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But, going back to the Russian, British, and Ottoman Empires that once battled here, they have been continually exploited by politicians and generals.
From the newest privates to the most experienced generals, US soldiers have developed strong ties with their counterparts and deep pride in their shared security mission.
Because Burma’s generals say almost nothing in public, it is difficult to fathom why they allowed elections that elevated Thein Sein to power, or to explain their willingness to embrace dialogue with the long-suppressed opposition.
The young leaders who created Facebook and Google have had a greater global impact than many statesmen and generals.
Both generals and diplomats are finding it hard to move beyond Cold War thinking, and their retrograde posture is hindering President Putin's efforts to push the country in a new direction.
Of course, Russia's generals readily believe the most paranoid explanations of American motives (particularly now, when American foreign policy seems so arrogant).
To promote their position, Russia's generals and diplomats adhere to the perception that the country remains besieged by enemies, the US and NATO most prominently.
Russian generals insist that conscription must be maintained so that, if necessary, a large-scale war can be waged.
Like post-Soviet Bourbons, Russia's generals and diplomats have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.
Despite his self-satisfied declarations that he knows more about ISIS than America’s generals do, he is utterly oblivious to the complex dynamics of today’s institutional fragility, creeping sectarianism, and proxy wars in the Middle East, fueled by the rivalry among regional and global powers.
Based on official data, 39 generals (including Guo’s son, a major general) have already been arrested.
And if there is merit to the allegations that a large number of generals bribed Guo and Xu for their promotions, it is reasonable to assume that the most wide-ranging purge of senior PLA officers since the Cultural Revolution will continue.
The most efficient way for Xi to secure the PLA’s loyalty is to replace its top generals – most of whom were promoted by previous presidents – with his own supporters.
Should China have to back its aggressive tactics in, say, the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait with force, its military must not be led by venal and perfidious generals.
And, in 2012, the Ergenekon and Sledgehammer trials – which resulted in the incarceration of hundreds of military officers, including several generals, for plotting a coup against the government – seemed to guarantee civilian rule once and for all; the military was back in the barracks.
Now the hard part begins for Morsi, who confronts an intense power struggle between the beneficiaries of Mubarak’s status quo – generals, business tycoons, National Democratic Party bosses, senior judges, media personnel, and senior state employees – and pro-change forces, whose largest organized entity is the Brotherhood.
Although Egypt’s generals are by no means as threatened as their Algerian counterparts were in December 1991, they do have enough power to flip the tables.
But the SCAF leadership shows no inclination to emulate the Spanish generals.
Otherwise, Egypt’s generals will not be returning to their barracks anytime soon.
Generals, it is said, always prepare to fight the last war – an old jibe, but one that contains an element of truth.
Like generals fighting the last war, regulators, academics, and industry observers will be confident that regulators can handle and defuse another Lehman explosion before it happens.
Like a beneficent king, he would give them money, and promised to challenge the old elites in Bangkok – the bankers, generals, judges, and even the courtiers surrounding the Thai king.
But the dictatorship of generals, sadly, was replaced by the dictatorship of an idea: macroeconomic stabilization.
And, indeed, the generals locked up dissidents, shot protesting monks, and kept Suu Kyi and other NLD leaders under house arrest for another six years.
But, so far, the generals have kept their word and allowed Suu Kyi and the NLD a free hand.
In other words, Suu Kyi will have to accept the same lesson the generals did: The best way to retain power is often to compromise.
The generals subsequently worked hard to limit Thaksin’s electoral power.
Since then, Thailand’s generals, led by General Prayut Chan-ocha, have taken no chances, ruling directly and appointing only a handful of technocrats to their government.
With Thailand’s generals hunkering down for long-term rule – and brooking no dissent on the matter – the road ahead for the country is certain to be tumultuous.
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