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...More than two years of Sharon's hard-line tactics have failed to eliminate the terror threat; instead, the hard-line organizations behind it have grown even more influential over Palestinian political affairs. And 1,000 days of Palestinian suicide terror have not only failed to weaken Israel's grip on the West Bank and Gaza, they have actually strengthened it and all but killed off Labor, the party of Yitzhak Rabin and the traditional peace party, as a serious contender for power in Israel...
...Tiananmen Square massacre), while Jiang Zemin failed in 1999 against the meditation group Falun Gong. Another litmus test is the Party's relationship with the media. Now that public opinion has swung in Hu's favor, he could consolidate his power by loosening the censor's steely grip. This could give him leverage to fight bureaucratic resistance to needed institutional reforms. The option is there, but Hu hasn't taken...
...state broadcaster RAI. Last April he publicly called for the sacking of three left-leaning talk-show hosts - and they were duly fired. "Italy risks sliding into a regime without realizing it," warns opposition leader Francesco Rutelli. Despite the criticisms, Berlusconi has become the Prime Minister with the tightest grip on power in postwar Italian history. His approval ratings remain high. Success in politics, he says, requires the same key skill as success in business: salesmanship. "He is who he is," says Giuliano Ferrara, a Berlusconi confidant and editor of the conservative daily Il Foglio. "Berlusconi is an outsider...
...guided by its security concerns, and there may not be much more than symbolic gestures towards the Palestinians until the PA security forces launch a crackdown. Abbas may have previously argued that he is unable to act against Hamas and other militant groups until the Israelis have loosened their grip. But now Washington is setting the agenda, sending a team of 12 monitors to the region this weekend to oversee implementation of the "roadmap." And the Bush administration is expecting results from Abbas, and quickly. That may soon leave the new, and somewhat lonely Palestinian prime minister facing the unhappy...
...first two years in office, Summers has sought to tighten his managerial grip on the University’s different schools, particularly the College...