[lit-ideas] Re: Worst Case Scenarios
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:40:01 -0700 (PDT)
--- Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Chinese foreign policy is still mostly motivated by
> parochial concerns. Its officials are determined
> that
> Taiwan not become an independent country. They seek
> energy, and take it where they can get it. But this
> narrow foreign policy means that China is not asking
> itself large and difficult questions. Does Beijing
> want to be a stakeholder in the current
> international
> system? If so, on what terms? And most important,
> will
> it be willing to pay the price that comes with great
> global power?"
*Certainly there are responsibilities that come with
being a great global power and "a stakeholder in the
current international system". For example, George
Bush this week will have to entertain in the White
House Azarbaijan's tyrant, Ilham Aliyev.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/23/AR2006042301017.html
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