¶ Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, has called upon Libyan strongman Muammar el-Qaddafi to step down. As symbolic gestures go, this is an important one, but some sort of material follow-up will be required to strengthen Turkey’s position as a “regional power broker.” ¶ The pros and cons of Chinese direct investment in American industry always pit realism (take the money) against idealism (it’s tainted money!). We’re inclined toward the realism espoused by the Asia Society’s Orville Schell.

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