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Further, the University has a contractual agreement with government agencies requiring the latter to respect the academic independence of scholars, according to Ashton B. Carter, professor of science and international affairs...
Seldom have I read a more disappointing interview than the one given by Baroness Ashton [March 8]. In it she seems unable to address issues of substance. She seems wishy-washy not only on European foreign policy objectives, but also on her duties. Witness her platitudes such as "my job is to keep traffic moving" and "my job is to move the policy on. Not just for the E.U., but other parts of the world." The lady is certainly living up to the disappointment felt in some quarters at her selection as Europe's top diplomat. Truly, Europe (and those...
...that "if Europe wants to become a global power to rival the U.S. and China then it needs to stop acting like a collection of rich, insular states and start fighting for its beliefs." Simon Robinson's story, accompanied by an interview with Europe's new Foreign Minister Catherine Ashton and an impassioned column by Kishore Mahbubani, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, prompted readers and European leaders alike to write. Some thought our assessment was spot on, plenty that we had got it all wrong. To encourage further debate, we publish here...
...problem appears to be the lack of global power to rival that of the U.S. and China. But in fact, Europe's biggest problem is extensive power over its citizens, who at the same time have almost no influence over Europe's political system. Europe's Foreign Minister, Catherine Ashton, says in TIME that democracy and human rights are Europe's ideals. We have not seen much evidence of that...
...bamboozled him with "overly rosy forecasts" that were more thorn than flower. After burrowing into the F-35's cost and schedule, President Obama's Pentagon team - including Bush Administration holdover Gates - recently discovered deep-rooted problems. "Things are more complicated than people imagined they were going to be," Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, told reporters earlier this month. "You can't control costs, you can't control schedule if you're being unrealistic about costs and schedule...