse