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This was the first Washington "summit" since 1994 convened by the National Review, the magazine that helped found the modern conservative movement, and I must say that its followers have several things going for them: they are decorous and erudite. The presidency of George W. Bush elicited polite disdain compared with the ferocious ideological nuking that Bill Clinton suffered at the hands of the left wing of his party when Democratic postmortems were held after the 1994 congressional debacle. The intellectual quality of the proceedings was impressive but, as is always the case with ideologues, myopic. Churchill was cited extravagantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joe Klein: How the GOP Lost Its Way | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...silent on the continent's economic strategy. It involves the New Partnerships for Africa's Development (nepad). Far from being a begging bowl, as many have misunderstood them to be, the partnerships are aimed at achieving political reform, sustainable economic growth and social justice. The China-Africa Summit that was held in China last year emphasized nepad as a long-term framework within which China should engage Africa. China is a critical player that Africa will work with strategically to establish fair procedures for international trade. As for colonization, the African people will ensure that it never happens again. Tshilidzi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rise of a New Superpower | 1/30/2007 | See Source »

ALWA A. COOPER ’08 of Summit, N.J. and Lowell House Associate Magazine Editor...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Harvard Crimson proudly announces the members of its 134th Executive Board | 1/30/2007 | See Source »

...allies proved reluctant to say anything officially about the mounting crisis. At a European Community summit in London last week the twelve leaders agreed to avoid criticizing Washington. In France, an assistant to Premier Jacques Chirac said, "We don't intend to add the least little grain of salt" to the Reagan Administration's wounds. West Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung succinctly summed up the mood of allied capitals by comparing it to "the sound of embarrassed coughing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: Strong Aftershocks | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

Accounts of the Reykjavik summit, albeit dense with rhetoric, tended to stick closer to the facts. If a story continues to have mileage as a propaganda vehicle, however, the Soviets are reluctant to drop it: two months after the Iceland meeting, the press is still explaining why Ronald Reagan's Space Defense Initiative should be curtailed and blaming the U.S. for the arms race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Different Degrees of Candor | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

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