The Allure of Asia

The postwar search for affluence, too, has lost much of its allure.

The allure is the sharpness of the phrases, and the situations they allude to.

Under the guise of impartiality, television channels found it difficult to resist Trump s allure.

The allure of revolutionary élan has drawn some former leftists to the neo conservative side.

The global financial crisis added to gold s allure, owing initially to fear of a second Great Depression.

But inside, women were as interested in allure, seduction, and pleasure as women anywhere in the world.

Anti Americanism and an aggressive foreign policy are, of course, part of the allure of men like Nasrullah.

Some there might be tempted by the allure of a better life in Mother Russia, with its vast resources of cheap energy.

According to many close observers, America s attractiveness is declining in the region where the allure, or soft power, of others has increased.

That allure is why foreign students from emerging countries around the world flock to Britain, putting millions of pounds annually into the coffers of its universities.

If Georgia's new leaders fail to revive the country economically, and quickly, then the mythical allure of an authoritarian leader will be enhanced and democracy discredited.

But, despite gold s heightened allure in the wake of an extraordinary run up in its price, it remains a very risky bet for most of us.

Perhaps the allure of belonging to a growing reserve currency will make sustained recession and austerity feasible in ways that have seldom been seen historically. I doubt it.

Little wonder, then, that French president Nicolas Sarkozy succumbed to the allure of protectionism during last year s election campaign, as did both presidential candidates in the United States.

Recent global financial turmoil has only added to Africa s allure, because its frontier markets are less vulnerable to international volatility than are most of the world s more familiar emerging economies.

Europe must also recognize why leaders like Hezbollah s Sheikh Hasan Nasrullah are popular. Anti Americanism and an aggressive foreign policy are, of course, part of the allure of men like Nasrullah.

Third, the allure of rejoining Europe after years of isolation, together with the European Union s commitment to enlargement, provided a gravitational pull and a legislative template that helped policymakers justify and implement difficult reforms.

As he put it to the Kansas City veterans Will today s generation of Americans resist the allure of retreat, and will we do in the Middle East what the veterans in this room did in Asia?

In December, Malaysia will host an East Asian meeting that deliberately excludes the United States. According to many close observers, America s attractiveness is declining in the region where the allure, or soft power, of others has increased.

Those new to otsumami may want to start with more familiar fare, like mixed nuts or edamame (soy beans), but the more exotic varieties hold their own allure as well, such as squid jerky and whole dehydrated anchovies.

All of this cannot fail but to weaken Western democracy s allure in countries like Russia, where, unlike in the West or to a large extent the Arab world, those who are organizing the massive demonstrations against the government belong to the economic elite.

But, over the past several years, a number of sub Saharan countries have attracted unprecedented inflows of foreign capital. Recent global financial turmoil has only added to Africa s allure, because its frontier markets are less vulnerable to international volatility than are most of the world s more familiar emerging economies.