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...broader relationship right now remains one of tension, unease, wariness and mutual distrust. It has clearly entered a very cool period. It was striking last week that China was barely mentioned in President Bush?s speech on missile defense, while the Russians were made out to be almost a partner in the initiative. Now the administration is sending one of its most senior defense officials to Russia to discuss the proposals - it's even sending the State Department's Number Two, Richard Armitage, to India for discussions over missile defense - but a far lower-ranking career diplomat is being sent...
...officers, administrators, students and faculty grow more tired and frustrated. While a violent outbreak is still unlikely, the only way to guarantee it won’t occur is to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Now is that time. Rudenstine, corporation members, student activists, please seize the mutual opportunity...
Bush reasons that the world has changed since the 1972 treaty was signed. The treaty had relied for deterrence on the absence of missile defenses—and thus a guarantee of mutual destruction after any first strike—to keep the peace between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. But in an age when dictators like Saddam Hussein could obtain nuclear weapons, a rogue state could launch an attack and might just be crazy enough to accept the horrible consequences. Bush’s arguments on those grounds, however, fall flat. Most terrorists or rogue states lack...
...dialoguing with student groups, but he must do so on a proactive, rather than a retroactive basis. A president that actively engages in soliciting students’ concerns rather than stamping out the fires caused by University stonewalling will go much further in creating an environment of openness and mutual respect...
Ultimately, though, Summers must do more than talk and listen; he must act. Dialogue itself is a worthwhile exercise, but it succeeds in fostering a community of peace, free interchange and mutual respect only insofar as it proves effective as a means initiating tangible change. This is not to suggest that the new administration must acquiesce to every student demand and recommended reform brought to the table, but it is to suggest that the administration must treat every student demand and recommended reform with seriousness and actually take steps to act on those issues where student and administrative interests...