Newsweek International back issues from September 2008:
Mail Call: A Changed China?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Our June 30 report on how the quake changed China won mixed responses from readers. Two who were present in China then wrote, "Thank you for a well-researched article." But another said, "Your claims are naive, even offensive." A third wondered, "Was it solely the negligence of rogue local ...
The Scourge Of Somalia's Seas.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Jason McLure Washington's terror fixation has been a boon for the region's pirates--and is leading to another famine. The last radio message sent by the Stella Maris--a 54,000-metric-ton Japanese freighter plying the Gulf of Aden--was chilling: "Pirates ...
Chinese and Proud of It.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Solenn Honorine Once a repressed minority, Southeast Asia's Chinese diaspora is feeling its roots. The spectacular "Water Cube"--the bubblelike Beijing Olympic swimming venue--has been praised for its architecture, but it bears an even more unusual ...
To Be Free From America.
Sep 01, 2008; ... The consensus in Washington holds that a revanchist Russia must be stopped before it is too late. Even small wars can act as watersheds. The most recent one in the caucasus has marked the end of an era in which Moscow sought, with waning intensity, to fit itself into a common ...
You Can Call Me 'Misha'.(Mikheil Saakashvili)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Anna Nemtsova How naivete and an erratic streak may have doomed Saakashvili. It would have been hard not to be charmed by Mikheil Saakashvili. Young, dynamic, Western-educated and -oriented, he was among the most intriguing characters to move onto the global ...
The Rise of the Putin Doctrine.(Vladimir Putin)
Sep 01, 2008; ... As the West celebrated 'soft' power, Putin went back to 'hard' power, using gas to cow his neighbors. True, Georgia's Mikheil Saakashvili is not a very smart president. A pro would not have walked into the trap the Russians and their local thug-in-chief (a.k.a. "president"), ...
Not A Safe Route.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Adam B. Kushner Oil and gas traveling through Georgia was supposed to free Europe from Russia. Not anymore. Russia's invasion of Georgia threatened a major transit corridor for oil and gas from the Caspian Sea, raising questions about Western energy security ....
Forced Off The Fence.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Mary Hennock The conflict in Georgia threatens China's neutrality and could push it to take sides in a new cold war. No one likes to see a fight ruin their party. But that's what happened to China recently when its efforts to stage a feel-good Olympics risked ...
'The Cold War Is Long Over'.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Sergey Lavrov; Lavrov is Russia's foreign minister. This month Georgia's Saakashvili chose to achieve his political vision through violence. It has become fashionable to view Russia's involvement in South Ossetia through the prism of the cold war, with the ...
A Leader Who Looms.(Business)(Thaksin Shinawatra)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: George Wehrfritz; With Jaimie Seaton in BangkokWith in Bangkok The pundits laughed at Thaksin, but his economic populism is spreading in Asia, even as he leaves. In political terms, Thaksin Shinawatra is all but a spent force. Two weeks ago Thailand's former ...
A Respectable Russia.(Cover Story: World Affairs; EUROPE)(Cover story)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Owen Matthews; With Anna Nemtsova In Crimea ***** Correction: Our Sept. 1 article "A Respectable Russia" incorrectly identified the capital of Kazakhstan. It is Astana, not Almaty. And the population figures on the accompanying map referred to the total ...
You've Got Malice.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Travis Wentworth Russian nationalists waged a cyber war against Georgia. Fighting back is virtually impossible. On July 20, weeks before Russia stunned Georgia with a rapid invasion, the cyber attack was already under way. While Moscow baited Georgia with ...
Blowing Up The Energy Bubble.(Business)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Barrett Sheridan; With Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai Poor-country energy subsidies have inflated oil prices. Bringing them back to earth won't be easy. A Disneyland theme park and a Shanghai gas station don't normally have much in common, but lately they've shared ...
Turning Black To Cash.(Arts)(Masriadi: Black Is My Last Weapon)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop An Indonesian artist catches fire--the latest example of the booming market in Southeast Asia. Three years ago, paintings by the Indonesian artist I Nyoman Masriadi sold for about $10,000 to $15,000. That was before "Sudah Biasa di ...
How Not To Punish Moscow.(World View)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Using economics as a weapon against Russia poses risks to the global economic system itself. It appears that Russia will have its way with Georgia and that the west is powerless to do anything about it. In the absence of a willingness to exercise military options, what was ...
Painting Pol Pot.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Cambodian artists of all ages depict the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime in vastly different ways. Cambodian artist Oeur Sokuntevy, 25, was born after the atrocities of Pol Pot's regime. So when she was asked to produce an artwork ...
Shades Of Shanghai On The Nile.
Sep 01, 2008; ... The influx of private capital raises the question of whether Africa is on the verge of a China-style breakout phase. As the Olympic glow fades in China, it is time to shift our attention to Africa, which some analysts are talking up as the next emerging-market hot spot. A ...
Dining: Field of Gourmet Dreams.(Outstanding in the Field )(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Kristin Luna Picnics can be haute. Since 1999, a small Santa Cruz, California-based organization called Outstanding in the Field has created a traveling "restaurant without walls," roving the United States hosting dining events on beaches, ranches, vineyards and the ...
Hot Spot: Kempinski Ishtar Dead Sea Resort, Jordan.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Ginanne Brownell The Kempinski Ishtar Dead Sea Resort is an oasis set against the dry Jordanian landscape, and one of the most luxurious places in the region. Atmosphere: After being greeted with sweet iced tea and moist towels, you are whisked away by cart ...
4 Hours in Houston.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Paige Hansen Houston? No problem. With thriving arts and sports scenes this metropolis is slicker than the average oil town. ADMIRE the outdoor display of giant busts of American presidents at the SculpturWorx Studio (2500 Summer Street) of 82-year-old artist ...
The Maximalist.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Zach Kussin For the outdoorsman who has everything, silversmith Adrian Pallarol has come up with the Leatherman Charge Dorado pocketknife. It ...
Eyewear: Seeing Is Believing.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Zachary Kussin Just when you thought the personalization trend in fashion couldn't go any further, bespoke eyewear craftsmen are coming up with glasses made to fit clients' distinctive facial features, proportions and skin complexion. Nader Zadi's impressive ...
Fashion: Menswear: Comme Des Femmes.(Buyers guide)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Sameer Reddy Menswear is typically about sober suits, structured tailoring and starched shirts. But this season and next, designers are showing a softer side. Y-3 by Yohji Yamamoto, a line distinguished by its high-tech sportswear, features a lush fall coat ...
Perspectives.(Perspectives; DEPARTMENTS)(Quotation)
Sep 01, 2008 ... "I've never felt like a bigger fraud in all my life." BBC correspondent and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Steve Perry, on being mobbed by a Beijing crowd that mistook him for swimmer and Olympic gold-medal wunderkind Michael Phelps "I don't have any need to show that ...
He's Chased Al Qaeda From Baghdad. Next: Kandahar.(David Petraeus )
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Rod Nordland Gen. David Petraeus has no intention of doing a victory lap on his way out of Iraq. As he heads off next month to take over the U.S. military's Central Command, in charge of Afghanistan as well as Iraq, he leaves a country on the rebound. People in Baghdad ...
Cameron Steps Up.(David Cameron )(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Kate Dailey With Gordon Brown's poll numbers suffering, British opposition leader David Cameron is starting to act like prime-minister material. Even though elections may be two years off, Labour M.P.s are complaining that Cameron's already setting the agenda in ...
The Legacy Of Beijing.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Melinda Liu By now, it's clear that both Chinese and visitors alike reveled in the 2008 Games, even many skeptics. The merry national atmosphere is quite different from the mood before Aug. 8, when officials worried about polluted air, terror attacks, even the ...
By the Numbers.(Periscope; DEPARTMENTS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Chinese Consumer Spending Growth China is heading for another global milestone. This year, the increase in China's consumer spending is expected to outpace growth in the U.S., the Eurozone and Japan combined, in both percentage terms and total dollars, for the first time. ...
Artists Abroad For Obama.(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Elisa Mala Even though they can't cast votes in November, artists around the globe are cranking out tunes in homage to the Democratic presidential candidate. Latin-Grammy-nominated Don Omar transformed Obama's surname into the upbeat Reggaeton song, "Como Se Dice," and ...
Is Healthy Air Bad?(Periscope; PLANET EARTH)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Jamie Reno Dissidents aren't the only ones being forced off Beijing's streets during the Olympics. The Chinese government has also pushed drivers off the roads--about 3.5 million of them--and shuttered hundreds of factories, steel mills and coal plants in an effort to ...
Sniffing Bombs With Mobiles.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland Cell phones could help locate dirty bombs or nuclear weapons by 'triangulating' the source of radiation as mobile owners go by. What do bananas, smoke alarms, toilets and large granite buildings have in common? Like many objects, they're ...
Mail Call: Globally Green.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Readers of our July 7/July 14 issue on green nations praised our coverage. "A veritable page turner," cheered one. Another agreed: "I read it with great enthusiasm." A third "appreciated the detailed information," smartly questioned France's "clean energy" record, and then rejected the ...
'He Goes Or The Party Dies'.(World Affairs)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Stryker Mcguire A rebellion is brewing in Britain's Labour Party, led by Blair loyalists keen to avenge their old boss. Talk about gallows humor. One Thursday morning in July, a small group of M.P.s trooped into 10 Downing Street for breakfast with the prime ...
The Power Of Cuddly.(Conservation)(decline in the population of puffins and other birds in Europe)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Christopher Werth The North Sea puffin, much beloved by the British public, may be the most visible victim of our sick oceans. Is it cute enough to inspire a rescue effort? Mike Harris describes himself as one of those "sad people" who, having worked an ...
A New Model Army.(World Affairs)(Russia builds new army)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Owen Matthews; With John Barry in Washington and Anna Nemtsova in Gori With in Washington and in Gori Russia's military may be no match for NATO's. But it doesn't have to be. The Russian army on the March is a terrifying sight--part Stalingrad, part Mad Max ....
The Price Of Survival.(World Affairs)(new poverty line in Asia reveals more remain poor)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: George Wehrfritz Two efforts to redraw the poverty line in Asia find that millions more are barely getting by. It's hard to imagine a balance sheet where the accounting matters more. In Asia, despite an ongoing boom, hundreds of millions of people still ...
Why Kosovo Wasn't Worth It.(Point of View)(hurdles to Kosovo's development as a country)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Ruth Wedgwood; Wedgwood is a professor of international law and diplomacy at Johns Hopkins University. Russia warned that Kosovo's independence would create a dangerous precedent. Georgia shows how it did. In February, with U.S. backing, Kosovo declared its ...
How To Squeeze The Bear.(Point of View)(sanctions that the US, EU and Japan should impose on Russia for its attack on Georgia)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Empty words from the West encourage the Kremlin. But there are ways to push Russia in the right direction. The escalating but empty rhetoric out of Washington and Brussels only encourages the Kremlin to ignore Western threats over the invasion of Georgia. While it's true that ...
Snapshots Of Islam.(Arts)(The Modern Arab World exhibit to be held in Greece)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Iason Athanasiadis An Athens museum seeks to promote understanding of the modern Arab world. A veiled woman passes in front of an illuminated McDonald's sign in Kuwait City. Overweight boys in djellabas drive race-car simulators in a Dubai video arcade ....
Scaling New Heights.(Architecture)(Minoru Mori on the impact of the Shanghai Financial Center tower on Sino-Japanese relations)(Interview)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Duncan Hewitt Developer Minoru Mori discusses his new tower in Shanghai and its impact on Sino-Japanese relations. The 101-story, 492-meter-high Shanghai World Financial Center finally opened its doors last week, becoming the world's second tallest building ...
Richard Danzig: How Obama Would Handle Putin.(The Last Word)(Richard Danzig on Barack Obama's policy on Russia)(Interview)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Adam B. Kushner The Russians isolate themselves from the world and suffer. Making the rhetoric inflammatory is not helpful. At the Democratic presidential nominating convention in Denver last week, Richard Danzig, a top national-security adviser to Barack ...
What Happened In Europe?(Global Investor)(oil prices and euro exchange rate impact Europe's economic growth)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Holger Schmieding; Schmieding is chief economist for Europe at Bank of America in London The eurozone has been hit by two shocks: the surge in oil prices, and the rise in the exchange rate of the euro. After a flying start into 2008, European economic growth ...
Hunting: Start Grousing.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Britain's grouse-hunting season may kick off on the "Glorious Twelfth" of August, but the best time to traipse the moors and Highlands in pursuit of the wild birds is from mid-September to mid-October. The British sporting company Roxtons offers bespoke ...
Hot Spot: Varq at the Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi.(The Good Life)(Restaurant review)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Jason Overdorf In a drive to remain top table in New Delhi's fast-growing fine-dining scene, in August the Taj Mahal Hotel opened its second new restaurant in as many months. This flashy Indian eatery is already attracting the city's swish set. Ambience: Varq ...
4 Hours In the Bronx.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Elisa Mala The only New York borough not situated on an island boasts some of the city's most colorful and entertaining attractions. And it's an easy subway ride from midtown's hotels. Ride the Skyfari at the Bronx Zoo, a cable car that soars over treetops, ...
Fashion: An Unusual Platform For Shoes.(The Good Life)(evaluation of Louis Vuitton's Powder shoe)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Last season, heels on women's shoes took on innovative shapes, including chain links, flowers and spheres. Now shoe designers are giving wedges and platforms the makeover treatment. Towering at 10 centimeters high, Louis Vuitton's Powder shoe, in ...
Travel: Keeping Records On The Road.(The Good Life)(travel books)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Elisa Mala Those accustomed to traveling in high style should record their exploits in the same fashion. For the private-jet set, Mrs. John L. Strong's Voyager Diary lists gratuity guidelines for 16 countries, concierge services and international dialing codes, in ...
Perspectives.(Perspectives; DEPARTMENTS)(quotations from known personalities)(Quotation)
Sep 08, 2008 ... "I had always thought of her as ageless, timeless and 100 percent cast-iron damage-proof." Carol Thatcher, daughter of the former British P.M. Margaret Thatcher, writing in an upcoming memoir on her formidable mother's struggles with dementia during the past seven years ...
As Food Becomes The New Oil, Russia Plans To Seize Control.(Periscope; COMMAND CAPITALISM)(Russia moves to take advantage of food crisis)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Owen Matthews With food prices rising and riots shaking regimes from Haiti to Egypt, a backlash is growing against global free markets. Governments from Moscow to Buenos Aires are moving to regulate grain prices, supplies and distribution. Like oil, food supply is ...
Back After Bad Beef.(Periscope; COMEBACK KID)(Lee Myung-bak's approval ratings increase)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: B. J. Lee The spasm of national fear that threatened to cripple South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is gone. Lee's decision to allow U.S. beef imports had set off violent protests in Seoul, fed by TV reports hyping the risk of mad-cow disease. Lee's approval rating fell ...
Too Small To Be A Nation.(Periscope; SEPARATIST REGIONS)(questions on South Ossetia's international recognition as an autonomous state)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Travis Wentworth Russia's support for tiny South Ossetia's independence raises a befuddling legal question: can a state be too marginal to be recognized? If granted autonomy, South Ossetia would rank as the world's 11th smallest state by population (72,000) and the 30th ...
Departments.(Periscope)(opium trade slows down in Afghanistan)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008 ... The United Nations' annual report on Afghanistan's poppy cultivation shows that the opium flood that has gripped the country since 2001 may be slowly starting to wane. 18 Number of Afghan provinces that are now poppy-free, up from 13 in 2007. Support from local leaders has ...
Of Salads And Sludge.(Periscope; URBAN AGRICULTURE)(waste water being used in urban agriculture)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Mac Margolis You may want to hold your nose for this one. A new study reveals where water goes when you flush the loo--basically, in your salad. In a survey of 53 countries, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) found that the majority of produce cultivated ...
Out Of The Chaos Of Difference, Harmony.(Periscope; THE VISUAL ARTS)(UN hosts exhibitions of Sri Chinmoy's paintings)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Katie Baker; Katie Baker With military scuffles breaking out from the Caucuses to the Philippines, it's hard not to be cynical when the U.N. hosts an exhibit entitled "Paintings for World Harmony." But in this case, the artist warrants a suspension of disbelief: the ...
Sex And The Single Girl.(Periscope; FAST CHAT)(Anne Rophie on Internet dating)(Interview)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Katie Baker In her new memoir "Epilogue," author Anne Roiphe chronicles her sudden widowhood and attempts, at age 72, to date again in the Internet era. She spoke with NEWSWEEK's Katie Baker. Have e-mail and the Web made things easier than when you dated as a ...
Watching the Watchers.(The Technologist)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Christopher Werth Right under Big Brother's nose, artist-hackers are using surveillance images for their own purposes. Britain, somewhat proudly, has been crowned the most watched society in the world. The country boasts 4.2 million security cameras (one for ...
Mail Call: America's Battles.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 15, 2008 ... Readers of our July 21 cover story on America's conflicts had mixed reactions. One said, "Fareed Zakaria fails to distinguish between real wars and the War on Terror." But another advised, "Stick to the Pakistani border, where terrorists hide." A third simply noted, "When enemies talk, ...
The 10 Big Myths Of Russia, Its Leader, And Its New Power.(World Affairs)
Sep 15, 2008; ... Byline: Denis Macshane; MacShane Is Labour M.P. For Rotherham And A Former Europe Minister. Far from being a mystery and an enigma--to use Churchill's language--today's Russia now stands revealed as a bully, wrapped in nationalism and cloaked with its leader's arrogance. Prime ...
The Rude Awakening.(World Affairs; EUROPE)(European Union's weak resolution on the Russian-Georgian conflict)
Sep 15, 2008; ... Byline: Stefan Theil EU leaders believed Russia's economic development would make it more European. Not anymore. The criticism of the European Union's weakly worded resolution on the Russian-Georgian conflict--warning Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia ...
Georgian Army, American Made.(World Affairs)(Vladimir Putin says America provoked Russia-Georgia conflict)
Sep 15, 2008; ... Byline: John Barry; With Owen Matthews In Tbilisi U.S. officials tried to build a force that could not stand up to Russia, but now they may have to. In the aftermath of Russia's swift victory over the Georgian Army, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suggested that the ...
Dreams Of Independence.(Point of View)(dangers of Kashmiri secession)
Sep 15, 2008; ... Secession is a worrisome precedent in international politics. In Kashmir, it would worsen the violence. The trigger seemed benign enough. In July, the state government in Jammu and Kashmir tried to transfer land that it owned to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, which was seeking ...
Sharp-Elbowed Cities.(World Affairs)(Asia and Europe overtake US in commerce hub creation)
Sep 15, 2008; ... Why Europe and Asia are overtaking America in the race to create new hubs of world commerce. The network of major global cities--seats of commerce and finance--has been expanding dramatically. Back in the 1980s when globalization took off, only New York, London and Tokyo ...
All Politics Isn't Local.(World Affairs)(mounting protest against Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej)
Sep 15, 2008; ... Byline: Jaimie Seaton AND GEORGE Wehrfritz The real enemy of demonstrators threatening to shut down the country is globalization. Among the thousands of protesters who have occupied Thai government offices in Bangkok since Aug. 26 is Chokchuand Chutinaton, a ...
Get Your Green Motor Running.(Cover Story: Business; Business)(Cover story)
Sep 15, 2008; ... Byline: Christian Caryl And Akiko Kashiwagi Japan's automakers are zooming ahead in the eco-car race. Their lead may turbocharge their country. Honda's new FCX clarity feels like a perfectly ordinary car--which may well be the most shocking thing about it. It looks ...
Playing Russian Roulette In Kiev.(World View)(Viktor Yushchenko vows to link with West against Russia)
Sep 15, 2008; ... The unpopular Yushchenko is promising to link Ukraine with the West, against Russia. Four years ago, in the wake of the orange revolution, Ukraine captured the world's attention. The jubilation has long died down, to be replaced by frustration with the country's lively but ...