Barack and Slumdog Millionaire

President Barack Obama pledged in his first TV interview—with the Arab satellite channel Al Arabiya—that America under his watch would listen with respect and not dictate to the world. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has further announced that this country will no longer just throw around its military might but will pursue a smart power approach by tempering the use of hard weaponry with the soft power of persuasion and cultural attraction. Or, as Madame Secretary's husband Bill has put it, America will now lead through the power of example instead of the example of power.
The first exceedingly complex test of Obama's smart power strategy will be how to end George W. Bush's misguided war on terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan, keeping al-Qaida at bay without being swallowed by the quagmire of tribal politics. An array of experts from New Delhi to Paris offers their views in this section.     

纪念《预防未成年人犯罪法》颁布十周年

1999年6月28日,第九届全国人大常委会第十次会议通过了《预防未成年人犯罪法》。《预防未成年人犯罪法》与1991年颁布的《未成年人保护法》共同构成了我国未成年人法律体系的两大支柱,也是我国法律体系中独具特色的组成部分。     

The Third Wave's Third Way

The profound consequences of the cultural revolution of the 1960s are still catching up with us decades later. Breaking free of the soft shackles of deadening bureaucratic institutions and the strangling confines of tradition has ended up leaving the liberated individual standing alone in the world, fodder for the flexible labor markets of the new economy and an easy target for the pervasive assaults of the consumer marketing machine.     

攻克治安“顽症”维护治安稳定

我国当前正处于人民内部矛盾凸显期、刑事犯罪高发期、对敌斗争复杂期,社会治安形势错综复杂,各地均有影响社会治安稳定和群众安全感的突出问题,人民群众将最为关心、反映最为强烈且很难解决的社会治安问题,称之为社会治安“顽症”。例如,群体矛盾频频发生,违章搭建不断增多,流浪儿童强要强索,“两怀”妇女贩毒售黄,“两抢一盗”居高不下,黑恶势力欺行霸市,零包贩毒日趋猖獗,娱乐场所乌云瘴气等等,这些社会治安“顽症”败坏了社会风气,损