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• Study how global economic and cultural forces interact with contemporary politics, within and among states and people.

• Benefit from regular lectures and seminars from visiting specialists.

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• Understand today’s communications media and the role they have to play in globalisation processes.

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From this month’s editor

Whenever we make changes to the format of this magazine we await feedback from readers with bated breath. More often than not it doesn’t arrive – even when prompted by questions in our regular readers’ surveys. I guess this is inevitable – the magazine looms much larger in our own lives than it does in yours and changes that seem significant to us may barely register with you. In May last year we reduced the space given to the main theme by a few pages to be able to introduce a second mini-theme, or Special Feature, which this month deals with floods. The obvious advantage is that this allows us to offer another avenue to a reader who is not especially interested in the main theme. Any disadvantages are probably felt most keenly by editors used to exploring a topic from many angles. This month the main theme is Ethical Travel. But it has seemed like I have been dealing with two separate subjects: the first half devoted to the thorny issue of flying and the second to

the impact of tourism. I feel I have gained some insight into what it would be like if the magazine had three themes a month instead of one-and-ahalf. This is particularly relevant now as we are launching into a thoroughgoing review of the magazine, the NI website and how the two should interact in future. You never know – the changes that result may even be ones that you will notice!

Chris Brazier for the New Internationalist Co-operative chrisb@newint.org

4 to fly or not to fly? Aviation’s impact on climate change is disturbing. But what should we do about it? Chris Brazier interviews three campaigners – Adam Ma’anit, Mark Lynas and George Monbiot – and tries to decide.

10 ten steps to reduce flying

12 Problems in paradise Tourism is booming – and every country seems to want more. But, Chris Brazier wonders, do they see the pitfalls?

15 What is ethical travel? Chris Brazier investigates alternative tourism.

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18 A new Internationalist travellers’ Code

20 Contacts and resources

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21 sPeCIAL FeAtURe High water risin’ Major flooding is becoming more common. And it’s not just due to climate change. Human engineering of rivers is also to blame, according to Tim Kingston, who suggests a way of dealing with the problem.

Regular Features

2 Letters How torture saves lives; Western policy in Iraq is not a mistake but a war crime; religion is not the enemy; why we should use uranium. PLUS: Maria Golia gets a glimpse of Egypt’s high society in Letter from Cairo.

25 Currents Islanders in Papua New Guinea made homeless by rising sea levels; domestic violence against women in Tajikistan; Egypt tries to play peacemaker in Darfur. PLUS: Wordpower & Seriously

28 Big Bad World Polyp on a ghost haunting the White House. PLUS: NI Prize Crossword

29 Worldbeaters International Olympic Committee Its members normally get expenses-paid trips and luxurious lunches without being called to account. Time for a change.

30 Mixed Media Books on the War on Terror and multiculturalism; a musical tribute to Che; and a stunning film about Turks in Germany.

32 Southern Exposure A portrait of a young sex worker in Kolkata by Indian photographer Shantanu Mukherjee.

33 View from Havana Cuban writers are often asked to gaze into a crystal ball and predict what is going to happen to the country. Leonardo Padura Fuentes does his best to oblige.

34 Essay: Sir and Madam Barry Langridge asks why India still depends on charities to rescue its children.

36 Country Profile: Brunei

Front cover: Alana McCarthy / Three in a Box (in honour of Hector Cattolica). Magazine design: Alan Hughes. All monetary values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted.