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In 1988, Samuel Huntington wrote an essay critiquing what he saw as a neurotic American tendency to fear decline. At the time, the Soviet Union was about to collapse and the US was about to win the Cold War, but Americans were fixated on fallout from the 1987 stock market crash, soaring trade deficits, and feared economic domination by Japan. Huntington argued for perspective, noting that America becomes consumed by fears of its own demise every 10 years or so -- think: The technological insecurity after the 1957 launch of Sputnik, the reaction to the Soviets' 1979 invasion of Afghanistan -- and that those fears had never actually been borne out. Renewal -- along with the economic prosperity, security, and global leadership role it would preserve -- is within America's grasp. But first, Washington needs to stop preening about how great it is and take a hard look in the mirror. Adapted from the source document.

Myanmar is coming in from the cold after decades of virtual isolation. If the current process of establishing democracy and building an open, free-market economy can be successful-and all the signs so far show that it can-then early investors stand to reap the benefits of boldness. This Special Report examines the progress of the reforms and looks at key investment opportunities. Adapted from the source document.

On the evening of Sep 7, 2009, Sadaullah Wazir was breaking a Ramadan fast with his family when drone missiles struck his grandfather's home in North Waziristan, Pakistan. Early reports said the blast killed Ilyas Kashmiri, a high-level al Qaeda operative, but this was later proved false. According to the British human rights organization Reprieve, the only individuals hit were civilians. Sadaullah, who was around 15 years old at the time, lost his legs and an eye. Three at his relatives were killed in the blast. Since at least 2002, the US has employed unmanned aerial vehicles as a key tactical weapon in the global war on terror. Italian photojournalist Massimo Berruti has been photographing victims of American drone strikes, most of them from the tribal areas, since 2011. Adapted from the source document.

An obituary for professor of public administration Bidhya Bowornwathana.

Lyubinsky talks about the bilateral relations between Russia and Switzerland. On Feb 22, 1814, Count Ivan Antonovich Kapodistria, a prominent Russian diplomat and Actual State Councilor presented his credentials as minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary in the Republic of Switzerland. It should be noted that Kapodistria personally participated in preparing a draft Constitution of the Confederation and the final documents of the Vienna Congress of 1815, which designated the Russian Empire as one of the guarantors of Swiss neutrality. Thus Russia became directly associated with the 'main constant' of Swiss statehood as a result of which the Confederation was bypassed by the devastating wars of the 19th and 20th centuries. Adapted from the source document.