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...integrated military command structure like Nato you cannot possibly say, 'Sorry, we don't go because it is too dangerous.'" Nobody is underplaying the risks. Last year's oef troops suffered 129 fatalities, almost twice the toll of any other year since operations began in October 2001. But Britain last week announced that it would soon start sending 3,300 new troops to the southern province of Helmand, and that the current British deployment in Afghanistan would rise from 1,000 today to 5,700 in the years to come. Canada has agreed to send 2,200 new troops...
...traditional systems of representation," says Sophie Boissard, a senior French civil servant who is establishing a policy-strategy unit for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. Along with November's social unrest, she points to falling voter participation and declining labor-union membership as evidence of growing public cynicism. In Britain, the government is trying to stop the rot with a campaign against antisocial behavior, especially among young people. Launching his "respect" initiative, Prime Minister Blair personally traveled to the town of Swindon earlier this month and used a high-pressure hose to remove graffiti from the wall of a housing...
...Taken to an extreme, distrust gnaws away at some of the fundamentals of modern society. Why vote if all politicians are charlatans? Why work if all companies are crooked? Today, "Anyone with a beef can start a conspiracy theory," says Frank Furedi, a controversial sociology professor at Britain's University of Kent, who argues that deference to traditional authorities is being replaced by reverence for new ones. "We don't trust politicians but we have faith in the pronouncements of celebrities. We are suspicious of medical doctors but we feel comfortable with healers who mumble on about being 'holistic...
...Lucky Strike cigarettes. But that doesn't work for governments. Just this month revelations that a group close to the Republican Party has been planting news stories in Iraqi newspapers, and allegedly paid off some prominent imams, caused an uproar in Washington. Simon Anholt, an international consultant based in Britain who advises governments on how to improve the brand image of their nations, thinks the answer lies in moving away from obsessing over polls and focus groups. "Most governments provide second-rate customer service rather than leadership," he says. "Governments are popular when they have real problems and deal with...
...popularity that is likely to give Jacques Chirac problems anytime soon. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] Countries with steady or declining trust in companies '04 -- '05 net change* Argentina 1 S. Korea -4** Mexico -5 China -6 Indonesia -6 India -7 Britain -7 Brazil -9 Germany -11 Turkey -13 Canada -18 U.S. -19 Spain...