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...after Bush had assured O'Neill that rumored staff changes in the economic team did not mean his job was in peril, Cheney called. "Paul, the President has decided to make some changes in the economic team. And you're part of the change," he told O'Neill. The bloodless way he was cut loose by his old chum shocked O'Neill, Suskind writes, but what came after was even more shocking. Cheney asked him to announce that it was O'Neill's decision to leave Washington to return to private life. O'Neill refused, saying...
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf ended 2003 on a crescendo of high notes. Last week, the country's National Assembly passed constitutional amendments that legitimized the army general as the lawful President of Pakistan, four years after he seized power in a bloodless coup. Pakistan's economy is the healthiest it's been in years?GDP grew more than 5% in 2003?while chances for peace in strife-torn Kashmir appear greater than at any time in recent memory: over the weekend, Musharraf welcomed to his capital city of Islamabad leaders from six South Asian countries, including his nemesis Indian Prime...
...small South Caucusus nation of Georgia, the pace of change over the last few weeks has been enough to take your breath away. Just last month thousands of students were celebrating in the streets of Tbilisi, singing praises of the “bloodless revolution” that unseated Georgian President Eduard A. Shevardnadze. In a seeming about-face, yesterday the autonomous Georgian province of Adzharia announced that it would be boycotting participation in the Jan. 4 presidential election. This latest development has dealt a painful blow to the opposition movement, which had been gaining momentum the country...
While the United States is engrossed in other foreign policy commitments—from floundering negotiations with North Korea to the perilous occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan—it should not overlook the fact that the Caspian region is gripped by a bloodless coup that stands to push the region off the precipice into political meltdown. The potential for chaos reigning in Georgia must be stemmed and the first step is to prevent Russia’s lust for Georgia’s pipeline from throwing the country in further disarray...
...nation of Georgia was embroiled in a “bloodless coup” last month, as its president resigned due to public protests against corruption and economic problems. But rather than participating in these historic changes, Georgian government official Gela R. Bezhuashvili, a mid-career student at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), shared an insider’s perspective on the political turnover with his classmates...