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...Idei was, after all, a Sony man who had grown up in the company; as such, he was subject to the dynamics of feudal loyalty that governed its ways. Stringer stands outside the firm's hierarchical family system. His inherent foreignness may well provide him a degree of freedom to maneuver, which none of his illustrious predecessors enjoyed. His challenge will be to integrate Sony's electronics and entertainment businesses, which depend on content creation and distribution, into the single value chain that has been Idei's vision for Sony. If Stringer fails, Japan's business community might experience...
...statement has been seized by nationalistic lawmakers as an opportunity to reinforce Japanese culture. A subcommittee involved in the revision recently submitted proposals that recommended, for example, restoring Shinto to a privileged, state-funded religion; banning books "that have a detrimental effect on young people's upbringing"; and limiting freedom of assembly. But Stringer's appointment suggests that at least one icon of modern Japan is prepared to take the second course, and open up even more to the world...
...They emphasized poverty and economic development over military action. They assumed, perhaps naively, the best about human nature. It has been clear from the start that if President Bush was serious about his lovely rhetoric of freedom, his policy would have to involve more than the use of force. He would have to make a leap of faith about the ability of oppressed, impoverished and largely uneducated people to govern themselves. He is now midair in that leap and working without a net. "All the world is witnessing your great movement of conscience," Bush said at the National Defense University...
...Hizballah's power reflects a larger truth about the pitfalls of democracy in the region. "The religious fundamentalists are the only real countervailing power to the local oligarchs," a Middle Eastern diplomat told me. "There may be, as President Bush believes, a general desire for freedom, but the number of people who really understand democracy and free-market economics is very small, and it's groups like Hizballah that are ready to move into the vacuum...
...political future in question, Nasrallah is determined that Hizballah will help control its destiny. Hizballah's show of force has emboldened Syria and its allies to reassert their influence. Emile Lahoud, Lebanon's pro-Syria President, announced the reappointment of Prime Minister Omar Karami, who had resigned during the freedom protests. Syrian President Bashar Assad gave U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen a timetable late last week for pulling all Syrian forces out of Lebanon. While that assurance may temporarily placate U.S. demands, President George W. Bush has vowed to keep up the pressure on Syria...