阿兰·加西亚:重执秘鲁牛耳

在前不久刚刚落幕的秘鲁大选中,现年57岁的阿普拉党主席阿兰·加西亚获胜当选总统,并将于7月28日正式就职.他的当选并非一帆风顺.在4月9日第一轮投票中,他获票24.32%,排名第二位.由于所有候选人均未获得半数以上选票,根据规定,由得票最多的前两人再进行一次竞选.最终在6月4日的第二轮投票中,加西亚以超过50%的得票胜出,成为秘鲁新一届总统.     

Back to Realism

There is no big anti‐war movement in the United States against Iraq like there was against Vietnam. But the people have finally spoken against President Bush's Iraq policy by resoundingly returning a Democratic majority to Congress. Henry Kissinger, eminence gris of American diplomacy, ponders whether this means a “return to realism.” The military historian Martin van Creveld looks at what American withdrawal would mean.     

Bring Back the State

As the global financial crisis emanating from the United States shuts down world markets, can globalization survive? Will the resurgent intrusion of the state—and thus politics—into the market lead to protectionism and collapse, as was the case in the early 20th century? Or will the new interconnectivity of climate change and mutual economic dependence—especially between China and the US—deepen global links? The former mayor of Shanghai, legendary Nobel economist Paul Samuelson and Third Way guru Anthony Giddens ponder those questions in this section.