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Serbia must reform its government and society because the entire Balkan region lacks institutions and infrastructure of stable democracy, said Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in an address Friday at the Kennedy School of Government’s ARCO Forum...
...bring about reform, though, he said politicians will have to sacrifice popularity. The Serbian public does not have a perspective of long-term democracy and stability to call for proper reforms...
...problem is how to manage the pain of reform and the benefits that are in the future,” he added. “My idea now is to exchange emotional support through rational support...
...Harvard’s new corroboration rule is a huge step backward (Editorial, “Equal Under Law,” Sept. 20). This absurd policy mimics se xist corroboration laws that were in place until the 1970s when the women’s movement successfully fought for reform. The Crimson is also correct when it characterizes Harvard’s new policy as evidence the College is turning a blind eye to the serious problem of sexual violence on campus—a problem that disproportionately affects women students...
...little progress has been made on the issues of Palestinian reform, rebuilding PA security forces, easing the crippling burden of occupation for ordinary Palestinians and withdrawing Israeli forces. The Palestinians cite the Israeli presence as preventing reform; the Israelis say the continuing security threat necessitates their continued military presence. Indeed, they say, the comparative lull of the six weeks preceding last Wednesday's bombing was a result of their security actions foiling hundreds of planned attacks in the same period rather than of any change on the Palestinian side. And so the standoff continues, always on the brink...