March-April 2002 • Volume 13, NO. 3
On a banner outside its Texas headquarters, Enron Corp. boasted to be “the world’s leading company”—just as America brags about being the world’s leading country. Things change. Is Enron’s sudden flameout a type of the prophesied economic collapse of America?
While Europe celebrates its new common currency, Britain balks. What is the euro all about?
Fifty years on from Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne, what is to become of Britain’s royal line?
A region little-known to the West—Central Asia—has suddenly leapt into the news. What is its significance, and where will it fit into the emerging new world order?