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...basic tools of international affairs - like a robust national-security apparatus - are still under construction. And they have not yet been tested by crisis. China is ambitious, to be sure, but it is too insecure to be audacious yet. In the next 10 years, this will change. China will build a global-size foreign policy apparatus just as it has built stadiums and airports. But will this framework be crafted and staffed by people who understand the Western temperament and who see the virtue of cooperation? Or will it be handed to those who have won their positions by insisting...
While the Crimson’s pitchers held their own on the mound, two costly throwing mistakes helped Bryant build up its lead in later innings...
...We’re hoping to build awareness around all the very diverse issues of the queer community by offering the biggest plate of queer-related programming and information that is possible,” he said...
...places like California and Switzerland shows that some initiatives fail to generate reasoned debate and open participation. Jean-Thomas Leseuer, head of the Thomas More Institute, a Paris-based think tank, says citizens' initiatives amount to mere democratic window dressing. "It is not with old tools that we will build Europe," he says. "This proposal is too heavy and complicated to impose on Europe before anything like a European consciousness exists. I bet that there will be very few initiatives." (See pictures of Paris expanding...
...Hail Bernie Re "On the Edge" [March 15]: No matter what his detractors say, Bernie Ecclestone has managed to build and retain a truly world-encompassing empire since the 1970s. It's worth noting that, in the same time frame, Italy, among other countries, has formed dozens of ineffectual governments. With so many vultures attempting to take over Formula One's billion-dollar circus, it's not surprising he's circumspect and wary about lowering his defenses. Martin Toohey Sydney...