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December 2005 Issue


	SPECIAL REPORT--THE KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE CRISIS Introduction The Editor Geology of the 'Roof-of-the-Earth' Quake Rasoul Sorkhabi The Pakistan Earthquake and Why We Need (a Competent) FEMA International Suzanne Nossel Social Repercussions of Earthquakes Past Martin Sieff ANALYSIS A Decisive Year Ahead for Latin America Jose Antonio Pastor The Hong Kong Hang-up: Chinese City Tiptoes Toward Full Democracy Nicholas Kralev Lessons on 'Values Voters' in Demand Julia Duin The Hidden Cost of Free Trade Jeffrey Sparshott COMMENTARY Pakistan and the U.S.: An Uneasy Alliance Tashbih Sayyed FEATURE Dutch Aid New Orleans With Know-how From Living Below Sea Level Anton Foek Diamond Pits Lure Liberia's Ex-Combatants Katharine Houreld Pacifist, Anti-Nuclear New Zealand Marches to Its Own Drummer Janaki Kremmer WORLD VIEWS Israel's Peace Options: The Gaza Disengagement, the Fence, and the Future Alon Liel Brazil Seeks to Halt Rain-Forest Clearing With Five New 'Reserves' Anton Foek In Japan's Youth-Centered Society, Homelessness Correlates With Age Takehiko Kambayashi
	CAREERS Training Low-Income Adults for Jobs Gabriella Boston CHILDREN How Parents Can Help Children Pilot the Shoals of Choosing Friends Karen Goldberg Goff EDUCATION U.S. Math and Science Institutions Confront Male Dominance Shelley Widhalm HEALTH Debilitating Anemia Has a Wide Range of Causes Jen Waters HOBBY Collecting Rare Books and First Editions Can Become a Pleasant Obsession Jen Waters LEISURE Does Pop Culture Make Us Smarter? Scott Galupo PATHWAYS Postal Odyssey: The Many Stops a Single Letter Must Make Shelley Widhalm TRAVEL Kicking Back on Tobacco Caye Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto
	REVIEWS The Decline of U.S. Aid to the World's Poorest Countries Kenneth R. Gray A HALF PENNY ON THE FEDERAL DOLLAR: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT AID Michael O'Hanlon and Carol Graham A Window on Resolving World Conflicts Mwelwa C. Musambachime MANAGING ARMED CONFLICTS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Adekeye Adebajo and Chandra Lekha Sriram (eds.) Explosive Discovery: Dynamite's Story, for Good and Bad Richard Restak A MOST DAMNABLE INVENTION: DYNAMITE, NITRATES, AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD Stephen R. Bown Matisse the Master: Rendering the Artist's Life in Rich Detail Alexander Eliot MATISSE THE MASTER: A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE: THE CONQUEST OF COLOUR, 1909-1954 Hilary Spurling The Bawdy, Tipsy Carnival That Was the Ancient Olympics Corinna Lothar THE NAKED OLYMPICS Tony Perrottet Early Roth: Two Volumes Collect the Prolific Writer's First Fiction Rex Roberts NOVELS AND STORIES, 1959�1962 Philip Roth, edited by Ross Miller NOVELS, 1967�1972 Philip Roth, edited by Ross Miller Why Psychotherapy Is Doing Far More Harm Than Good Larry Thornberry ONE NATION UNDER THERAPY: HOW THE HELPING CULTURE IS ERODING SELF-RELIANCE Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel WRITERS AND WRITING The 'Malgudi Magician': A Profile of R.K. Narayan Ramesh Avadhani

ARCHITECTURE
Adolf Cluss: The Man Who 'Shaped' the Original Washington, D.C.
Deborah K. Dietsch

ART
Arts of Africa: The Contemporary Take
Scarlet Cheng
Whistler, Monet, and Others Paint a Gray and Gritty London
Deborah K. Dietsch

THEATER
The Rich Tradition of Taiwan's Performance Arts
Stephen Henkin

THINKING ABOUT ART
Reflections of a Modern-Day Impressionist
John Modesitt

AT THE EDGE
Latest Underwater Vehicle Is Inspired by a Sea Turtle
Andrea Cohen

IMPACTS
Processing: Molecules From Straw and Wood Yield Powerful Building Materials
Lynn Davis

NATURE WALK
The Mako: Most Picturesque of All the Sharks
Alessandro De Maddalena

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
A Red Seaweed Yields New Compounds With Pharmaceutical Potential
Georgia Institute of Technology

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Research Opens the Way to Fast, Accurate Detection of Explosives in Airports
Chad Boutin

CROSSROADS
Tokyo Becomes a Trailblazer for Trendy Fashion and Culture
Lucille Craft

HERITAGE
France's Pro-American Sage
Martin Walker

LIFE AND IDEALS
How 'Core Values' Can Be the Basis for Prosperity and Peace
Clint Woods

PATTERNS
The Mysticism of the Sufis: A Possible Counterweight to Radical Islamism?
Jason Motlagh

PEOPLES
Ancient Cambodia Still Alive in Koh Ker
Antonio Graceffo

ESSAYS
China, Europe, and America's Slide Toward Socialism
Dmitry Shlapentokh

ESSAYS ON GLOBALIZATION
Ethical Development and the Social Impact of Globalization
Gary Quinlivan and Antony Davies
A Sinister, Globalized Black Market
Martin Walker