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There is only so much negotiating and maneuvering that can be done while the aircraft is under siege in mid-air. Therefore, the best way to put a stop to hijacking is by having high levels of security implemented by qualified and trained personnel both on the ground and in the air. Isaac Yeffet
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As the head of security for an airline, I can't ask my passengers to risk their lives and jump on a terrorist. This is why we need air marshals on every flight. Isaac Yeffet
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There is no comparison between the training here and the training in Israel. Isaac Yeffet
Training Between Israel Comparison Here
Why we cannot build a system like El Al to be proactive. Why do we have only to react? The shoe bomber - reaction? Take off your shoes. The Nigerian - the body scanner is a result of the Nigerian guy. Isaac Yeffet
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America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily mix together, producing a new, American identity. And while critics may argue that the melting pot is a national myth, it has tenaciously informed the America's collective imagination. Ivan Krastev
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As China is about adaptation, not transformation, it is unlikely to change the world dramatically should it ever assume the global driver's seat. But this does not mean that China won't exploit that world for its own purposes. Ivan Krastev
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Regimes like the one in Russia are stabilized by the fact that they have no ideology. There is really no ideological means to attack them. Ivan Krastev
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For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S. Ivan Krastev
Important Russia Economically Politically China Union European European Union
What makes me worry today is the alarming decline in the trust in democratic institutions - political parties, Parliaments, political leaders. Less and less people are going to the polls in most advanced democracies. Ivan Krastev
Today Me Democracy Trust People Political Worry Advanced Leaders Institutions Most Parties Democratic Makes Political Leaders Political Parties Going Polls Decline Less Alarming
The crisis of democracy in the West is not the result of falling in love with another system. In Europe and America people who are disillusioned with democracy do not dream about the Chinese model or any other form of authoritarian rule. They do not dream about government that controls Internet and puts in prison those daring to disagree. Ivan Krastev
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The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned about the rise of China and are threatened by the rise of radical Islam. Ivan Krastev
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Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises. Ivan Krastev
Political Society Crises Perceive Russians Economic Clearly Major Global Shattered Ideological America American Being Influence Irreversible Decline American Society
As a rule, governments monitor people. Ivan Krastev
People Rule Governments Monitor
America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted. Ivan Krastev
Indebted Financially Polarized America Politically
America is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of people who never emigrate. Notably, Americans living outside the United States are not called emigrants, but 'expats.' Ivan Krastev
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Before, revolutions used to have ideological names. They could be communist, they could be liberal, they could be fascist or Islamic. Now, the revolutions are called under the medium which is most used. You have Facebook revolutions, Twitter revolutions. The content doesn't matter anymore - the problem is the media. Ivan Krastev
You Facebook Problem Matter Before Twitter Medium Liberal Could Names Most Ideological Content Islamic Revolutions Anymore Which Communist Used Fascist Media Now
One of the amazing things about September 11 is that we lacked the imagination to connect the dots and foresee it. Ivo Daalder
Amazing September Imagination About Amazing Things Foresee Dots Connect Things
Donald Trump has proven adept at mobilizing anti-immigrant and anti-trade sentiment among a minority of Americans into a strong movement that seeks to put the United States first in global affairs. Yet, his is not the majority's view. Ivo Daalder
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We have built up, through our global engagement, a set of institutions that have been built on trust, fundamentally on trust, where allies had trust in the United States to do the right thing when it really came down to it. Ivo Daalder
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Trump believes all foreigners are playing us for suckers - he sees the world as a dark place. How can you lead alliances when you keep telling your allies they are ripping you off? Ivo Daalder
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America is a country of immigrants. It's what makes America unique. Ivo Daalder
Country Immigrants Makes America Unique
Anybody who has been to Chicago has a very positive view. But not everybody has come to Chicago, and in many ways, Chicago is an undiscovered treasure. It punches below its weight internationally. Ivo Daalder
Positive Everybody Punches Ways Has-Been Weight Come Been Undiscovered Chicago Very Anybody View Who Many Internationally Treasure Below
On climate change, the science is clearer about what you need to do to get a real impact than... on counterterrorism. Ivo Daalder
You Change Science Impact About Counterterrorism Clearer Climate Climate Change Real Than Get Get A Real Need
President Trump is hardly the first U.S. president to call on the European allies to do more - in one form or another, every president since Harry Truman has done so. What is different this time, however, is Trump's suggestion that America's commitment to the alliance is conditional. Ivo Daalder
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Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has embarked on a systematic challenge to the West. The goal is to weaken the bonds between Europe and the United States and among E.U. members, undermine NATO's solidarity, and strengthen Russia's strategic position in its immediate neighborhood and beyond. Ivo Daalder
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I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits. J. Carter Brown
Music Visual Visual Arts Kindred Spirits Poetry Like Oddball Arts Found
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