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  • In search of a foreign policy: Don't alienate. Integrate

    11/14/2005 12:48:53 AM PST · by baseball_fan · 6 replies · 371+ views
    International Herald Tribune ^ | NOVEMBER 9, 2005 | Richard N. Haass The New York Times
    NEW YORK What policy should the United States adopt toward China's rise? How should we greet India's emergence, Japan's new assertiveness, Europe's drift or the possible decline of Russia? How can the United States reduce terrorism, promote trade, stop nuclear proliferation and increase freedom? These are among the toughest questions on the foreign policy agenda, and right now Washington is trying to answer them without a compass. Containment, the doctrine of resisting Soviet and communist expansion, survived some four decades of challenge, but could not survive its own success. What we need is a foreign policy for both the post-Cold-War...
  • Boomtime For Ancient Ireland Traced To Sligo

    07/17/2004 10:28:44 AM PDT · by blam · 17 replies · 947+ views
    Boomtime for ancient Ireland traced to Sligo 16 July 2004 Archaeologists are finally in agreement that the Megalithic period in Ireland 'boomed' between the years 4200BC and 3500BC. The date controversy over the Irish Megalithic period - most significantly characterised by the Carrowmore site in Sligo - was put to rest at an archaeology conference in Sligo. The findings of the conference have just been released even though it took place two years ago. The Carrowmore site has one of the largest concentrations of Megalithic tombs in Western Europe. It pre-dates the Newgrange and Boyne complex and is older than...