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...there are no illusions about who holds the power. Nazarbayev has been in charge since 1989, when he first became the Communist Party boss. Before that, he had served as Prime Minister since 1984. Last December, he gained another seven years in office, having won a carefully orchestrated election claiming 91% of the vote. He says it will be his last term...
...development of democracy in Muslim countries by sending troops in, as it did in Iraq, sounds like a strategy Stalin would have used. But after World War II, it was the economic support provided by the U.S. through the Marshall Plan that saved countries like Italy from becoming communist states. Bolstering the economies of Muslim countries striving for democracy would have been a better response than exporting war. Maurizio Muraca Rome Five years after 9/11, our nation ought to be as united as it was on that tragic day. We should have held on to the outpouring of global goodwill...
...there are no illusions about who holds the power. Nazarbayev has been in charge since 1989, when he first became the Communist Party boss. Before that, he had served as Prime Minister since 1984. Last December, he gained another seven years in office, having won a carefully orchestrated election claiming 91% of the vote. He says it will be his last term. Key opposition leaders, who are all former allies and top officials of Nazarbayev, have not fared well. Former Energy Minister Mukhtar Ablyazov was jailed in 2002 for embezzlement and misuse of state funds. A year earlier former Prime...
...help the development of democracy in Muslim countries by sending troops, as it did in Iraq, sounds like a strategy Stalin would have used. But after World War II, it was the economic support provided by the U.S. through the Marshall Plan that saved countries like Italy from becoming communist states. Bolstering the economies of Muslim countries striving for democracy would have been a better response than exporting...
...Last night, crowds overwhelmed riot police, torched cars, and occupied the headquarters of Hungarian state TV. An estimated 100 were injured. While such popular protests are common in some European countries, such as France, they remain the exception in the post-communist East, which makes the current outburst all the more surprising...