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...parsimony? U.S. officials argue that resettling Iraqis will accelerate the country's brain drain. Admitting large numbers of Arabs also raises anxieties among some Americans that terrorists could slip in--even though refugees are among the most exhaustively screened migrants. But Bush Administration critics say the biggest reason Washington has been slow to act is that doing so would be an admission of failure in Iraq. Says Harold Koh, dean of Yale Law School and former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: "If the U.S. government were to do an active resettlement regime for Iraqi refugees...
...China emerges as an international power [Jan. 22], the West must be wary of a brain drain. In order to be a manufacturing giant, the Chinese must get all the know-how as well. As capitalist businesses become increasingly focused on earning quarterly profits through low-cost production, they lose sight of the greater long-term value of their intellectual resources and will lose their markets in the end. The Chinese have a reputation for endurance. Alan Benson Berlin...
...China emerges as an international power [Jan. 22], the West must be wary of a brain drain. In order to be a manufacturing giant, the Chinese must get all the know-how as well. As capitalist businesses become increasingly focused on earning quarterly profits through low-cost production, they lose sight of the greater long-term value of their intellectual resources and will lose their markets in the end. The Chinese have a reputation for endurance. Alan Benson Berlin...
...China emerges as an international power [Jan. 22], the West must be wary of a brain drain. To be a manufacturing giant, the Chinese must get the know-how. As capitalist businesses become more focused on quarterly profits through low-cost production, they lose sight of the long-term value of their intellectual resources and risk losing their markets...
...institutions in Europe and the Arab world to halt the flow of capital to Iran's oil sector. The idea is that through a combination of moves--projecting military muscle, squeezing Iran's oil lifeline and securing U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran's nuclear industry--the U.S. can drain Ahmadinejad's popular support and force the mullahs to bend to international demands to stop enriching uranium, the first step to a nuclear bomb...