Letter from the editor.

• Author: Rebhun, Elliott
• Position: Editorial

This special issue of UPFRONT's World Affairs Annual contains an atlas and an almanac with information on 193 countries (plus a page of charts and graphs that answers, among other questions, which countries drink the most soda).

We hope that you'll be able to use the World Affairs Annual throughout the school year as you try to make sense of the world for your students.

On the home front, we look at the intense interest the presidential race is generating among young voters, whose turnout has been pretty poor since the passage of the 26th...