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...Taiwan economy that has struggled in recent years to find new sources of growth. In addition, a warmer China-Taiwan relationship alleviates a thorny diplomatic and security problem for the U.S. Its historic support of Taipei is a point of contention between Beijing and Washington. Now, "the likelihood of war has decreased," says Li Jiaquan, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Taiwan Studies in Beijing. "This is good not just for Taiwan and China...
...people abroad, Obama's greatest achievement is casting off the paranoia of the Bush-Cheney era. Opening up to Iran and Syria, getting closer to Turkey and dissociating the war on terror from the vast Muslim world are good signs. The test as always will be Israel/Palestine - and his window of opportunity may be no wider than the next 100 days. Will he define his vision of the two-state solution as compared to Netanyahu and Lieberman's: more settlements, cantonization and no control over water rights or travel? Lieberman has said, "Believe me, America accepts all our decisions." Will...
...World War II, Germans trekked west to surrender to Americans rather than to Russians, believing they would be treated humanely. Instead of torturing them, we offered them the Marshall Plan - a shining moment in U.S. history. I hate to see the honor of those Americans squandered in CIA torture chambers. Mike Burch, NASHVILLE...
...Arabia's economy went through a long-drawn-out slowdown as oil revenues plummeted for most of the 1980s. After a spike when Iraq invaded Kuwait, prices weakened again in the 1990s, even as Saudi struggled to pay off its (large) chunk of the bill for the first Gulf War. At the height of the Asian financial crisis in 1998, oil prices had fallen to just $12 a barrel. This meant that Saudi Arabia - which sells its precious black gold at a discount, on average - was getting just $7 a barrel. Deficit financing was the only solution, and the government...
...Washington A New Warlord in Afghanistan General David McKiernan is being replaced as the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan by three-star Army Lieut. General Stanley McChrystal. It's the first dismissal of a wartime general since that of Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. The appointment of McChrystal, a former special-ops chief credited with orchestrating the capture of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, signifies a more pointed, aggressive military posture in Afghanistan...