Missing Links

Columns on the Surprises of Globalization

BY MOISES NAIM

Other FP Articles by Moisés Naím
Additional Publications by Moisés Naím

Missing Links: It Didn't Happen	January/February 2010	The dollar didn't crash. Tariffs didn't come roaring back. The world's growing economies didn't grind to a halt. And other scary tales that failed to come true during the crisis.
Missing Links: The Missing	December 2009	Where have all the Sakharovs gone?
Missing Links: Europe After the Berlin Wall	November 10, 2009	For Europe the effects of the Berlin Wall's collapse were almost as surprising as the fall itself. Here are 4 of the unexpected consequences that the end of the Soviet Union had for Europe -- ones even the experts didn't see coming.
Missing Links: Shadowy Finance	November/December 2009	Schemers didn't lose in the economic crisis. They won all over again. And here's why.
Missing Links: The Devil's Excrement	September/October 2009	Can oil-rich countries avoid the resource curse?
Missing Links: Minilateralism	July/August 2009	The magic number to get real international action.
Missing Links: Wasted	May/June 2009	The American prohibition on thinking smart in the drug war.
Missing Links: An Intellectual Bailout	January/February 2009	We must add another profession to the list of those in need of rescuing—economics itself.
Missing Links: After the Fall	November/December 2008	What the lessons of 9/11 could teach the world about the financial crisis.
Missing Links: The Hypocrisy Audit	September/October 2008	Double standards have always been a part of U.S. foreign policy. It’s time to figure out how many should no longer be tolerated.
The Global Food Fight	July/August 2008	There are many culprits we can blame for higher food prices.
The Coming Euroinvasion	May/June 2008	First they came for the iPods. Then the Europeans snatched up condos in Manhattan. Now they’re coming for the companies.
Can the World Afford A Middle Class?	March/April 2008	Yes, but it will be awfully expensive.
Hungry for America	January/February 2008	After seven long years, the world is ready—and waiting—for the return of the United States.
The Battle of Beijing	November/December 2007	What happens when an authoritarian government and thousands of activists go head-to-head at the Olympics? China is about to find out.
The Free-Trade Paradox	September/October 2007	Why is trade booming while trade talks are crashing?
The Hidden Pandemic	July/August 2007	How crime is quietly becoming a global killer.
What Is a Gongo?	May/June 2007	How government-sponsored groups masquerade as civil society.
Rogue Aid	March/April 2007	What’s wrong with the foreign aid programs of China, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia? They are enormously generous. And they are toxic.
The YouTube Effect	January/February 2007	How a technology for teenagers became a force for political and economic change.
Megaplayers Vs. Micropowers	July/August 2006	Rising instability is good news for the little guy—and bad news for everyone else.
Our Inequality Anxiety	May/June 2006	Economic disparities have not changed. Our tolerance for them has.
Economist Class	March/April 2006	Economists must stop boasting about their superiority and start taking some risks.
The Most Dangerous Deficit	January/February 2006	Why the supply and demand for global public goods could kill you.
It’s the Illicit Economy, Stupid	November/December 2005	How Big Business taught criminals to go global.
Dangerously Unique	September/October 2005	Why our definition of “normalcy” can be costly for everyone else.
The Bad Boys of Global Politics	July/August 2005	John Bolton and Robert Mugabe might be the two best things to ever happen to the United Nations.
Arabs in Foreign Lands	May/June 2005	What the success of Arab Americans tells us about Europe, the Middle East, and the power of culture.
Bad Medicine	March/April 2005	The war on corruption is leaving the world worse than we found it.
Three Wise Men	January/February 2005	What China's leaders can learn from Confucius, Mao, and Stanley Fischer.
Devour and Conquer	November/December 2004	How the White House got its termite problem.
Casualties of War	September/October 2004	The ideas that died in Iraq.
Bush's Willing Enablers	July/August 2004	Who outside the administration of President George W. Bush deserves blame for the turmoil in Iraq? The list is long.
Meet George W. Kerry	May/June 2004	Senator John Kerry's foreign policy will emulate President George W. Bush's—and vice versa.
From Normalcy to Lunacy	March/April 2004	New Latin American political groups are embracing the politics of rage, race, and revenge
Russia's Oily Future	January/Febuary 2004	Overcoming geology, not ideology, will prove Moscow's greatest challenge.
An Indigenous World	November/December 2003	How native peoples can turn globalization to their advantage.
Berlusconi Goes to China	September/October 2003	How Italy's prime minister can remake his image—and revolutionize Italian industries in the process
Cheap Dollar Diplomacy	July/August 2003	Worries about U.S.-European estrangement overlook the real threat: the falling value of the U.S. dollar.
The Perils of Lite Anti-Americanism	May/June 2003	Why knee-jerk criticism of the United States carries dangerous hidden costs.
A Venezuelan Paradox	March/April 2003	How Latin America's sole remaining dictator outsmarted the world's sole remaining superpower.
Saving Latin America	November/December 2002	President Bush has a chance to make hemispheric history. And if he doesn't take it, the United States will be among the worst losers.
	September/October 2002	One consequence of September 11 is the emergence of a more sophisticated understanding of globalization.
The New Diaspora	July/August 2002	New links between émigrés and their home countries can become a powerful force for economic development.
Missing in Monterrey	May/June 2002	The world’s political leaders recently gathered to rethink development assistance. But they forgot to discuss a few key items.
Al Qaeda, the NGO	March/April 2002	Can floundering political parties learn a few lessons from al Qaeda?
Anti-Americanisms	January/February 2002	Not all America-haters are created equal.
Collateral Damage	November/December 2001	The casualties of September's attacks include not only people but ideas.
Advice for Anarchists	September/October 2001	Who's blocking globalization, the protesters or summiteers?
Confidence Game	May/June 2001	The economic crises of the 1990s suggest that the cure for America's economic doldrums may be as ineffable as their cause.
When Countries Go Crazy	March/April 2001	Will President George W. Bush be smart enough to learn from experience and save taxpayer money in the process?
New Economy, Old Politics	January/February 2001	High-tech companies may not yet realize it, but their success depends on the slow, lumbering process of multilateral diplomacy.
A Tale of Three Criminals	November/December 2000	Repressive governments no longer need secret police to silence their opponents. Sometimes, a good accountant is enough.
The Digital Drain	September/October 2000	Unable to match private sector salaries, governments are turning into the have-nots of the information age.

Other FOREIGN POLICY Articles by Moisés Naím

Think Again: Globalization		March/April 2009
Five Wars of Globalization		January/February 2003
Washington Consensus or Washington Confusion?		Spring 2000
Clinton's Foreign Policy: A Victim of Globalization?		Winter 1997-98
Review of The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World		Fall 1997
Latin America: Post-Adjustment Blues		Fall 1993

Additional Publications

Caught In The Wrong Net		Newsweek International, March 22, 2008
Could Ugly Betty Be Getting Prettier?		Washington Post, March 23, 2008
Hugo Chávez's criminal paradise		Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2007
The Trade Paradox		Washington Post, September 9, 2007
Demise of a Metaphor: Why the Marshall Plan's success is not so easy to repeat		Washington Post, November 4, 2007
The Good Neighbor Strategy		Time, July 9, 2006
From the Vatican to Baghdad, the Little Guy is Calling the Shots		Financial Times, June 13, 2006
Abandon the Fight Against Equality		Financial Times, April 16, 2006
Downsized and Out		Washington Post, April 16, 2006
Borderline		Washington Post, May 28, 2006
The Incredible Shrinking Peso: A Review of And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)		Washington Post Book World, May 8, 2005
Culture is Not the Culprit in Arab Poverty		Financial Times, May 4, 2005
Tunnel Vision on Corruption		Washington Post, February 20, 2005
Globoquiz: Guess the Leader		Newsweek International, January 2005
Sad Hints of a Bloody Future		Newsweek International, August 30, 2004
America Must Not Stop Promoting Democracy		Financial Times, August 3, 2004
Don't Put Blame for Iraq on Bush Alone		Financial Times, June 2, 2004
End the Fund's Succession Fiasco		Financial Times, March 4, 2004
Indigenous Groups and Their Global Allies		Financial Times, October 9, 2003
Only a Miracle Can Save China		Financial Times, September 15, 2003
Lula Needs Lift from America		Financial Times, June 19, 2003
Hugo Chavez and the Limits of Democracy		The New York Times, March 5, 2003
Coping with Misguided Ideas in a Dangerous World		Financial Times, November 25, 2002
The Danger of a Compliant Saddam		Financial Times, November 14, 2002
Washington Consensus: A Damaged Brand		Financial Times, October 28, 2002
Roots of Corporate Corruption		Financial Times, September 30, 2002
Bush's Responsibility to Brazil		Financial Times, September 2, 2002
A Virulent New Strain of Crisis		Financial Times, May 13, 2002
Democracy Dictates Latin America's Future		Financial Times, April 26, 2002
The Creative Destruction of Enron		Financial Times, March 30, 2002
Lessons from the Recent Past		Financial Times, December 28, 2001
Why the World Loves to Hate America		Financial Times, December 7, 2001
Even a Hegemon Needs Friends		Financial Times, September 13, 2001
An Exercise in Futility		Financial Times, August 6, 2001
Looking South		Time (Latin America), December 25, 2000
New Economy, Old Politics		Financial Times, December 22, 2000
Talking Back to the Backlash		Time (Canada), February 21, 2000
Six Anxieties		Worldlink, January/February 2000
World Bank: Its Role, Governance and Organizational Culture		Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 1994
Manage the Politics		South China Morning Post , May 23, 1999
Mexico 1994: Anatomy of an Emerging-Market Crash (book)		1998
Corruption Eruption		Brown Journal of World Affairs, Summer 1995
Paper Tigers and Minotaurs: The Politics of Venezuela's Economic Reforms (book)		1993