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US hard power must get harder
Oped, Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin, Published on 05/06/2025
» In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford gets his biggest laugh when a desert assassin twirls a scimitar with menacing bravado. Following this brief performance, Ford's character cracks a wry smile, takes out his pistol, and shoots the man dead. In a potential contest with China, the United States looks more like the medieval assassin, deploying young sailors and soldiers equipped with perilously outdated, vulnerable technology.
Should we study geoengineering a lot more?
Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 20/04/2023
» As our planet's climate heats up, so, too, does the debate about the boldest response to it: geoengineering, or the deliberate modification of the atmosphere to combat global warming.
Hymn to power
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/04/2022
» Re: "'Soft power' is not built upon sweet music", (Opinion, April 19), and "Milli's sticky rice and mango stunt grabs world's attention", (BP, April 18).
Masked question
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/10/2021
» Re: "Covid lessons from abroad", (Editorial, Oct 4).