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...global natural-resources grab. As a result, Japan outranked China in a June survey of soft-power effectiveness in six countries by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Far from China eclipsing Japan, as many once thought, the Middle Kingdom's emergence has actually reawakened international admiration of its neighbor. "There's a strong perception that China's not doing enough for people's rights," says Yasushi Watanabe, co-editor of a new book called Soft Power Superpowers. "Japan is more naturally accepted as a member of the international community...
...should be straight forward that studying abroad is for studying, but when your home-stay brother asks you for money to pay his school fees or your neighbor can’t afford malaria medicine, the line is suddenly blurred. It gets back to the idea of power and privilege...
...when Osama bin Laden made the country a base for his terrorist network. Many Kashmiri militants were trained in his camps as part of the global jihad. As long as there was a sympathetic regime in Afghanistan, Pakistan believed, it could stand up to India, its more powerful neighbor to the east. (See pictures of how the Afghan war is portrayed...
...still depends on its military presence). Dealing with a U.S. President committed to the same goal (rather than with President Bush, who had openly advocated a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq) will certainly help a Prime Minister under pressure from both his own electorate and his influential neighbor, Iran, to refrain from authorizing an extended U.S. presence. Neutralizing the presence of the Americans as an election issue will help al-Maliki fend off the challenge of rival Shi'ite parties...
...participants from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Libya, Turkey and elsewhere, representing Sunni and Shi'ite and other major strands of the religion. Catholic experts on Islam are also in attendance. The sessions have been built around the dual commandments in both religions: love of God and love of neighbor...