January 10, 2007
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How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love India's Bomb
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In December, President George W. Bush signed a law that allows the United States to trade civilian nuclear material and technology with India, reversing decades of U.S. protestations over India's flouting of the global nonproliferation regime in a bid for a new strategic partnership. At the signing, Bush called the deal "an important move for the whole world." Last summer, Ashton Carter defended the agreement in the pages of Foreign Affairs, even as he conceded that it was somewhat premature and tilted in India's favor. Now, in a new postscript, he asks who will be proved right: the critics fearing the deal's impact on proliferation or the advocates hoping for a U.S.-Indian rapprochement?
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Trouble in Palestine
December 20, 2006
As violence escalated last week among factions competing for power in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suddenly announced early elections. Whether Abbas' Fatah party can unseat the radical Hamas remains unclear, as does the future of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. . . . Read more
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Tenacious R&D
December 6, 2006
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. . . . Read more
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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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