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...acting through democracy-promoting ngos. Should Ukraine go further by applying to join nato, Russia could apply crippling economic sanctions, including cutting off energy supplies or blocking trade. The ice age that would descend is suggested by the withering view a bipartisan task force for the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations recently took of what Russia has already done in Ukraine: "A country that has in the space of a single year supported massive fraud in the elections of its largest European neighbor and then punished it for voting wrong by turning off its gas supply...
...Chinese, too, are clamoring for much larger deliveries of Russian oil and gas. But dependence on Russian energy comes at a political price. Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't hide his ultimate goal. Russia "must aspire to claim world leadership in the realm of energy," Putin told his Security Council last December. For the Kremlin, energy security equals Russian national security, and it won't shy away from making oil and gas significant tools of its foreign policy. The clearest sign came last winter, when the state-controlled gas behemoth Gazprom shut off supplies to Ukraine for several days...
...fully agree with Dean of the Facuty William C. Kirby’s assertion that Harvard’s ability to evolve is one of its greatest assets. From the completion of the Curricular Review to the downsizing of the Undergraduate Council, this year has clearly shown the importance of constant evaluation and revision of the structures and institutions on which we build our Harvard education...
Many people may scoff at the decision earlier this week by the Berkeley City Council to put a resolution on the Nov. 7 ballot calling for President Bush and Vice President Cheney to be impeached. After all, 74,000 voters of what is often referred to as The People's Republic of Berkeley can't legally oust the President and Vice President. But Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates thinks his city is simply ahead of its time, as it has often proved to be in the past...
...Stroger is expected to announce by week's end that he'll endorse his son Todd, a 43-year-old Chicago alderman, to replace him on the November ballot for the presidency, while recommending a close friend William Beavers, who also serves on the Chicago city council, to run for his seat on the Cook County Board. Currently, Stroger holds both positions himself, but under county rules, they may be occupied by two separate officeholders. "Todd Stroger has never been any kind of major player in the city council," noted Stewart. "It is essentially feudal law. The primogeniture system...