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Mahan's book, which Roosevelt devoured in one reading, is at first sight a detailed account of the many battles fought by the British Royal Navy as it rose to become sovereign of the seas. But it is much more than that, for Mahan claimed to have detected the principles that underlay the workings of sea power, and had determined the rise and fall of nations. With great skill, the author showed the intimate relationships among productive industry, flourishing seaborne commerce, strong national finances and enlightened national purpose. Great navies did not arise out of thin air; they...
...participate in the Freshmen International Program (FIP). Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 approved the change after members of the Harvard Canadian Club complained about the fact that they had been excluded from the program. “We are international, we are from a sovereign nation,” said Lauren P.S. Epstein ’07, prime minister of the Canadian Club. FIP, sponsored by the Freshman Dean’s Office and the Harvard International Office, is an orientation program for “students who have not attended school in either...
...credible alternative - President Abbas is a spent force, and taking down the Hamas government means, effectively, destroying the Palestinian Authority itself. The resulting vacuum would force Israel to resume administrative control of an increasingly violent and chaotic West Bank and Gaza, territories over which Israel continues to maintain sovereign control. And that would wreck Olmert's plans to unilaterally redraw boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians on terms most favorable to Israel. Better to allow Palestinian infighting that will likely destroy any chance of creating a coherent Palestinian response to Olmert's plans. Then again, even if Israel doesn...
...uranium. Ghomi made it clear his government does not take kindly to being told what to do. Just as no one should interfere the internal affairs of Iraq, he said, the U.S. should not contemplate interfering in Iran. ?It?s our position that we want to be a sovereign and independent country, but the Americans seem to think they know better than us, that they know our own mind and that we do not want nuclear weapons,? he said...
...often said the border is its own country, "Amexica," neither Mexican nor American. "The border is not where the U.S. stops and Mexico begins," says Laredo mayor Betty Flores. "It's where the U.S. blends into Mexico." Both sides regard their sovereign governments as distant and dysfunctional. They are proud of their ability to take care of themselves, solve their problems faster and cheaper than any faraway bureaucrat. The Brownsville, Texas, fire trucks answer sirens on the other side; in Tijuana, Mexico, health clinics send shuttle buses every morning to meet people coming over for everything from dentistry to dialysis...