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Fu Ying, viceministrul de Afaceri Externe chinez a acordat un interviu pentru Spiegel:
We need to overcome the wall of distrust. If we only allow ourselves to be led by our own views, our own feeling, our own emotions, even our own values, then we will only create more problems.
(în imagine Ai Wei, dizidentul chinez eliberat luna aceasta după 81 de zile de detenţie pentru fraudă fiscală- poză de pe boston.com).
Omul, timpul şi spaţiul
The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time.
În plus, animaţia arată foarte tare.
A bit of wisdom
We should never think that spies are the solution. They’re part of the problem. But every new government that takes over the secret services is thrilled by them. A tired prime minister at the end of his day – bored by irritating committee work, cabinet work, all the trivial things he has to deal with – can open the other door and let in somebody who says, ‘What do you want me to do?’
Suddenly, the spook looks like a panacea – that’s how the Ameri
Etichete Technorati: spionican political scene has been deluded by this grotesquely incompetent CIA. It looks good at the moment because it found Osama bin Laden, but you might reasonably ask yourself why it takes six years to discover where a man’s living when you own Pakistan.
- John le Carre
Piaţa experţilor
Portretul excelent al expertului în politică externă:
We can build, based on the profiles of other specimens – Robert D Kaplan, Fareed Zakaria, Robert Kagan – a picture of what the ideal type looks like from the official point of view. Such an "expert" is usually one who has not studied the region, and especially not in any academic capacity. As a result, they do not possess any significant knowledge of its languages, histories or cultures. They are often vetted by the market, having produced a bestselling book or secured a job as a journalist with a major newspaper. They are not necessarily tied to the "official" narratives or understandings, and can even be portrayed as being "a critic" of the official policy. In other words, this profile fits one who doesn’t know enough.
Via The National.
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