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MARCH 30, 2009
Top of THEWE
TheAsianCentury Is Now
The "global" recession is, in fact, shrinking economies mainly in the West, which means China and Asia will rise to the top much faster than expected. Pa~e14
36 Why Obama's offices are empty by Evan Thomas
40 The Saudis' royal question by Christopher Dickey Society & the Arts 44 Stem-cell therapy leaves
the lab by Claudia Kalb 48 Cmde thrms from
David Baldacci byLouisa Thomas THE ISSUE
World Affairs
14 Why Asia will mIe after the meltdown by Rana Foroohar 17 The new shopping
superpowers by Jim O'Neill 18 Q&A: Lula wants to fight
the crisis by Fareed Zakaria 20 Debate: Perils of populism by Michael Kazin and more 28 How to avert a G20 disaster
by Jeffrey E. Garten
29 History shows recovery will be slow
by Kenneth Rogoff 30 Panel: Who's to blame,
Wall Street or Washington?
32 What it means to be Irish now by Colm Tôibîn 33 Thrkey: The Deep State
on trial by Soner Cagaptay 34 Formula One puts man
before machine byMika Hakkinen
DEPARTMENTS 4 Periscope 5 Perspectives 13 WorldView 51 The GoodLife 60 The Last Ward
lN A HURRY: King Abdullah has little time to make big changes
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