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JOSHUA COOPER RAMO, editor of TIME's World section, takes you inside the most powerful economic triangle in Washington in this week's cover story on the Committee to Save the World, a.k.a. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. As volatility has upset foreign markets and economic models, the three men have forged a unique partnership to prevent the turmoil from engulfing the globe. "They are motivated by the prospect of confronting entirely unprecedented economic challenges," says Ramo. Reporting this tale proved a challenge too. Ramo followed Summers to Russia this summer...
...Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are on hold until Israeli elections in May. So why was Yasser Arafat in Washington on Wednesday, and what was he doing meeting first with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and members of Congress? "Call it relationship maintenance," says TIME world senior editor Joshua Cooper Ramo...
...former defense minister Moshe Arens, the man who appointed Netanyahu to the No. 2 spot at the Israeli embassy in Washington in 1982, announced he would challenge Netanyahu for the Likud party leadership. "There appears to be a growing consensus within the party," says TIME world editor Joshua Cooper Ramo, "that members may not want to bet all their cards on Bibi...
...Ramo points out that the Likud, one of Israel's two dominant parties, is struggling over whether it needs to reinvent itself. The battle is a reflection of the broader political arena, as Israel ponders before its next election the kind of peace it will seek to make with Palestinians. Some within the party say that Israel needs new faces, new leadership and new approaches. "This is reflected in the fact that not only are there others besides Arens challenging Netanyahu within Likud, "says Ramo, "but there are also an unusually high number of non-Likud and non-Labor candidates...
Joshua Cooper Ramo, who oversaw our coverage of the tussle with Saddam, has been editing TIME's World section for six weeks, and so far he loves it. "The hours are lethal, but it's a blast to go to bed talking to Tokyo and wake up to a call from Belgrade," he says. Ramo, who also edits TIME Digital, our bimonthly supplement about technology, says the joy of covering international news comes from marrying the best reporting with sharp thinking and memorable writing. "Our value is in helping people understand how and why the world is changing...