International Health
A Prescription for the World

Volume 27, Issue 1

With the tsunami that killed several hundred thousand Southeast Asians came the world’s sudden and intense interest in international health—for a time. The cast of characters that compose the international community, from nongovernmental organizations to secretaries of state, from academics to cable news networks, descended on Southeast Asia to restore hope, dispense aid, and even promote peace among formerly warring parties in the Indonesian province of Aceh. Heads of... (More)
International Health
Features
A Global Prognosis

Enabling Genetics
Promise in the Developing World
by Karen J. Hofman and Flora N. Katz

Ultimate Therapy
Commercial Eugenics in the 21st Century
by Jeremy Rifkin

Research Imbalances
Taking Science to the Problem
by Richard A. Cash

Controlling Tobacco
The Vital Role of Local Communities
by Garrett Mehl, Heather Wipfli and Peter Winch

Public Health in War
Pursuing the Impossible
by Ronald Waldman

Missed Opportunities
Governance of Global Infectious Diseases
by Laurie Garrett and Scott Rosenstein

The Cost of Care
Is There an Optimal Level of Expenditure?
by Alistair McGuire and Victoria Serra

Global Notebook
Killer Corrections
AIDS in South African Prisons
by Andrew Schalkwyck

No End in Sight
Female Mutilation Unabated
by Rebecca Buckwalter

Sanctioned State
The US Embargo on Cuba
by David Katz

2008 Olympics
Dragon in the Limelight
by Lin Ting Li

Putin Power
Russia’s Ruler Entrenches
by Matthew Sullivan

Costly Sporting
Greece’s Post-Olympic Woes
by Clement Wood

Dynamic Dubai
An Oasis of Growth
by Eric Lee

Correspondence
Maintaining NATO
by Karl Kaiser

Detecting Danger
by John Park

Perspectives
The Advance of Freedom
US Foreign Policy and Democratic Revolution
by Michael A. Ledeen

Beyond Yes and No
Provincial Autonomy and the Future of Quebec
by Mario Dumont

Running After a Fallen Fox
The Prelude to Mexico's 2006 Presidential Election
by George W. Grayson

World in Review
Engineering Social Trust
What Can Communities and Institutions Do?
by Jordan Boslego

A Game of Giants
The Future of Sino-US Relations
by Natalia Rigol

Interviews
The New Era of Globalization
A Perspective on an Evolving World
by Thomas Friedman

Review Essays
Public Enemy or Public Good?
Frederick Pinto reviews Free Culture
by Frederick Pinto

Splitting Hairs, Helping Heirs
Jacqueline Newmyer reviews Social Connections in China
by Jacqueline Newmyer

Endpaper
Legal and Political Acrobats
The Fate and Future of the International Court of Justice
by Arthur Eyffinger