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...situation to promote close ties to China." Burma joined ASEAN in 1997, gaining further allies against Western criticism and more trade opportunities (Thailand gets most of its natural gas from Burma), and is improving ties with India. Even at Naypyidaw, once a symbol of seclusion, the junta plans to build an international airport to handle over 10 million passengers a year. "They're much less isolationist than we think, although they choose their friends carefully," says Rogers. "Those friends tend to be countries that turn a blind eye to their conduct." (Read "Why Violence Erupted on the China-Burma Border...
...have learned much from watching Anglo-American relations for 25 years, but I do know this: whatever party is in power in the U.S., that is a delusion. Cameron can discover that now, and commit himself to working with others in the E.U. - and with its American allies - to build a better world; or he can discover it later. But discover it he will...
...Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have negotiated an Oct. 25 inspection of Iran's recently revealed uranium-enrichment plant under construction outside Qum. The plant, which Tehran insists will be used for civilian purposes, has heightened fears that Iran is hiding facilities that would give it greater capacity to potentially build nuclear weapons. Skeptics say delaying the inspection until the end of the month would give Iran time to cover up its activities. "One has to be somewhat suspicious," Washington's IAEA representative said Oct. 5 on Capitol Hill...
Although he began his career as a lawyer at the prestigious firm of Cravath, Swain & Moore, Wasserstein eventually went into banking. When he joined the investment bank First Boston, he helped build the firm into one of the most prominent mergers and acquisitions establishments of the 1980s, according to media reports...
...such a job. A decision to stand down would be a stunning humiliation to the Elysée - and a blow to Jean's otherwise impressive start in politics. But with over two months remaining before the EPAD board votes, the pressure on the Sarkozys has only begun to build...