Word: easternism
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...other was Roy Jenkins, all of 30 years ago), Barroso usefully combined in one person a variety of European constituencies. As the former Prime Minister of Portugal - a fascist dictatorship until the 1970s - he was expected to understand the aspirations of the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe; as an economic liberal and an Atlanticist - but not an Anglo-Saxon - he should have been able to bridge the gap between new and old Europe that opened up before the Iraq war. Above all, he was a fresh face. The two previous presidencies, led by Jacques Santer of Luxembourg...
...clearance from public affairs before you did an interview. We've eliminated that because we want people to speak out. It's like what Ed Murrow used to say: "Public diplomacy needs to be in at the takeoff, not just the crash landing." ANY SURPRISES DURING YOUR MIDDLE EASTERN LISTENING TOUR LAST YEAR? When I was in Saudi Arabia, women there kept saying, "Your media said this, your media said that," and I finally realized they were talking about an Oprah Winfrey show about domestic violence in Saudi Arabia. Because they don't understand the independence of our media, they...
...With a sharp eye for the contemporary obsession with Eastern homeopathy, the weavers have dubbed their cloth "ayurvastra"-referring to the ayurvedic principles on which production is based. After cleaning, the raw yarn is coated with a natural gum, and it's then soaked in medicinal dyes prepared with pomegranate, turmeric and indigo, among others. "The idea is that immunity levels are raised when using these medicinal textiles and the body reaches a certain mental and physical equilibrium," explains Rajan, a weaver sporting one of the society's simple, hand-woven tunics...
...threat of a resurgent Iran, with its nuclear ambitions and its crude new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has concentrated the minds of both Western diplomats and Middle Eastern Sunni governments. Suddenly the prospect of a permanent Iraqi government dominated by Iran-friendly religious Shi'ites seems a more pressing problem. "If the negotiations in Iraq do not yield a government acceptable to Sunnis," the Middle Eastern diplomat told me, "we could be looking at a civil war that becomes a regional conflict...
When course instructor Avi Matalon, who is assistant professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, received an e-mail from a student whose online grade report showed a C for the class but who had actually received an A-, he realized something was wrong...