But unilateralism is not a rational long term and effective policy, for it will not lead to a genuine and lasting peace in the Middle East.

Israeli leaders must adjust their long term strategic thinking to the new Middle East that ultimately emerges from the current disarray.

Recent official US rhetoric and actions on the ground including the arrest of five Iranians in Irbil in early January and Bush s authorization of deadly force against Iranians who threaten Iraqi security or US troops reflect a much more confrontational approach toward Iran s influence inside Iraq. But it also indicates recognition that Iran s effort to extend its regional influence poses the single biggest challenge to the Middle East s long term stability.

In the short term Russia armed with high oil prices has nothing to lose but in the long term, Russia s policy in the Middle East appears to be doubly misguided.

Look at the distant horizon!

Taking Hope in the Long View

So much for the long term.

Long range pollution

Her delegation was deeply concerned by political developments in the Middle East, which had a direct bearing not only on the humanitarian and human rights situation but also on the long term prospects for finding a solution to the conflict.

The ocean extends to the distant horizon.

This process does work in the long run.

Stocks and the Long Run

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Out of sight, out of mind.

It is a policy for the long term.

So the long term could be long in coming.

The far side has more visible craters.

Convention on Long range Transboundary Air Pollution.

So, yes, government spending provides a short term boost, but there is a trade off with long run secular decline.

That world is long gone.

I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.

Peace must be made sustainable in the long term.

The Israeli disengagement will be judged over the long term.

In the longer term, were shale gas and oil to satisfy US demand, Canadian oil could wean America s allies from their Middle East oil addiction, giving them new foreign policy options, too.

The challenge of his foreign policy is not to change the Middle East this is the long term task of the region s peoples but to redress America s damaged reputation in the Muslim world.

Rudyard Kipling famously wrote in The Ballad of East and West Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

Royal East

On the East.

Sean Carroll Distant time and the hint of a multiverse

We also must plan to change for the long term.

The period of rapid progress is not in the distant past.

The most promising technology in the long term is solar power.

The Long Term view is becoming prevalent amongst investors.

But unilateralism is not a rational long term and effective policy, for it will not lead to a genuine and lasting peace in the Middle East. Just as President Bush has discovered in Iraq, Sharon will also be forced to acknowledge the limits of his strategy.

The Middle East Crack Up

The Middle East Awakening

The Middle East in Motion

Freedom for women of the East!

When that happens, the long run future will be now.

In the long run, this is dangerous.

In the long run, more diversity is needed.

The long run damage could be devastating.

Chinese growth is set to slow over the longer run, as well.

What the world needs now are leaders who look to the long term future.

In the long term, the challenge is more vague, but deeper.