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...territory” notwithstanding, when advanced technology happens to fall out of the sky, it is common practice for nations to take advantage of the opportunity. The U.S. would surely have seized a similar chance; in fact, the last time America managed to get its hands on a sunken Russian submarine, it investigated the ship thoroughly. Though it is unfortunate that military secrets might be lost, nothing can be done now, and we can only hope that the crew destroyed as much sensitive equipment as it could...
...wave of terrorist bombings in the Russian northern Caucasus late last month killed 23 people, including a 15-year-old girl, and wounded 144. In Rostov-on-Don, 1,100 km south of Moscow, the trial of Russian Colonel Yuri Budanov on charges of murdering an 18-year-old Chechen girl resumes next week. Both events highlight the madness of Russia's tragic Chechen quagmire...
...Budanov, 38, was a rising star in the Russian army when he came back to Chechnya as commander of the 160th tank regiment in September 1999. He was a hardened veteran of both Chechen wars, having earned two medals for valor and two early promotions that put him on the fast track to a general's stars. But that brilliant military career went off the rails when Budanov became the first high-ranking Russian officer to be charged with what amounts to a war crime: the abduction and premeditated murder of Kheda Kungayeva. Full Story...
...Bush will need perfect pitch. Some may dismiss his verbal "realism" as the bluster of a green President who wants to puff up his toughness and resolve. Others may see the candor as a sign of overt hostility--and simply stop listening. Bashing Russia fuels anti-American forces in Russian society. Isolating North Korea doesn't reduce its threatening missiles. The Aegis could hurt rather than help Taiwan's security. How, asks Brookings Institution senior fellow Ivo Daalder, will Washington get competitors to "work with us when we're poking them in the eye"? Bush may find that tough talk...
...raptures to horsepower and the Brooklyn Bridge. Cyberspace and digital technology have some of the same glamour and promise, but the romance of technology has long since wilted. After two world wars and Three Mile Island, who can take seriously the militant modernity of the Italian Futurists or the Russian Constructivists? What artists want now is to use new technologies without falling for them...