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...closest neighbors most emphatically do not want to see. As the analysts at the Control Risks Group say, "the regime's brutal authoritarianism may be repugnant, but its unraveling would raise questions the North's neighbors would much rather postpone." Neither China nor South Korea want to see a chaotic transition, in part because that might mean tens of thousands of refugees pouring across their borders, or, in the worst case, some sort of civil war in the WMD-laden North that might require U.S. intervention. That, indeed, is Beijing's absolute worst-case scenario...
...Obama's weakness for undue prudence seems downright virtuous compared with the recklessness that McCain showed in choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate. He had months to make this choice, but he allowed it to come down to a chaotic scramble in the last week - a reaction, it seems, to the fact that the Republican Party elders had vetoed his first two choices, Senator Joe Lieberman and former governor Tom Ridge. McCain wasn't going to give the bosses the choice they wanted - Mitt Romney - and he cast about, deciding on Palin, an occasional maverick, at the last minute...
...conventions, by their very nature, are supposed to be one of the few reliably scripted moments in a campaign. Democrats and Republicans alike spend years planning all four days of partisan posturing down to the smallest detail, in the hope that they can broadcast the perfect message before the chaotic fall battle ensues. But now, thanks to that most unpredictable of factors, the weather, McCain and the Republican Party face an unexpected challenge, and potential opportunity, in their quadrennial gathering. With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast, the GOP decided late Sunday to cancel most of the first...
...creaky corridors and labyrinthine gardens of the manor house. But when constables from the West Mercia Police force responded to a fire at the $2.4 million Osbaston property in Maesbrook in the west of the country last week, they uncovered murders that have so far proved more bafflingly chaotic than subtle or cunning...
...itself for the Games. And while the city's revamped infrastructure was mostly finished far in advance, how authorities would handle the pressure of protesters in the spotlight of the global media remained an open question. They got off to a rocky start, roughing up several journalists during the chaotic final round of ticket buying. Yet less than a week into the Games it appears that the authorities, while still highly sensitive to demonstrations on Chinese soil, are learning to adapt. They've used greater restraint than in the past when handling protests, aware, perhaps, that a harsh response only...