Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

Familiar with the sunburn. My guess would be that what Russia was referring to is more innovative. #msg-1758009

The Soviets were ahead of us in research and even though financially devastated with little hope of seeing their creations spring to life the Russians have always kept working.

In the first Cold War Russia went bankrupt because of the huge amount of money involved in the arms race. It did not seem to me to be a matter of them being behind but rather a monetary predicament. During this, the new Cold War, we are already bankrupt and they have the advantage of vast oil and gas reserves.
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Certainly no one should discount China who is coming on strong in all fronts.

I want to thank you for posting here and hope to see you again.

You are certainly right about us losing.

Tell me how the United States can win when we have to go outside the country to find brainpower. This is an incredibly bad sign. For all our weapons, for all our toys, it will be education or the lack of it that seals our fate. -Am


Excerpt: India to be world’s third biggest economy: Lord Paul


“And this is where China and India are getting ahead because they are improving their educational standards so fast. In fact, the United States is showing a preference for graduates from Indian Institute of Technology. So we must improve the quality of our educational institutions further.” Lord Paul said Europe must ensure that its policies did not protect and shelter inefficiency, but promoted competitiveness, enterprise, innovation and skills.

“It is absurd that nearly eighty per cent of the EU budget is spent in just two areas — agricultural support and regional aid. Policies that reduce the burden of regulation and reform state and regional aid rules will ensure that Europe secures its place in the modern global economy,” he added.

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=12&theme=&usrsess=1&id=39550