Word: standoff
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...return to business as usual. But what impact has the spy plane standoff had on the broader U.S.-China relationship...
...fired missiles towards Taiwan in 1996; China did it after the U.S. bombed its embassy in Belgrade in 1999. Which is why Wednesday's mixed message suggests the Bush administration is not unanimous on just how deeply the U.S.-China relationship has been damaged by the Hainan spy-plane standoff...
...against the backdrop of a two week standoff in which the current administration’s unwillingness to engage in substantive and balanced dialogue with the student body has been shamefully exposed and openly critiqued, the anomalousness of having been offered a seat at the future president’s table was striking. Somewhat heartened, but equally perplexed I found myself wondering whether this type of event was just the type of discourse that students have been asking...
Undoubtedly, Secretary Powell’s strong and entirely appropriate action saved many lives and ensured that the current uneasy standoff did not erupt into a wider and more tragic conflict. The fact remains, however, that the Bush administration has not articulated, let alone put into action, any strategy aimed at getting the Middle East peace process back on track. Powell’s reaction was just that, a reaction. The United States has vital national security interests at stake and a peaceful, prosperous Middle East is what our foreign policy should be striving...
...University also, according to Fisher, is also not handling the situation well. Fisher says Harvard should approach the issue from an educational standpoint. The standoff, he says, gives the University an opportunity to teach students about social change...