Se esse Tt ASIA: TOO MUCH DEMOGRA Green Speed A GLOBAL RANKING OF NATIONS WITH THE BEST, AND WORST, ENVIRONMENTAL TRACK RECORDS ANAS Ar Aay pp, ot p yal Mipyy, “Wy, Wy g 4 : EIKets ULY 7/JULY 14, 2008 TOP of THE WEEK THE ISSUE World Affairs 18 Aftica turns on Mugabe by Jonathan Tepperman 22 Asia: too much democracy by Jonathave Teppermass 25 How big is the North Korea deal? by Marcus Noland 26 Why Brit rebels by William Underhill n's Army brass Business 36 China hollows out, as per plan by George W 38 ‘The best idea is the least loved by Bjorn Lomborg Special Report 42 The rankings: how green by Fred Gutert 50 The rich: the best is Germany by Stein Theil 78 ‘The middle: the worst, China by Melinda Lin 88 ‘The poor: Ni by Scott Joh 82 Weeding out the green hype by Jesse Elson 98 Combating eco-fatigue bby Susan Greenberg er, last place DEPARTMENTS 4 Periscope 5 Perspectives TT World View > 107 The Good Lite E110 The Last Word Who Is Greenest of Them All? Alook at the environmental challenges the world faces and how well individual countries—the poor, the wealthy and the middling—are responding. Page 42 FOOD FIGHTS: 130 many OVE Po LALStHATION HY C.. BURION FOR NEWSWHK. Asian democracies turned uy NEWSWEEK | JULY 7/JULY 14, 2008 3