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...think this crisis is just going to solidify the advantages of China and these other Asian and Southeast Asian economies...
...litany of Harvard affiliates to be tapped for a position in the Obama Administration. Campbell, the CEO and Co-Founder of the Center for a New American Security—a moderate national security think tank, has been nominated as the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. His nomination follows the appointments of seventeen members from the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, according to the Belfer Center’s spring newsletter. Prior to founding CNAS with Belfer Center colleague Michele Flournoy—the White House?...
...Racial profiling] is a big concern, just knowing that these kinds of things happen on the Harvard campus,” said Alan A. Ibrahim ’11, president of the Asian American Association. “[It is] comforting to know that things are being done to prevent future incidents...
...Asia falls short. Beyond rich nations like Japan and Singapore, which have invested heavily in water quality, water management is still abysmal; according to the U.N., half of the 24 Asian and Australian eco-regions are severely or moderately affected by pollution, and conditions are expected to get worse. Asia lacks the strong regional institutions necessary to promote better water policies across borders and head off potential resource conflicts. "We have to go beyond existing networks," says Ali, who notes that no global treaty is currently in place on water. "What we have now isn't enough...
...hope is that, properly managed, water could actually help knit Asia together. More than any other resource, water must be shared. Rivers don't respect borders, and those downstream are dependent on the good behavior of those upstream - as the residents of Khabarovsk learned in 2005. Asian nations will need to come together on water - or they'll go thirsty alone...