Regional security in the 21st century

Regional security in the 21st century

Ali Alatas Former Indonesian Foreign Minister Singapore

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan during the 1999 General Assembly session specifically raised this issue, thus sparking an international debate which may well continue for many years to come.

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Nemesis circles Bush and Blair

Leaders who lose wars, of course, tend to lose everything. So farewell Anthony Eden, Ayub Khan, General Galtieri ... But leaders who win wars can have a rough time of it, too. Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and FDR took some hard knocks at the hustings while battle still raged. Bush the elder went from hero to zero. And who was it the other day (yes - the Guardian) who found Tony Blair "as popular as Churchill"? War - even in the current barely recognisable version of the word - is also politics, because politics never stops.

3. YOMIURI: Will U.S.-China relations change?

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Will U.S.-China relations lift after APEC?

Yomiuri Shimbun

The Shanghai summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ended Sunday after adopting a statement that calls for international cooperation to fight terrorism.

It was a great achievement that 20 countries and territories of the Pacific Rim--with their diversified religions and political systems--could agree on a common stance against terrorism.