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Just Change the Climate
Amid increasingly dire forecasts for global warming, scientists are now seriously considering sei-fi schemes to block sun rays or suck carbon out of the air. Pa~e56
56 The case for engineering the climate byFred Cuterl Environment
& Leadership
61 True energy independence by FareedZakaria
65 The artificial energy crisis by Newt Gingrich
66 How Obamawillpull the plug on oïl byStevenChu THE ISSUE
World Affairs 18 India: The fige of an
anti-Obama byJeremy Kahn
24 Brazil: The crafty super- power byMac Margolis 28 The torture-memo debate
byMichaellsikoff
30 The West preps for cyber- war by EvgenyM orozov
32 Georgia: A former star falls apart by OwenMatthews 49 Howto topple Kim Jong Il
byAndrei Lankov Business
50 Why this is no Depression byZachary Karabell 52 Profile: The boring bankof
the future by Michael Hirsh 55 Why American baTIkswill
mIe again byAnn Lee
DEPARTMENTS 4 Periscope 5 Perspectives 17 WorldView 17 The GoodLife 80 The Last Ward
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