ANALYSIS
Latin America's Tide of Semidemocracy
Michael Riley
Caspian Oil: Gold Mine or Tar Pit?
Steven Dale Greenlee

COMMENTARY
Colombia: High Noon in the Andes
Martin Edwin Andersen
Kosovo: Where Do We Go From Here?
John C. Hulsman

EYE ON THE HIGH COURT
Run! It's the Cops!
David C. Slade

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Barbara von der Heydt: Point-of-Light Pursuer
Robert R. Selle

WORLD VIEWS
Terror in East Timor
Richard S. Ehrlich

 

FOOD
Cakes for Three Kings: Holiday Cakes With a Historical Flair
Claire Hopley

TRAVEL
Florida: Oasis in the Gulf - Dry Tortugas National Park
Michael Garlock

FEATURED BOOK
Introduction
Editor

REVIEWS
Alternative History
Gary Anderson
WHAT IF?
Robert Cowley

Love It or Hate It
Herb Greer
TWISTING THE LION'S TAIL
John E. Moser
ANGLOMANIA
Ian Buruma

Short, Simple Annals
Maude Mcdaniel
NIGHT SWIMMING
Pete Fromm

Confucian Virtue and Asian Reality
Paul J. Scalise
CONFUCIUS LIVES NEXT DOOR
T.R. Reid

Divine Debate
Robin Darling Young
WHEN JESUS BECAME GOD
Richard E. Rubenstein

WRITERS AND WRITING
Journey to the Self: A Profile of Margaret Meyers
Jill Rendelstein

CRAFT & DESIGN
Magnificent Majolica: Italy's Rich Ceramic Tradition
Susan Tenaglia

GALLERY
Ron Gonsalves: Worlds Within Worlds
Editor

MUSIC
Year of the Waltz King: Austria Celebrates Strauss Centennial
Stephen Henkin

PERSPECTIVES
The Age Demanded Lloyd Webber
Herb Greer

NATURE WALK
A Common Mineral Flaunts Its Colors
Ian Skilling

SCIENCE ESSAYS
Addiction's Ugly Face
Norbert R. Myslinski
In the Great Desert's Shadow
Michael K. Bertelsen

FOLK WISDOM
Flowing From the Nine-Headed Serpent: Legends From Cambodian Literature
Jan Knappert

HERITAGE
Joyeux Noel!
Patti Nickell

PEOPLES
One Sure Thing: The Endurance of Balinese Tradition
Cynthia Kanetsuka
A Mystery Solved: The Scuttling of the Admiral Graf Spee
Bob Ruff