Word: carrot
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...just being provocative? In almost every country in the world, the man in the street feels angry at and resentful of the U.S.'s arrogance and actions in the Middle East. And all nations feel more vulnerable since the U.S. used the big stick, rather than the economic carrot, to beat Iraq into submission. If Krauthammer took the time to talk to people outside fortress America, he would find a very different worldview. Then he might devise more balanced and constructive arguments to make allies in the Islamic world. Until the U.S. genuinely seeks to win Muslim hearts and minds...
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...balance, even if the new South Korean negotiating proposal has its limitations, there is room for guarded optimism. Seoul's electricity offer is indeed a big carrot. And Pyongyang should realize that if it keeps saying no to big incentives, even those countries that presently fear confrontation will have an increasingly hard time telling American hard-liners why they refuse to contemplate coercion against the North...
China's well-being is predicated on continuing that flood of exports, so the U.S. has some leverage over China's policies. But beyond that carrot, the U.S.'s tools have become limited. When Jiang Zemin, Hu's predecessor, visited the U.S. in 1997, Washington could still block China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), of which it is now a member, campaign against China's hosting of the Summer Olympic Games (which will be held in Beijing in 2008) and tie access to the U.S. market to improvements in human rights (unlawful under WTO rules). Now, says...
...added incentive system would ensure the CUE’s success in this area. It would be too drastic to make evaluations mandatory (say, by withholding grades until evaluations have been turned in). So, instead of a “big stick” incentive, we suggest a carrot alternative. For example, completion of CUE evaluations could be accompanied by online giveaways. The committee could even tap into the competitive nature of Harvard students and sponsor a contest which would award the House with the highest percentage of CUE evaluation participants...