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...CHARGED. Colonel Alexander Sava, Russian army officer, along with three other officers; with espionage, by Georgian authorities; in Tbilisi. Georgia's Interior Minister accused the men of spying on the country's military, and claimed they were planning a "serious provocation." Russia called the charges unfounded and recalled its ambassador in protest. Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi have steadily worsened since the 2004 election of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has pledged to move the country toward the West...
...Wherever you look in Europe, there is a palpable estrangement from U.S. values and rhetoric, at least as expressed by the leaders of the current Administration. What are the wellsprings of current sour European attitudes to the U.S., and how deep are they? How long will they last? How serious are their implications for the ability of the great democracies to work together to confront some of the most pressing issues facing the world? It's easy to dismiss Europe's current, curdled view of things American as something that will change over time. After all, it has done...
...both sides is united, including a surprising willingness to take military action against Iran if diplomacy fails to stop its nuclear program (53% in the U.S., 45% in Europe). More than 70% on both sides of the Atlantic rate terrorism, global warming, Islamic fundamentalism, global pandemics and immigration as serious threats over the next 10 years. The problem is that agreement on general ends can easily dissolve in hard choices over means. While Europe and the U.S. are singing from the same hymnal (more or less) on Iran, for example, not much pressure would be needed to provoke public disharmony...
...that reason, some close industry watchers doubt whether Lloyd's apocalyptic tone will revise anything. Andrew Dlugolecki, an independent climate-change consultant and a veteran of the insurance industry, says, "It's good that they have spoken out, but I don't see them as serious in changing the insurance industry." That sentiment is echoed by Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network, which has successfully lobbied Bank of America, Citibank and major U.S. retailer Home Depot to change their sustainable-development positions. "If you want to be an environmental leader, then you need to switch from relying...
...there enough momentum to keep this industry movement going? There seems to be. Whereas insurers used to pass off environmental liability onto government, they now believe that climate change is so serious a threat to their business that they can't wait for government to take the initiative. "The industry is crucial to the functioning of the global economy," says Andrew Logan, energy and finance program director at the ethical-investment organization CERES. As the storm season winds down, activists pray the industry doesn't lose focus. "If there isn't a big hurricane season this year, it could slow...