| 来源类型 | Commentary |
| 规范类型 | 评论 |
| Much Smoke, No Fire | |
| James Andrew Lewis James Andrew Lewis Anthony H. Cordesman | |
| 发表日期 | 2006-11-21 |
| 出版年 | 2006 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 概述 | If the Americans of the 19th century behaved as many Americans do today$we would still be a nation of farmers$living somewhat like the Amish with their reliance on horses and hand power. This is because an exaggerated aversion to risk shapes discussion (from... As the multi-faceted impact of the AIDS hyper-epidemics across southern Africa continues to intensify$we are witnessing the development of dangerous new interactions that threaten the trajectory of national social and economic development. Recognition of the complex,... Yesterday's 85-12 vote in the U.S. Senate in favor of legislation permitting civilian nuclear cooperation between the United States and India is a major milestone in U.S.-India relations. The legislation is still has a long way to go; House and Senate versions of the bill... The regime of Robert Mugabe survives still$even as the Zimbabwean economy further collapses and personal freedoms suffer ever greater assaults. Indeed$having foiled the pressure of the West and the quiet diplomacy of its neighbors$and then having watched the opposition... On October 29$2006$the citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) voted for only the second time since receiving their independence in 1960 – this time for provincial legislative candidates and to pick between President Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba... After three years covering Africa for the Boston Globe$a few random thoughts about health issues looming ahead on the continent: With the advent of widespread antiretroviral treatment for AIDS patients$AIDS is thankfully becoming a chronic illness in some of the... There are many valid comparisons the US should make to its experience in Iraq and its experience in Vietnam. The Tet offensive is not one of them. Anyone who tracks the patterns of violence in Iraq knows that provoking a more intense civil war in Iraq became a strategy for... After decades of progress$grim numbers have been recorded in recent years on global hunger. This year$about 850 million people across the world do not have sufficient food. The number has been climbing. In most regions of the world$economic growth and... Americans like to think they are exceptional — and when it comes to demographics$they truly are. Elsewhere in the developed world$populations will soon peak and enter a gathering decline. Working-age populations are already shrinking in many developed... Biological weapons and materials$some of which are sitting in unguarded refrigerators$should at least be secured and accounted for$if not destroyed. This is especially true in former Soviet countries$though mutual concerns and suspicions dating from the Cold... |
| 摘要 | November 21, 2006 If the Americans of the 19th century behaved as many Americans do today, we would still be a nation of farmers, living somewhat like the Amish with their reliance on horses and hand power. This is because an exaggerated aversion to risk shapes discussion (from missile defense to free trade) in ways that the more confident America of the past could not have imagined. New technologies in particular excite this aversion, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) leads the pack when it comes to exa |
| URL | https://www.csis.org/analysis/much-smoke-no-fire |
| 来源智库 | Center for Strategic and International Studies (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/328124 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | James Andrew Lewis James Andrew Lewis Anthony H. Cordesman. Much Smoke, No Fire. 2006. |
| 条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 | |||||
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