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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (43254)	9/11/2002 11:52:38 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Fukiyama writes well today Yes, he does, Nadine. Thanks for posting that. I had skipped his column today in the WP, and as a result of your post I went back and read it. (He had turned me off with his views on genetics, and he tends to be "PoMo," IMO.) He points out that the USA has been "multilateralist" on trade, while the EU has been the opposite. Good distinction that I had not thought of.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (43254)	9/11/2002 11:53:14 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

News from Ramallah. The Palestinian Legislative Council forces Arafat's cabinet to resign. Arafat's stall for time (I'll only appoint a prime minister after elections, which will only be after an Israeli withdrawal) did not work. Hey, a Palestinian opposition. What a concept. If only they could have acted like this before Arafat dragged them into total disaster, but then, before the disaster, Arafat's gunmen were stronger and better organized. ___________________________________ ARAFAT'S CABINET FORCED TO RESIGN By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ramallah In a major blow to Yasser Arafat, his 21-member cabinet was forced to resign Wednesday to avoid being ousted by parliament in a vote of no-confidence. The showdown between the parliament and Arafat marked the most serious challenge to the Palestinian leader since he returned from exile eight years ago to take the helm of the Palestinian Authority. "There is a crisis of confidence," said lawmaker Salah Taameri, a veteran member of Arafat's Fatah movement. Just moments before lawmakers were to hold the vote Wednesday afternoon, cabinet ministers submitted their resignations to Arafat. The Palestinian leader accepted the resignation, making a vote unnecessary. A majority of legislators speaking Wednesday said they would not approve the cabinet. Arafat has to present a new cabinet within two weeks, said Parliament Speaker Ahmed Qureia. There has been widespread dissatisfaction with the cabinet, with many ministers considered either corrupt or incompetent. Arafat responded to the criticism in June when he added five new ministers, widely considered hard-working and honest, as part of what he billed as major internal reforms. However, the changes were seen by many as largely cosmetic. Hours beforehand, Arafat sought to avert a crisis and keep himself in power by setting a January 20 date for new elections. But the gambit appeared to fail when parliament's legal committee decided to force a vote on the entire cabinet, which Arafat hoped to avoid jpost.com

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (43254)	9/15/2002 6:53:42 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

The first thing that must be said about this rift over the role of international law and institutions is that we should not necessarily take for granted the conventional wisdom that Americans are unilateralist and Europeans multilateralist. Fukiyama is making a serious mistake with this assertion, identifying unilateralism with "Americans." It's the Bush folk who have pushed this point of view. He attempts to make this more nuanced later, but unsuccessfully so, in my view. His generalizations are just far, far too broad. With absolutely no evidence or supporting argument.