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Since taking office on May 16, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's pace has wowed almost everyone. At home, he rammed through reform legislation aimed at encouraging work, cutting taxes, fighting crime and clamping down on immigration. Abroad, he helped break the logjam over the European Union's institutional setup, negotiated the freedom of six Bulgarian medics imprisoned in Libya and strengthened Franco-American relations over a vacation lunch with U.S. President George W. Bush...
...recent news has been dominated by President Hugo Chavez's proposal for constitutional reform, outlined in a booming speech at the National Assembly that lasted so late into the night that lawmakers couldn't help but tuck into a bunch of empanadas in the legislative chamber. In the speech, whose transcript runs to 61 pages, Chavez ventured into the peculiar with a proposal to build artificial islands in order to consolidate Venezuela's presence in the Caribbean. And then, of course, there was his proposal to remove presidential term limits as well as to increase the term of office from...
...summit's most practical results are likely to come in the area of structural reform, which even Colin Heseltine, director of the APEC Secretariat in Singapore, describes as "rather dry." So far the organization has focused on reducing red tape, tariffs and other barriers between borders. It now wants to move behind borders, helping members harmonize their approach to business competition and regulation, product standards and corporate governance. A recent study at the Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific estimated that fully implementing such reforms would add over $100 billion a year to APEC's collective...
...Extensive gerrymandering may leave the Islamists with the highest number of seats but without enough to form the next government. Will the monarchy nudge other parties to form a governing alliance with the PJD? It might be a smart move. It would bolster the King's image as a reformer, while in reality he would retain all the levers of power. But that would not necessarily be a good deal for the PJD. The monarchy is famous for co-opting its political opponents by allowing them to enjoy the trappings of power without real clout. Being in opposition allows...
...with roots in the Anatolian heartland, where economic success is valued as highly as piety. Its leaders, Gul among them, have renounced Islamism, or the belief that Islam has a role in guiding affairs of state. Gul himself holds a Ph.D. in economics and spearheaded Turkey's efforts to reform its economy and legal system to bring it in line with European Union norms...