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August 30, 2007
Hot, Hot Sun
It has been three years.
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
Posted by Xiao at 12:06 PM | Comments (0)
August 17, 2007
新秋
Hearst Annex
安顿
从南开始
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August 15, 2007
The promise of noöpolitik
The next big revolution of the information age should occur in the realm of diplomacy. The United States has been undergoing a revolution in business affairs since the 1960s, and has also undertaken a revolution in military affairs (RMA) since the late 1980s. Now the time is ripe for a counterpart “revolution in diplomatic affairs” (RDA):
Diplomats will have to rethink what is “information,” and see that a new realm is emerging — the noosphere, a global “realm of the mind” — that may have a profound effect on statecraft.
The information age will continue to undermine the conditions for classic diplomacy based on realpolitik and “hard power,” and will instead favor the emergence of a new diplomacy based on what we call noöpolitik (nü–oh–poh–li–teek) and its preference for “soft power.”
Posted by Xiao at 09:19 PM | Comments (0)
August 05, 2007
双子灯塔
Morning, Captain's House
Alone with the waves.
Posted by Xiao at 08:05 PM | Comments (0)