are desperate for a change in the status quo: PoIIs show almost 40 percent of voters aged 18 t0 24 support Le Pen. At another National Front rally before the first-round election in April, in the southern city of Nimes, a group of sharply dressed 20-somethings were watching the speakers eagerly. I switched over recently, ” said Raphaél Leroux, a student at Nimes University wh0 used t0 support the Republicans. "I was thirsty for change ・ TO appeal tO voters like Leroux, the National Front has increasingly focused on its protection- ist message. At the boisterous campalgn rally in Caumont-Sur-Durance, Jean Messiha, prOJect coordinator for Le pen's presidential campmgn, spoke for over an hour about the problems created by liberalism, globalization and the free-market econor れ y. eurozone ISII t Via- ble," he said. "lt's better to Jump on a life raft than tO stay on the 石ⅲ c! ” This kind of message could benefit Le Pen, says Shields, allowing her t0 appeal t0 far-left voters whO don't support Macron's liberal eco- nomic agenda and wh0 might re spond t0 Le pen's promis e tO prote ct Fre nch industry from the forces ofglobalization. Valerie Rodrigues, whO was in the crowd cheering after Messiha's speech, was certainly convinced. An escargot farmer, She said She can't compete with lower-priced products com- ing in from Other EU natlons. I work nonstop, but I don't make any money. Soon there won t be a farmer left in France. ” Like R0drigues, many farme rs in France are b acking the National Front: A poll in February found that 35 percent plan t0 vote for Le Pen. Despite the National Front's big gains among disenfranchised VOters, most Of Le pen's sup- porters belong t0 other demographics. "She has this discourse Of 'l'm the voice ofthe voiceless, but actually we hear National Front voters loud and clear," says Marchand-Lagier, 0f the Uni- versity 0f Avignon. They're the middle class, who work normal jobs but feel left out. " And while a larger percentage of farmers, factory workers and students may vote for Le Pen than Macron, many may not vote at all. A February 0 れ - ー p ollfound thaE42Q erc ers and 52 percent Of farmers were planning tO abstain from the first round. "lf there is indeed -working-class party, Wabsten tion, says Aurelien Mondon, a senior lecturer in French and comparative politics at Bath Uni- versity. The National Front remains first and foremost a nationalist, xenophobic party ・ At the National Front rally in Nimes, it was ltely*re se c- ond. Gilbert Collard, a deputy for the Gard department, echoed Trump as he spoke 0f a France on the brink of disaster. "who would have imagined 20 years ago that we would be living such a nightmare?" he roared. Louis AliOt, vice president Ofthe National Front, lambasted the media, the tyranny 0f Brussels and the loss of Christian traditions: 'We must defend our culture, our heritage, our identity!" ln a crowd Of white faces, the message found itS mark. lOSing our values, our roots, said Eveline Fouché, whO lives in Lunel, a city that has seen several Of its residents leave France to fight for lslam in syria. "I feel like l'm not even in France, ” she said. "I don't hear French in the market. I don't see French prod- ucts in the stores. All I hear is Arabic muslc. These people don't do anything all day, and they don't respect our country. Ultimately, it's the combination of both Le pen's attacks on immigrants and her promise to help struggling workers that has made the "WE STRUGGLE TO FIND WORK, WHILE IMMIGRANTS PROFIT FROM THE SYSTEM. ” National Front such a force in French politics, says Shields. "Le pen combines both hardcore nationalists and economic losers in her support ase ” hetells Ⅳ硼ルた . "The common ground between them rests on the National Front's anti-immigration French first' policies and its protectionist 'France first' economic agenda. " Will it be enough to give Le Pen the presl- dency? Even with her recent surge in popularity among disenfranchised voters, she would need tO more than double her vote countfrom 2012 , a feat that seems nearly impossible. Then again, many als 0 unde re stlmate dDonalWTrump, ロ P A G E 0 N E / F R A N C E NEWSWEEK 29 MAY05. 2017
PA IUIÄ I N G S H () 'The Sun, 570 Meters, Hiroshima' Takashi Arai, 2014 0 5 altitude 0f570 meters—the same level at which Little Boy went nova—Arai allowed the light t0 d0 its slow work upon the silver. Back in the darkroom, he used mercury fumes to reveal this image: the sun burning blue over the Hiroshima skyline. Not a photograph, but a daguerreotype, an image produced using older chemical technology. "Taking a daguerreotype always reminds me ofthe stories ofthose people who le 代 their shadows on the walls, ” Arai tells me. 'Atomic bombing is a kind ofphotography. ” An odd contention, perhaps. But imagine yourself BY AT 8 : 15 ON THE MORNING ofAugust 6 , 1945 , back tO another moment in history. Eight MATTHEW SWEET o'clock one bright mornlng in either 1838 or an American B -29 detonated an atomic bomb over the Japanese city Of Hiroshima, instantly 1839 ー nobody knows which—when Louis killing 80 , 000 people. Some evaporated on Daguerre set up his camera above the busy the spot, leaving their shadows scorched Boulevard du Temple in Paris and opened the int0 buildings. Survivors described a light of shutter for 10 SIOW minutes. On the finished impossible magnitude: "I saw a tiny, glittering plate, only two shadowy forms are registered: white object, ” said one, "about the size Of a a shoeshine man and his customer, the first grain Ofrice, WhiCh soon grew intO a monstrous human beings captured by the new medium. fireball. ” Another spoke of its terrible after- AII other life—the bustling crowd, the image: "I still hate t0 see the glow ofthe setting clattering traffc—has been annihilated by the sun," she said. "lt reminds me ofthat day and length ofthe exposure. brings pain t0 my heart. LOOk again at Arai's picture. Hiroshima On March 23 , 2014 , the has been emptied. N0t by some pitiless artist Takashi Arai went tO combination ofrealpolitik and particle "ATOMIC BOMBING Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, physics, but by a medium that has known carrying the apparatus he other days when, suddenly, there was IS A KIND OF has used for the past 15 nobody there. ロ PHOTOGRAPHY," years: a camera containing a highly polished sheet of ARAI SAYS. silver-plated copper.When the sun reached an apparent 第鸚第噐 TakashiArai, "IOO Suns,"Galerle Camera Obscura, ParlS, tO May 2 ス Unique daguerreotype, 8 x 10 inches, $7,000; GALERIECAMERAOBSCURA. FR N E W 5 W E E K 64 M AY 0 5 , 2 0 17
D e spite their natlonalism, Bannon and Dugin have something in common: B0th believe global elite s conspire against ordinary people. The ir enenmes: secularism, multiculturalism, egalitar- ianism. They both think the true glob al ideologi- cal struggle is not between Russia and the United State s but betwe en culturally homogenous groups founded on Judeo-Christian values practicing humane capitalism and an lnternational cro - ny-capitalist network ofbankers and big busmess. Bannon's fiX iS tO revive the nation-state— precisely what Putin s Kremlin is promoting as it backs anti—European Union candidates from The love-in between Trump and the KremIin proved brief. Bannon apparently made no move to lift U. S. sanctions on Russia imposed after the annexation Of Crimea 111 2014. At the same time, damaging allegations—including an unverified dossier alleging contacts between Trump advisers and Russian spies—plagued the White House. ln the wake ofFlynn's resignation in March—he was untruthful regarding his discussions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about the possible lifting of sanctions—Trump tweeted that he would be "tough on Russia"—and the White House announced it would not li 代 sanctions against the ON IS A SELF-STYLED LUTIONARY WHO RE- POR EDLY DESCRIBED HIM- REV B SELF S A "LENINIST ” OUT TO MOSCOW MULE: Bannon shares Dugin's contempt fO 「 secularism, multiculturalism and egalitarianism. Both men be- lieve Ob elites conspire against ordinary people. 十 Hungary t0 France. "I happen to think that the individual sov- ereignty 0f a country is a good thing and a strong thing, ” Ban- non told an audience of Catholic thinkers at the Vatican by video link from the U. S. in 2014. Putin is standing up for traditional institutions, and he's trying tO dO it in a form ofnationalism. Dugin agrees. We are unfairly described as nationalists—but this is not old-fashioned nation- "DES alism in the sense Of ethnic chauvinism but reflects the idea that we believe ln many civiliza- tions that are all equal and have the right t0 their own identity and decide their own course. BOth men are also self-styled revolution- aries. Bannon—though he once worked at G01d- man Sachs—reportedly described himself as a Leninist ” whO wanted tO "destroy the state. And Dugin was the founder ofthe radical nation- alist National Bolshevik Party, whose members have been impnsoned for attempting tO foment armed upr1Sings among Russian minoritles in former SOViet republics such as Kazakhstan. Trump's election was greeted with delight in Russia and encouraged by state television, which lionized him as a man who would finally give Rus- sia respect. ln the early days 0fthe Trump admin- istration, the Kremlin had hoped for a better relationship with Washington based on Trump s promise that he would work closely with Putin t0 destroy the lslamic State militant group in Syria. rump soriginaVteam gavethexremlimeve more hope. B annon was he ad Of strategy. Michael FIynn—wh0 got a $ 40 , 000 fee to appear at the OSCOW anniversary partyof the Kremlin-spon sored RT television channel, where he sat next tO putin—was named national security adV1ser. Rex Tillerson, the former Exxon MobiI CEO, who nego lated a $ ア billion 0 ⅱ exploration deal ⅲ the Russian Arctic with close putin ally lgor Sechin, asappointed secretaryof stat N E W S W E E K ROY THE STATE. ” Kremlin until Crime a was returne d tO Ukraine. At the same time, Flynn s replacement, General H. R. McMaster, along W1th Secretary of Defense Gen- eral James Mattis, seemed tO gain power within the administration and take a harder, more maln- stream Republican line against Russia. Many factors contributed tO Bannon s ouster from the NationaI Security Council: He was instrumental in two travel bans on Muslim coun- trie s that the courts struck down, he was one of the key architects of a failed health care bill, and he was embroiled in a high-profile row with Kushner. But it was also clear in the aftermath Of Flynn's fall that admiration for putin—or any kind 0f appeasement 0f Moscow—has become polit- ically impossible for fear 0f giving congressional and FBI investigators evldence ofcollusion. Bannon S admiration for putin has C01 れ e 1ntO direct conflict with new White House policie s. ln the aftermath ofthe Syria attack, Trump described U. S. relations with Russia as at "an all-time low eversedhis 、 e arlierpositionomNATO, saymg the alliance was "no longer obsolete. " At a G-7 meeting in ltaly, Tillerson spoke out emphatically against the Kremlin. And when he reached MOSE COW tO meet putin, his receptlon was chilly. The political honeymoon between Trump and putin iS over, and Bannon has survived With at least some Jtuce in the White House. The questio now is whether he can dO the same if the Putin- —Trump relationship ends in abitter div 25 MAY05 , 2017
2016 video, he vowed revenge against the し S. for the assassination of his father. ln January, the State Department offcially named him a specially designated global terrorist" and announced sanctions designed t0 isolate him economically and geographically. For decades,Washington put up with lslam- abad's protection of Al-Qaeda, the bin Lad- ens and the Afghan Taliban (which the ISI sees as a bulwark against lndian influence Afghanistan) because it viewed Pakistan as an ally, however inconsistent, in the U. S. global war on terrorism. But lslamabad's coddling Of Al-Qaeda, its unrestrained production of nuclear weapons and itS continuing attacks on U.S. -friendly lndia with ISI-backed militant groups has frayed its ties t0 Washington, espe- cially with the Trump administration. ln her attention-grabbing February article for the conservative Hudson lnstitute, co-authored with Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambas- sador tO the し S. , Curtis argued that it was time tO 'avoid viewing and portraylng Pakistan as an ally. The new し S. administration should recog- nize that Pakistan is not an American ally. ' Now, Curtis is the top White House offcial responsible for Pakistan, as well as lndia. lslamabad can no longer be allowed to play a "double game ' ' with Washington, shielding anti- U. S. terronsts with one hand while accepting bil- lions in ald with the other and enj oymg the status 0f a quasi- offcial ally, she and Haqqani wrote. For t00 long, the U. S. has given Pakistan a pass on its support for some terronst groups based in Pakistan, including those use d agamst lndia, they wrote. "The U. S. should no longer settle for ASSASSINATION COMPLEX: Pakistani soldiers on a moun- tain in the ShawaI VaIIey border area near Afghanistan. The Obama admin- istration nearly killed a ト Zawahiri with a drone strike in the area in 」 anu- ary 2016. ー - 第、廴を、、・イを→い ~ をィゞ第 NEWSWEEK 16 MAY05. 2017
an early March mormng on Washington, D. C. 's K Street—the boulevard synonymous with political influence the way New York's Fifth Avenue is with high- end shopping or the Champs-Elysé e s with love. L0bbyists and lawyers, bure aucrats and bankers gath- ered for a conference on America's infrastructure nightmare. And many 0f them were ln a rut so deep not even the nifty model ofsleek subway cars next tO the coffee and croissants could lighten their mood. They all knew President Donald Trump has been promising a massive plan tO rebuild America's infra- structure since the day he descended that Trump Tower escalator ln 2015 and announced his unlikely bid for the White House. And they all knew that no plan has yet been announced. And that makes many people antsy, even angry. Those wh0 live 0 代 govern- ment largesse are eager for his rhetoric tO turn 1ntO a golden shower ofdollars. And those millions 0fAmer- icans stuck in traffc (the average driver is Jammed up 43 hours a year) or rolling their eyes at the (sad!) state of New York City 's LaGuardia A1rport—both former Vice President Joe Biden and Trump have likened it tO a Third World country—want some one (anyone ! ) tO d0 something (anything ! ) to fix this damn me ss. WhiIe shoveling down NuteIIa crepes and green- power smoothies, plenty 0fthe experts at that power event were alSO chewing on grave concerns about what the president will propose to, as he promised, completely fix Amenca's infrastructure. ” Ob ama Transportation Se cretary Ray LaH00d says America one big pothole " and laments that raising the gas tax or taking Other reasonable measures tO fix the coun- try s transportation rat ne st are 0 代 the table. S enator SheIdon Whitehouse , a Democrat from Rhode lsland, 他 ars Trump's plan could turn into a boondoggle for private lnvestors. Even conservative Texas Republi- can Repre sentative Blake Farenth01d is doubtful that the rosy scenarios for getting a few public dollars and using them tO entice the pnvate sector tO bulld tons Of roads will work. "That's going to be tough," he says. Later that morning, a few blocks away at the White House, the president metwith his infrastructure team, N E W S W E E K 42 including Secretary of Transportation Elaine Ch ao, and top advisers and the New York billionaires Trump tapped t0 head a kind 0f business advisory board for his infrastructure push: Richard Le Frak, whos e fam- ily's company is a behemoth 0f New York real estate, and Steven R0th, one of G0tham's largest realtors. The president told the group he wants t0 see money going t0 roads and bridges and sewer repair right away, and he doesn t want states tO screw around with regulatory delays. But anyone hoping for actual, you know, was played for a sucker. Trump didn't present his plan that day, or any day since. We have only that glint of an ide a he flicke d at in his joint address t0 Congress ⅲ March, when he called for a $ 1 trillion investment in infrastructure. Buthe le 代 it unclear how much 0f that would be direct govern- ment spending on roads and bridges and the like, and hOW much would be tax breaks tO induce private com- panie s t0 build such things. Adding t0 the confusion, a couple ofweeks later, when the president tossed his ー wish-list budget t0 Congress—the one that got all that attention for hiking defense spending and bringing down the curtain on the National Endowment for the Arts—there was no $ 1 trillion line item for roads and bridges. ln fact, his proposed budget had money for infrastructure than is currently being spent, and programs such as Community Development Block Grants, or CDBGs, were cut back significantly. Trump and administration offcials keep saymg a big infrastructure plan is coming, perhaps even tacked on t0 another bill—"l may put it in with some- thing else because it's a very popular thing," he told The N どル物ⅸ襯 in early April. But so far, everyone is just guessing. House Minority Leader Nancy pelosi keeps saymg, 'Where's the bill?" and Republicans don't seem tO know much more than she does. The House s top member on infrastructure issue s, Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania RepubIican who chairs the transportatlon committee, thinks Trump might tuck his plan intO a must-pass reauthorization Of funding forthe Federal AuationAdministration later this year. Some think it could get stuffed into a big tax reform proposal, but that seems improbable since many Democrats vow to block any package until Trump releases his returns. And that seems about as likely as him swapping Mar-a-Lago for a sixth-floor walk-up. For a president W1th high negatives, a masslve infra- structure intervention has the unusual appeal Ofbe ing popular with everybody. (During the presidential pri- maries, b0th Trump and Bernie Sanders often cited the high- quality road s and airports in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates or lnchon, South Korea, while b emoaning the shabby state Of Ame rica's infrastruc- ture. ) P011s show that a huge percentage ofAmericans favor spending more on infrastructure, WhiCh iS no surpnse in a country where roads are potted, sewer pipes leak, bridges buckle and dams burst. ln March, M A Y 0 5 , 2 017
pakistan s excuses for delaymg a full-throttle crackdown on these terrorist groups and should instead hOld Pakistan accountable for the activ- ities Of all terrorist groups on lts SO ⅱ . The administration has yet tO announce its new posture toward lslamabad, but a likely first step will be further cuts in direct U. S. military assistance, which peaked at $ 1.6 billion in 2011 , unless Pakistan changes its ways. ln 2013 , the Obama administration "withheld $ 300 million military reimbursements for pakistan because Of its failure tO crack down on the Haqqani net- work, ” which is responsible for killing hun- dreds Of Americans in Afghanistan, Curtis and Haqqani wrote, but Washington shouldn't hes- itate t0 apply the whip further. If lslamabad's political leaders cannot, or refuse tO, bring the ISI under control and turn over al-Zawahiri, Hamza bin Laden and Other militant figures, Washington could go nuclear on Pakistan—dip- lomatically speaking—by declaring it a state sponsor ofterrorism. ln March, Republican U. S. Representative Ted Poe Of Texas reintroduced his bill to do just that. There's no Slgn Of changes in Pakistan s behavior, says Riedel. lslamabad's posture on al-Zawahiri remams as it was on Osama bin Laden: "'we don't know him, he's never been here, and we'll never let him back in,' or some- thing like that. Their 0ffcial position up until May 2011 was Osama bin Laden has neverbeen in pakistan, and moreover he'S dead. Under the influence Of Curtis, and with SO many ex-generals populating the administra- tion, Trump is likely tO tell pakistan that "we re not going tO tolerate safe havens' and that means we'll be prepared t0 attack them with unilateral means,' Riedel says. The number 0f drone strikes has steadily dropped in recent years, from 25 in 2014 , tO 13 in 2015 , tO three last year, according tO the London-based Bureau Of lnvestigative Journalism. S01 れ e critiCS argue the strikes have done little permanent damage to Al-Qaeda and other militant groups while producing civilian casualties that mainly fuel hatred for the United States. Michael Hayden, wh0 quarterbacked the strikes as CIA director hink r01T2006- t0 ー 2009,sharplYdis agree it's fair t0 say that the targeted killing program has been the most precise and effective appli- ati0i10f firepower in the history Of armed con flict," he wrote last year. Something better work against Al-Qaeda, because it remams a potent force with the ambi- ioman&capabilitytclaunch another spectacu- lar attack against the United States' says Riedel thewsources ℃ onsultedbYNewsweekERie d points t0 a 2014 p10t by Al-Qaeda t0 place sympa- thizers on a Pakistani frigate, hijack it and use it tO attack Amencan naval ships in the lndian Ocean , or maybe lndian ships, or maybe b0th. " lmagine ifa Pakistani fngate packed with explosives—or a nucle ar device—"sank an Amencan aircraft car- rier," he says. "That would change world history. Perhaps al-Zawahiri and Hamza bin Laden aren t thinking that big, but the 2014 plot, eventually dis- rupted by paklstani security, showe d "their aspi- ratlon was enormous. "The intention Of the operation was much more than blowing up a train or running people over with a Mack truck or something," Riedel says. "This was intended t0 have geopolitical consequences, much like September 11 had geo- political consequences. " According tO a Western diplomat interviewed by Ⅳルた , wh0 asked for "THE NEW U. S. ADMINISTRATION SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT PAKISTAN IS NOT AN AMERICAN ALIX ” anonymity in exchange for discussmg sensitive information, Al-Qaeda alSO remams interested a carrymg out attacks tO airlines. Al-Zawahiri has been "surprisingly quuet about Trump, ” R1edel says. And he vows he will never be captured alive, says the lslamist militant whO talked with him months ago in the tribal areas. He's in some large Pakistani city now, protected by the ISI, with a "desperate last wish," says his militant friend, for one last big attack against America "before foldinghis eyes. ー How Trump will get Pakistan t0 turn on al-Za- wahiri is anyone s guess—and may never happen. The white House did not respond tO a request for comment. But with Curtis moving from thefthin tanks to the white House, the price lslamabad pays for harboring him will undoubtedl rise. ロ P A G E 0 N E / A L - 0 A E D A N E W S W E E K 17 M A Y 0 5 , 2 017
BIG SI-I()TS USA ー 00 Da Washington, D. C. ー President Donald Trump poses for a portrait in the Oval Offce onApril 21. ln the days before April 29 , which marks the 100th day of hiS administration, Trump posted a tweet complaining that it was unfair tO grade him on such a short periOd in Offce, even though he vowed on the campaign trail tO complete at least 60 ofhis policy proposals during his first 100 days. Supporters call the appointment Of Supre me CourtJus- tice Neil Gorsuch and the dismantling ofa swath ofObama-era regulations successes, while the debacle over a health care bill was a notable failure. ANDREW HARNIK
But the Trump plan, at least what little we know suburbs and the mass adoption Ofthe car. All those politicians knew that infrastructure prOJ- about it, seems unlikely t0 get anyone safely 0 代 that ects make an economy hum. When done well (as Victonan-era bridge, let alone fix the many other oppose d t0 de molishing neighborhoods or building infrastructure blights, like the nation's ele ctrical gnd ・ bridges to nowhere), they make life better for many. The germ Of it is a paper written by economist peter And in times Of econonuc recesslon, puttlng people Navarro, a business schOOl professor turned trade tO work on shovel-ready JObs provides an important adviser in the protectionist Trump White House, and Keynesian sfimulus—albeit one that has less punch Wilbur Ross, the zillionmre secretary of commerce. lt's a crifique 0f Hillary Clinton's traditional call for a near-full employment economy, when you re Just turning baristas int0 bricklayers. That was the government-financed infrastructure spending and idea behind the Obama stimulus package 0f 2009 , instead promotes tax cuts as awayto getpnvate indus- which would have had more road monies if Republi- try t0 pay for road, bndge, sewer and 0ther repairs. cans hadn't insisted that the package be scaled down. Translation: Trump doesn't want the federal gov- The United States IS no longer ln a grinding reces- ー ernment t0 spend a 10t 0f money hiring people to sion, but Trump was right tO focus on infrastructure pave roads and build bridges. He likes a tax-cut plan during the preside ntial campaign. The country had designed t0 get the private sector t0 build roads and bridges that would turn a profit for ビ襯 . The cre- ative accounting is that you give $ 167 billion in tax 「 oR A PRESIDENT WITH cuts over 10 years, and it spurs something like $ 1 tril- lion in private mvestment. HIGH NEGATIVES, A ln the 0 Ⅳ , there 's nothing wrong with private inve st- 期 S ル三一 NFR R リ 0 ・ ment ⅲ infrastructure, but many desperately needed pr0Jects have little chance Of ever profiting investors. 刊 R 三一す E に EN れ 0 The folks who helped build a toll lane in suburban HAS す H 三 0 US リ AL Washington, D. C. , stand t0 get a good return on their APPEAL 0 ド BEING POP リ・ lnvestment because the roads there are crowded, and there are plenty ofwealthy drivers willing to pay LAR WITH EVERYBODY. for the so-called Lexus lanes. But there's no realis- tic prospect 0f a payout for fixing, say, a rural road ー in West Virginia. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan been spending about 20 percent less on water and blithely ignores such inconvenient truths as he touts transportation infrastructure than in 1959 —and his belief that every $ 1 in targeted tax cuts can spur that's while having to meet the demands of today's $ 40 Of infrastructure spending. Buried in an inter- much 01der and bigger network ofroads and sewers. ー view Trump did with The Ⅳ物 Times is his skep- The cost ofbringing it up tO a better standard is "the ticism about private financing. 'We haven t made a determination as tO public/private," he said. "There price 0f a latte per day, per family—not even for an individual," says Greg DiLoret0, the former head of the TuaIatin VaIIey Water District ⅲ Oregon and infrastructure chair at the ASCE. THE BRIDGE FROM 1840 When the Oroville dam burst in Northern California earlier this year, it was yet another reminder (like the collapse 0f an interstate highway bridge in Minne- SOta in 2007 ) that infrastructure repairs are urgently needed—north, south, east and west, red state and blue state, big city and small town. ln Washington, D. C. , the famed MemoriaI Bridge needs serious repairs. ln northern New Jersey, the Portal Bridge on the northeast rail corridor is 104 years Old, based on a design popular in Britain in the 1840S and partly made 0f wood. Across the country, ASCE found 60 , 000 bridges that are structurally deficient. Jenni- fer COhan, Delaware 's transp ortation se cretary, car- ries around a piece Of concrete that Ⅱ from one Of the state's bridges. She doesn't need t0 be hit over the head with a brick t0 know America is falling apart. TOOLTIME: Repairing America's infrastructure iS a good issue fo 「 Trump, WhO iS known (rightly 0 「 wrongly) as a successful developer. 衄 1 Ⅱ N E W S W E E K 44 M A Y 0 5 . 2 017
ln the meantime, smaller, lighter aircraft pres ー "WE HAD HIGH HOPES ent a plausible alternative. As ofearly April, 32 prr- vate planes, carrying mostly busmess passengers, THE AIRPORT WOULD and medevac flights had managed t0 land at the HAVE BEENA BOOST TO airport. MOSt ofthem landed ⅲ the opposite direc- tion on the runway 仕 om the direction the 73 た 800 OUR BUSINESS. WE ARE had taken, an approach that is le ss turbulent but SURVIVING, BUT JUST. " can be attempted only by lighter aircraft that likely carry fewer passengers than the hundred or so expected t0 be on the 73 た 800 flights. ln Decem- ber, the St. Helena government issued a new ten- a boost to our business, ” Colin Yon, whO runs a der for an air seruce provider with planes c 叩 able bed-and-breakfast on the island, says in an email. oflanding the new direction. We are suruving, but just. Though it is likely that there won't be as many tourists as would have arrived on the larger air- But others say the mood among the islanders is startmg tO lift. "ln May last year, when it was craft, there is hope yet for businesses ⅲ St. Helena. all canceled, people were despondent," says Lyn "There's nothmg to say that this problem can't be Thomas, co-owner of Rose and Crown Limited, overcome, says R1chard Brown, a pi10t and owner ofAtlantic Star Airlines, a British company that has a family business awarded the contract tO run the mrport concessions, which it has done when small put ⅲ a bid for the new alr tender. His pro- planes have landed. But she says the prospect 0f posal is to base 20 planes on the island, carrying up a new plan for the airport—involvmg the smaller t0 60 passengers on weekly round-trip flights planes landing in the opposite direction—has 仕 om St. HeIena t0 Accra, Ghana, where people can raised spirits: "I think people are hopeful now that connect tO Europe and the し S. That's as many as , 240 passengers a yearymorethanthe4,000t0 WhiIe the debacle stretches on, the scrutiny istswhovisited St. Helena in 2015-2016but far fewer over the past year hasn't been all bad for St. than the British government's 2010 projections that Helena, says ChristophenPickard, St. Helena's he new airportwould bringnearly 30 , 000 tourists tourism director, whO moved tO the island in annually by 2042 , wh0 would spend 毛 66 million 2015. He says it may take a while for nervous ( $ 84 million) between 2011 and 20 . flyers t0 sign up for the trip after Googling that Based on those proJections, business owners rocky Comair landing. But at least more peopl onthe island had made plans and spent money t0 know where St. Helena is. NOW, people say, expand before the airport was t0 open last May. Haven't you got that windy airpor 〉 ' " e ha&highhopestheairportwould have been 十 HOT AIR: The St. HeIena airport was supposed t0 boost the isolated island's economy, but extreme winds have caused the project tO be a massive failure. NEWSWEEK 23 MAY05, 2017
University and then spent time at Benetton s renowned research center, Fabrica. He now works out of Vicenza, halfway between Verona and Venice. His studiO has no permanent staff, as he prefers tO collaborate with freelancers. "I only work with people I like on things that make me happy," he says. cibic's cheery, playful style is helping him to thrive right now. After the global financial crash in 2008 , international design focused on the func- tional: austere, material-driven design ⅲ marble, stone and wood—a ScandinaV1an-inspired, pared- back ae sthetic. Though that look is still popular, it has started tO give way to a revival of pattern and COIO ら more Of lndia and MeX1co; these pieces add t0 a space, rather than disap- peanng into it. Cibic has already become a part 0f that, with the lndian-inspired and crafted work he has done ⅲ his collaboration with Ashish B aj oria, Scarlet Splendour's co-owner. ln his debut collection for Scarlet Splendour, "Vanilla Noir" ( 2015 ) , Cibic produced black and off-white patterned furniture—a table, a sickle- shaped seat, a series Of mirrors—that married a "I ONLY WORK WITH PEOPLE I LIKE ON THINGS THAT MAKE was looking at my nose, he'd been looking some- to the left. AII the time l'd thought Matteo Cibic I style it with a fringe that stands up and leans ordinary, but my hair is thick and cut en brosse; pointing upward and t0 the left. My nose is rather two handles sat a fat-bellied, elongated cylinder, On top 0f a traditional, bowl-shaped base with second one—or at least a rough, unglazed cast. ten about the broken "Max ” vase. But here was a from him in the mail. By then, l'd totally forgot- few days after our meeting, I received a package I am sure of—Cibic specializes ln surprises. A That may or may not be true, but one thing himself, something that no one has seen before. from Calcutta, He is creating a new genre for Bajoria t0 him. As the former tells me by phone deco and pop art. This originality is what drew eliding elements ofRenaissance architecture, art distinctly lndian 100k with Western references, ME HAPPY," HE SAYS. where much more unexpected. ロ PERSONAL FAVORITES From ceramics tO furniture, Cibic's po fO ⅱ 0 is never short Of personality. Here are three particularly characterful examples to seek out. Dodo/Dudu Carafes TWO squat, birdlike waterjugs that are typicalof the much Of Cibic's output. From 0108 ( $ 116 ) each The Count Cabinet Cibic references bothlndian and ltaliancultureinatall cabinet influenced by cathedral architecture from the 1930S. も 17 , 200 ( $ 18.400 ) CARLETSPLENDOU R. C 0 M VasoNaso Vases The 2016 edition ofthis series Of colorful, one -0 幵 vases iS SO 旧 out. but some more will be on sale through Cibic's studio shortly. POA MATTEOC 旧 ICSTUDIO.COM NEWSWEEK 59 MAY 05 , 2017