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Article: Living in interesting times.(CODA)(Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces)(Editorial)
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- World Policy Journal
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- June 22, 2008
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With this, my first, Coda, I take up the stewardship of World Policy Journal--the fourth editor in its nearly quarter-century history--with as much humility as I am capable and with considerable respect for the responsibilities it carries. I step gingerly into the capacious shoes of a talented predecessor, Karl E. Meyer, who has steered this journal with consummate skill, deliberate grace, and intelligence through 31 marvelous issues.
Indeed, each of my illustrious predecessors brought a unique sense and sensibility to this task. Each inherited a world vastly different from the one he passed on to his successor, and each in his own way left an impression on it. ...