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...maturing, the Crimson has certainly paid its dues.The Harvard men’s water polo team continued its brutal schedule this past weekend with a west coast trip to the Claremont Convergence, a California tournament that pitted the ECAC competitors against some of the top talent in the nation. The Crimson (2-7, 1-1 CWPA) suffered consecutive drubbings by No. 4 Pepperdine and No. 6 Loyola Marymount on Friday night and Saturday morning. But, disheartening results aside, Harvard seems fully aware of the benefit of facing such high-level opposition.“Obviously, the weekend didn?...
Since the establishment of official diplomatic relations in 1979, the United States and the People’s Republic of China have maintained a relatively stable relationship consisting of mutual engagement and careful dialogue. The benefits for both nations have been numerous, but some fear that this relationship constitutes complacency and weakness. For example, a committee chaired by former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz has argued that the American military should prepare for an all-out confrontation by constructing a new national missile defense system specifically targeted at China. For Wolfowitz—one of the chief architects...
...road certainly did not begin easily. In the first round of qualifying singles, Ko faced Duke’s Tara Iyer, ranked No. 60 in the nation...
...opportunity is there to move past the 30 year-old images of a defiant and frightening revolutionary Iran, and start encouraging cooperative behavior by engaging with Iran as the swiftly-developing nation and regional power it is," says Bernard Hourcade, an Iran specialist at France's National Center for Scientific Research. "The key is direct American involvement in relations, because renewed ties with the U.S. is what Iran wants most...
...Iran's biggest strategic concern is obtaining security assurances and accords, and the only nation that can provide those is the U.S." says Didier Billion, deputy director of the Institute on International and Strategic Relations in Paris. The logic behind that view is supported by Thomas Fringar, chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council and the senior analyst in Washington's intelligence community. In a recent preview of his council's Global Trends 2025 report, Fringar noted that Iran's leaders will eventually decide on whether to build nuclear weapons based on their assessment of their security environment."The United...