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...great deal of maturation still awaits China. We can't forget that it has only been really open to the world for 30 years under Communist rule. The country's basic tools of international affairs - like a robust national-security apparatus - are still under construction. And they have not yet been tested by crisis. China is ambitious, to be sure, but it is too insecure to be audacious yet. In the next 10 years, this will change. China will build a global-size foreign policy apparatus just as it has built stadiums and airports. But will this framework be crafted...
...false, now is a good time to look at where the 2012 presidential race really stands. And while engaging in punditry about a contest several years off is always good fun, the exercise better serves to examine the political health of the incumbent - which is, it turns out, surprisingly robust. (See pictures of Barack Obama's first year in the White House...
...much history - and past conflict - to be able to speak with one foreign policy voice. Perhaps they never will. But one thing is certain: Europeans have learned that to live together peacefully, many points of view need to co-exist. That may be interpreted as presenting a less-than-robust political presence on the world's stage, but, in my opinion, it shows the richness that makes up the European identity, which is plainly prominent on the world stage...
Based on the first of Stieg Larsson's internationally best-selling trilogy of crime novels, Dragon Tattoo has earned nearly $85 million abroad. The movie might be expected to lure fans of the books, and the enthusiastic reviews (a robust 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes) should attract other curious moviegoers. So far, the movie has earned $840,000 in 10 days - a decent start for a movie with subtitles. The film will expand its theater base in the coming weeks, and we'll see if there's room in the 3-D blockbuster marketplace for a smart thriller that...
...professor Abraham “Avi” Loeb, who is writing a book about how the first galaxies were created, called Frebel a pioneer, and said he believes this research puts the theory that the galaxy was formed out of small building blocks “on more robust ground...