ture of a continuing population explosion in Muslim lands. Population is indeed rising, but if current trends continue, the bulge won't last long. Eberstadt's first paper was expressively titled "Fertility Decline in the Muslim World: A Veritable Sea-Chang, Still Curiously Unnoticed." Using data for 49

Enterprise Institute, who writes on North Korea. "It ran under both the Clinton and the George W. Bush Administrations." The ending, according to Eberstadt, should be a familiar one to anyone who has paid attention: "Pyongyang ends up shaking down the international community for lots of food and cash,