⁷ Nicholas Eberstadt, "The Future of AIDS: Grim Toll in Russia, China and India," Foreign Affairs 81 (Nov.–Dec. 2002): 22–45; Peter Baker, "U.N.: AIDS a Crisis in Eastern Europe," Washington Post, Feb. 18, 2004. In his "intermediate" and "severe" scenarios, Eberstadt estimates that there may be as many as 193 to 259 million new infections just in Russia, India, and China from 2000 to 2025. Such levels of infection will cut these countries' economic production dramatically. [Return to Text]