December 6, 2006
Tenacious R&D
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China has just overtaken Japan as the world's second-largest spender on research and development, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reports — and its efforts are furrowing brows abroad. Yet spending alone might not be enough to overcome China's deep structural problems in this area. As George Gilboy pointed out in Foreign Affairs two years ago, China has traditionally imported technological processes wholesale, without investing in long-term capabilities of its own, and it has yet to develop a domestic R&D network linking innovative local firms, universities, and research centers. In other words, China is extremely dependent on technology from industrialized states and that could limit the country's growth down the road.
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Previously in Background on the News
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Good Morning, Vietnam
November 22, 2006
This has been a good month for Vietnam: on November 7, after a decade of negotiations, it finally secured a seat at the World Trade Organization, and this past weekend it hosted the annual APEC summit and earned lavish praise from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In fact, the country has had a good year in general: with an annual growth rate hovering at 8 percent, its economy is one of the fastest expanding in Asia. How has Hanoi worked its wonders? . . . Read more
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Turning Right on Red
November 8, 2006
Early results from Sunday's election show the former Sandinista guerilla leader Daniel Ortega as the likely next president of Nicaragua. The return to power of Ronald Reagan's foe is a symbolic blow for U.S. foreign policy and further evidence that Latin America is swerving to the left. But does it really bode ill? . . . Read more
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NATO's Renaissance
October 11, 2006
Last week, NATO assumed command over some 32,000 peacekeeping troops from 37 countries in Afghanistan, including 12,000 U.S. forces in the eastern part of the country. The move confirmed that the half-century-old organization has entered a new era — and is now facing unprecedented challenges. . . . Read more
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Foreign Affairs
Bestsellers
for December 2006
The topselling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during November 2006.
- State of Denial
Bob Woodward
- The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman
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3. The Future of Lebanon by Paul Salem (November/December 2006)
4. China's Leadership Gap by John L. Thornton (November/December 2006)
5. Danger and Opportunity in Eastern Europe by F. Stephen Larrabee (November/December 2006)
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