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...economic development first, and political progress later (if at all) - a model of governance that was once the rule in much of Asia. During his nearly 33 years in power, Suharto seemed to have forged a paternalistic pact with the people of Indonesia that went like this: I will build infrastructure, raise income levels, reduce poverty, battle disease and illiteracy and provide stability, and you will let me run the country as my personal fiefdom. Other strongmen have made that same deal, but no one ever implemented it on such a large scale - Indonesia is the world's fourth most...
...Supreme Court, the dismissed Chief Justice and the lawyer community. That danger has now subsided, thanks to the state-of-emergency order. The only remaining danger to Musharraf was Bhutto, and that's why she is no more. The sad part is that the West has never helped us build the institutions needed to sustain democracy. Even now, if Pakistan matters to the world, it is because of the fear that nuclear weapons might fall into the hands of militants. But Pakistan's 170 million people don't matter to the U.S. or to the rest of the world. Majid...
There is a paradox in all this. The Clintons came to Washington as the avatars of a new kind of politics. If the Clintons indeed built the bridge they promised to build to the 21st century, the question now is whether their party wants to see them on the other side...
...It’s not the mistakes you make; it’s the way you bounce back.’ I really took that to heart.” Now as the Crimson moves into the stretch run of the regular season, Kessler looks to build on her record-setting performance against Dartmouth and continue to play a crucial role in maintaining Harvard’s winning ways. “I have confidence and I think the team has confidence in me,” Kessler said. “I go in there and I know that...
...strategy at first seemed shrewd: build on Edwards' surprisingly good showing in Iowa in 2004 and make his native South Carolina his firewall while garnering union support. It was designed to take on the establishment candidate that everyone knew was going to run: former First Lady Hillary Clinton...