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The Fall of the Qi1Czars 36 How America cali clean up ^{Project Green} China byFred Guterl 39 The maTIr shades of green

byDavid Victor Business

Global demand for petroleum allowed ûnfriendly regimes to thrive in Russia, Iran and Venezuela. Now plummeting oïl priees have sent them into decline. Pa/;te12

THE ISSUE World Affairs

12 The faIl of the petrostates byRana Foroohar 16 Russia's cities ofunrest

by OwenMatthews 20 France: Never on Sundays

by TracyMcNicoll

22 Sarkozy raIls over de Gaulle byLeo Michel

40 Captain Repo, yacht snatcher by Eve Conant Health for Life

44 When stress is a good thing byMary Carmichael 23 Britain: Get over America

by Stryker McGuire Howto pressure North Korea byMarcus Noland 25 Thrkey: True Islamist colors

by Soner Cagaptay 26 Iraq: America's 'ace in the

hale' by ScottJohnson 32 The flight from South

i\frica by ScottJohnson

DEPARTMENTS 4 Periscope Ii Perspectives 11 WorldView 51 The GoodLire 60 The Last Ward

THOU SHALT NaT WORK: Debate

in the French Parliament

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