Word: isolationism
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Senior Palestinian leaders say Arafat is simply signaling that he is still in charge. What Arafat will not advertise, though, is his diplomatic isolation. No Arab leader, save Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, calls him anymore, and the Gulf states have better relations with Abbas. Jordanian diplomats, for their part, call...
In his thin cotton mask and makeshift welder's goggles, Dr. Li Li guards China's shifting front line against the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic. The young doctor oversees a new fever ward at the medical clinic in Biange township in central China's largely rural Hebei province...
"I don't understand how the government can build something like this without talking to us first," says Lin, who offered us a swig of the rice wine-and-beer concoction he's been guzzling to ward off SARS. "They tricked us," adds Shen Xianchang, the caretaker of the converted...
“Research thrives on openness and suffers in isolation,” he explained in his address, urging the government to take a “hands-off” approach to development, harnessing research both from universities and private industry—in effect, to shift the...
While much about the disease remains unknown, doctors and governments are increasingly confident that even simple prevention measures and surveillance are highly effective in slowing down or even halting the disease. Vietnam was able to end its outbreak through vigilant contact tracing and isolation of patients. Tightly controlled places such...