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...that the model you're looking at for Greece, the Nordic model? I would say the Nordic model, of course with its Mediterranean dimension. Of course, we have a different cultural style, I think a more anarchistic kind of character. If you free that, in a well-defined framework, that can become a very innovative force...
...staunch pro-European nation. I think Europe is in a transition, but I think it's a very important transition. I would say it's from being a peace project - which it still is - to being a model for a globalized society, a prototype for a globalized society. Europe began after the Second World War, so it basically was the dream to say: "Never again, war on this continent." And as a matter of fact, it has succeeded in bringing in countries, making them more democratic. Greece, Spain, Portugal initially, then the Central and Eastern European countries. It still...
Additionally, Harvard was awarded a second grant to improve an existing model to predict fires in shrub and grasslands in California, the Southwest, and other forest areas. The team will also work with NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies to assess the effects of climate change on the length of the wildfire season in North America...
...always because of what we do or don't do. It's an instinct that won't disappear in the face of U.S. concessions or growing Chinese wealth. If the U.S. keeps waiting for China to get rich enough or developed enough to buy easily into the American model of the world, then it will wait forever...
...Strategic and Economic Dialogue - which is sort of like an annual parent-teacher conference with China. The slow-moving dialogue drives issues at a pace largely irrelevant to what they demand and removes the chance for spontaneity. The U.S.-China joint reaction to the financial crisis is a better model: it was and is informal and constant, based on working groups that evolve and move at adjustable paces. Keeping this organized will demand a single figure in Washington who can handle every element of the discourse, and Obama should be considering this too. He needs someone who can play chess...