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...long-promised political reforms, delegating many of his powers to the now subdued Majlis (lower house of Parliament), Cabinet and judiciary. "Even if they were necessary to get the country to where it is now, authoritarian ways have exhausted themselves," says Asylbek Bisenbayev, formerly Nazarbayev's spokesman and top strategist...
...long-promised political reforms, delegating many of his powers to the now subdued Majlis (lower house of Parliament), Cabinet and judiciary. "Even if they were necessary to get the country to where it is now, authoritarian ways have exhausted themselves," says Asylbek Bisenbayev, formerly Nazarbayev's spokesman and top strategist. Getting the country where it is now has taken guts, though. "Back in 1991, there was no money, no food, no nothing," says noted Kazakhstan economist Rakhman Alshanov, a mastermind behind the early 1990s liberal economic reforms. Nazarbayev had to rule by decree. He twice dissolved the Parliament - and gave...
...Chávez is also a polarizing figure at home. Although his approval ratings are in the high 50s, there is growing impatience with the country's stubborn unemployment and violent crime. Teodoro Petkoff, an erstwhile socialist leader who is a campaign strategist for Chávez's main opponent in the December presidential election, Manuel Rosales, says Chávez's "21st century socialism" is only a short-term fix. "The real fight against poverty is a fight against unemployment," Petkoff says. Others complain that Chávez is a Castro wannabe who has subverted Venezuela's democratic institutions, especially the courts...
...stakes and the expected closeness of this fall's election, it is no surprise that a new generation of them has mobilized in recent months. At least three groups--two that tilt Democratic and one Republican--are already generating controversy. Another, the September Fund, led by Hillary Clinton strategist Harold Ickes, is just getting under way. With the Democratic Party far behind Republicans in fund raising, this group of operatives hopes to reduce the G.O.P.'s advantage by raising $20 million to pour into advertising and other support for congressional campaigns and ballot initiatives...
...Fellows Committee chair, sport “the most diverse backgrounds in recent memory.†The other fellows include Congressional aide James F. Flug ’60, grassroots political organizer Karen Hicks, youth service corps leader Alan A. Khazei ’83, Republican communications strategist Christina Martin, and Ambassador George E. Moose. Each fellow will lead a study group open to the entire Harvard community. The Pakistani-born Falkner, who gained British citizenship in 1983, is a member of the “front bench,†or party leadership team, of the Liberal Democrats...