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...painted the U.S. in a favorable light, the former dean of the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) and a former marine explained to an audience of about 30 yesterday. In a panel discussion entitled “The Role of the Military in Exercising Soft Power,” Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations Joseph S. Nye and former captain and current KSG student Nathaniel Fick argued that the military has to uphold its image as a positive force by using soft power in constructive ways. Nye, who has worked for the State Department, defined soft power...
Officials do not know. The daily newspaper may have merited attack simply because its primary owner is a prominent member of the Saudi royal family, whose intimate ties to the U.S. have provoked the wrath of dissident Muslim extremists. Prince Khaled bin Sultan is a nephew of King Fahd's, a son of the current Defense Minister and brother of the kingdom's present ambassador to Washington. Moreover, Khaled was the senior commander of Arab forces during the 1991 Gulf War. It was during this conflict that the kingdom opened its borders to soldiers of the U.S.-led coalition...
...Midival Punditz Midival Times The names Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj aren't as familiar as their sound, which combines electronica with Indian music. On their second album, Midival Times, the duo probe deeper into the classics with the help of stars like Ustad Sultan Khan and tabla supremo Zakir Hussain. The production is still as clean as computer code and the tracks retain a dance feel, but they are more measured and the beats are as likely to be hammered out by hand as manufactured on a synthesizer. The languid Raanjhan is the definitive track here. Saathi, featuring...
...since Fahd began his decade-long health decline with a stroke in 1995. Fears of a messy succession struggle subsided when immediately after announcing Fahd's death following a bout with pneumonia Monday morning, Saudi television also declared that Abdullah would become King and that he had named Prince Sultan, 77, the powerful head of the Saudi armed forces, who recently recovered from colon cancer, as his crown prince and heir apparent. Sources close to the Saudi leadership tell TIME that top members of the royal family gathered at the hospital in the early morning hours after hearing of Fahd...
...Saudi sources also tell TIME that there is a behind-the-scenes battle underway for the No. 3 slot, which would position another prince to succeed as King after Abdullah and Sultan die or relinquish the post. An important factor is seniority in the line of succession, which is restricted to the sons of Ibn Saud. But competence and Byzantine family politics also play a part. The current contest pits influential Interior Minister Prince Nayef, who is known for appeasing the Kingdom's hard-line religious figures for the sake of maintaining their political backing for the regime, against...