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...election in the Philippines--had it been held. Instead, he continued to languish in jail, until Marcos finally let him out of the country this summer to undergo a triple bypass operation in the United States. He has now landed at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA), where he has spent time convalescing, pondering his country's future and "meeting all the people who wrote the books" he read during his lengthy incarceration...
Stanley adds that the decision to spend time the CfIA represents a "poignant choice" for Aquino. "While he increases his chances for personal safety, health and freedom, he risks losing the immediate contact which he needs to gain power," Stanley explains. He says that he believes Marcos may have struck a deal with Aquino, hoping the dissident's release would have a moderating influence among opposition groups in the U.S. and in the Philippines. If anything, though, Marcos has miscalculated: Aquino has embarked on a full speaking tour to present himself as a reasonable alternative in the U.S., and while...
...friends still call him "senator" although he lost the title with the advent of martial law. Aquino relishes his freedom after years of confinement--he can hardly wait for the next CfIA colloquium or seminar or class. His office has an eerily empty quality, immaculately clean with none of the characteristic academic bric-a-brac littering his desk. His one luxury in the spartan setting is a little tea kettle. He eagerly keeps track of world events, and asks most of his visitors if they think prominent South Korean dissident Kim Dae-Jung "will swing"--a euphemism which even seeps...
Samuel P. Huntington, Thomson professor of Government and director of the Center for International Affairs (CFIA) said yesterday the recent directive marks the "culmination" of ten years of research and evolution, adding that the shift in official strategy allows for a "measured, moderate response...
Derek Leebaert, a research fellow at the CFIA and manging editor of "In- ternational Security," said the new directive signified a change in rhetoric rather than substance...