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...this time and in the near future, there's no threat," was all Alexander Vorobyev, the head of Russia's civilian space agency, was willing to concede...
...hard to bear thinking about what would have happened if there had been astronauts aboard either ship - but space officials can't afford not to think about it. There is currently no international treaty governing space debris, though the U.S., Russia, Japan, France and the European Space Agency have rules they follow to keep the junk to a minimum. Additionally, an international committee overseen by most of the world's space agencies consults on the issue. Still, it's a problem that isn't going away...
Beinart says: "America won World War II." Sorry. Wrong! He missed the small matter of Britain, Australia, Canada, South Africa, other Commonwealth countries, Free French, Poles and Russia. It is time that the American attitude of "If we are in it, we won it" died. After all, you are usually late. John Steers, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND...
...Europe, he is likely to hear a cacophony of confusion. For Europe - be it the European Union or the European members of NATO - has no clear consensus on strategic priorities or how they should be pursued. That applies to challenges from Afghanistan and Guantánamo to Iran and Russia. The Obama Administration may want to cast aside the hawkish unilateralism of the Bush era and its divide-and-rule methods that so jarred European sensitivities. But as the new President will quickly find, Europe is quite capable of dividing itself without outside help...
...Nonetheless, there is still hope that Biden's promise to listen marks a change in itself. Ulrike Guérot, of the European Council of Foreign Relations in Berlin, says that by merely pressing the reset button - and not just on Russia - the U.S. could expect Europe both to engage and to develop its own strategic priorities. "Europe will be reluctant to always say yes - and we have different approaches, with some going for more military solutions, some more aid," she says. "But just by embracing Europe as a partner, [the U.S.] will help European countries deliver common answers...