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...vote against sanctions that, if they are to have any meaning, will include Iran's oil and gas exports. What will you do? Few major powers practice a more coldly realist foreign policy than China. Beijing's external affairs are closely intertwined with its domestic policy, and the watchword that drives both is stability. Beijing seeks continued economic growth, because rising living standards provide the party's only claims to legitimacy. So the question is this: If he is not to veto sanctions on Iran, what can Hu get that he doesn't already have? For starters, there is North...
...constitution, with all the usual high-tone preambles? Like, why bother? A certain ennui with the great causes of the past, of course, does not translate into the sort of big C, red-in-tooth-and-claw conservatism familiar in the U.S. Labor market reform may be the watchword of European governments from Greece to Scandinavia, but defense of the "European social model" remains a potent rallying cry. Bush is still a figure of hate and ridicule. But something is happening in Europe, in its economics, social policies and beliefs. In the absence of big ideas, Europeans seem prepared...
...Nokia, Nortel and Persia Telecom. In a country where just 3% of the 26 million population has a landline, mobile links are vital. Market penetration is about 10% and rising. Three licenses awarded in 2003 - by the now-defunct Coalition Provisional Authority - expire on Dec. 22. Transparency is the watchword, says Siyamend Othman, CEO of the NCMC. Hearings, he pledges, will be held on Iraqi television "and we will be asking some tough questions to each bidder." Two years ago Egypt's Orascom Telecom, Kuwait's MTC Atheer and the Iraqi-Gulf consortium AsiaCell got the prizes, but potential bidders...
...post-9/11 world, fashion analysts have suggested, “security” is the new watchword not only in politics but also in clothing. With the uncertainty over the economy, the Iraq war and the threat of terrorism, there’s just no time for a sexy look. In such a world, it seems that fashionistas find the protective coverage of a blazer or knee-length skirt as comforting as voters find Bush’s “moral values...
Washington may be deeply divided over how the Bush administration took America into Iraq, but there is a remarkable unanimity in support of the President's resolve to finish the job. "Staying the course" has become the watchword of both the White House and the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, as well as Washington's most loyal allies, led by Britain's Tony Blair. The mood has been well summarized by Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic Studies: "It doesn't matter how we got here, we are here. And the priority for success is very high...