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William S. Marshall, a research fellow at KSG’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and supporter of the Liberal Democrats Party, said he thought Blair’s expected victory would prove “problematic” for the United Kingdom...
...apparent contradiction in that exchange gets to the crux of Ridley Scott's fascinating epic Kingdom of Heaven. The film, written by novelist William Monahan, constantly poses thorny questions on the nature of military goals and religious beliefs. It raises these issues for viewers and, crucially, for itself. And it keeps juggling its conundrums up to the climax and beyond...
...Christian knight Godfrey (Liam Neeson) enlists his illegitimate son Balian in the Crusades. Godfrey's hope is that they can fashion "a kingdom of conscience, a kingdom of heaven" where "there is peace between Christian and Muslim." Well, one way for peace to come to the region would be for the Christians to leave. That doesn't suit Godfrey and his men. They are soldiers for Christ. They have a mission to achieve, and they will do it, by God. Their God, that...
...seem implausible, but perhaps Australia is exerting its own soft power on the Middle Kingdom. Think of all those students, like Lily Liao, who say they've become "Australianized," who cherish the freedoms and friendships they've found in their second home. Or the brightest Australian graduates, who can't wait to pack their bags for a gig in Shanghai. When Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympics, Australians will have been behind the scenes there for years; a number of Games venues will have been conceived in Australian design and architectural offices...
...Chinese government handles them. The signs domestically since the disaster of the Tiananmen Square killings in 1989 have been reassuring, but the challenges are enormous. China's foreign policy skills will also be tested as it manages what it calls its "peaceful rise." Will it revert to traditional Middle Kingdom ways of thinking about its neighbors and thereby generate a backlash? It is not just relations between Beijing and Washington that Australia may have to navigate skillfully, but relations between Beijing and Tokyo (still by far Australia's largest export market) as well. To deal with the challenges ahead, Australian...