[What impact the earthquake may have on the politics of the disputed region remains unclear. So far, the opposing sides have been unwilling to coordinate relief efforts, although] both Indian and Pakistani politicians are concerned about putting on a good show and getting up there and demonstrating they're active,.. But it may also have affected some of the Pakistani-based terrorist groups that have operated in India-administered Kashmir.
Stephen Cohen
The United States right now is going through a difficult period in the Middle East, where there is a great deal of animosity toward the United States in the streets,.. It's important now for the United States to be doing things to lower the level of hostility in the region, to be in the position to engage elements of the Arab world in a more important dialogue that would engender some respect.
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People saw this as a sign of his own weakness -- that he had to run to the Americans for protection. The United States is not the most popular country in Pakistan.
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Both sides have tried all alternatives - ranging from ignoring the other side (India), to the use of force (Pakistan), to the threat of the use of force (India again). Now both sides have run out of options other than to sit across the table and talk.
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It's like E-ZPass for your credit card. It's faster than cash and it's a better alternative because you have the record that you made the purchase.
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We think it's hard to draw an accurate conclusion about customer service based on singular visits to three branches.
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Banks are dealing with a lot of back-room processing when they say it takes several days or so.
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Pakistan already has a similar law but its record speaks for itself.
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We were tied up in Korea; we were worried about the Russians. And, conceivably, they said 'nuclear' because they didn't want him to do anything for India; that this was a way of raising the stakes so high as to make it not an option.
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This is a radically different way of interacting with money transfers than what people are used to.
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But critics of the war have no reason to regret their views.
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On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold.
Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine's protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia.
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The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad.
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There remains, however, the hope, at least in Russia, that, as sometimes happens in history, the memory of lost alternatives will one day inspire efforts to regain them.
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