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By Bal(t)imoron, 3 months and 6 days ago

Sputnik Challenge II

Jaime Metzl sums up neatly what I've felt for a while, but with both the Beijing Olympics and the Georgian-Russian episode all the more urgently, in one metaphor: it's another «Sputnik moment.

The Beijing Olympics could be remembered as a new «Sputnik moment» for the US, inspiring the country to meaningfully face the music of a changing world. But America can make it so only by recognizing the great challenges it faces and taking bold steps towards addressing them, at home and with allies abroad.

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