Challenges ahead<\/p>\n
After this year's Awakening Day, we should be more motivated
\nin moving along development and realizing the ideals of
\nPancasila.<\/p>\n
We have noted two important things in this year's celebration,
\nwhich makes it different from the previous years.<\/p>\n
First, as President Soeharto stated, we are entering a new
\nphase of development and preparing for the \"take-off\" era. This
\n\"take-off\" is going to be a rapid movement towards substantial
\nnational growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n
Second, we have come to the time when the younger generation
\nmust ready itself to assume the responsibility that is now held
\nby the present regime.<\/p>\n
In view of the complexity of the future challenges, separatist
\nattitudes, sectarianism and primordialism should be cast away.
\nThese negative attitudes can only hinder the way towards unity
\nand implementation of the previously agreed concept of Pancasila.<\/p>\n
-- Suara Pembaruan, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Pacific community<\/p>\n
In Asia, consider China and Japan. As partners of the U.S.,
\nthey can lay the foundations for a prosperous and stable Asia
\nthat, in turn, underpins the dream of the Pacific community which
\nClinton unveiled in Seattle last year.<\/p>\n
As antagonists of the U.S.-Asian relations, they also
\ncomplicate Asian efforts to create a secure regional system.<\/p>\n
The U.S., which in so many ways has been a balancing wheel in
\nAsia, enjoys important advantages in bringing such a system into
\nbeing. Yet, its relations with China are bogged down by a dispute
\nover human rights, while its trade differences with Japan lurch
\nfrom one stalemate to another.<\/p>\n
Washington's relations with its two most important Asian
\npartners in the lead-up to what is being called the Pacific
\nCentury capture the essence of its problems. International
\naffairs are in swift transition.<\/p>\n
The U.S. is the only superpower now, a fact that gives it
\nrelative advantages over emerging powers. But these advantages
\nneed to be pursued, actively and consistently, to secure both
\nAmerica's own long-term interests and the prospects of a stable
\ninternational order.<\/p>\n
That does not appear to be happening.<\/p>\n
--The Straits Times, Singapore<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/challenges-ahead-1447899208", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }