ove rv i ew The In s ti tute for the Stu dy of Di p l om acy hosted the spring session of the Sch l e s i n ger Work i n g Group on the topic of s tra tegic su rprise in Co l ombi a . Af ter a pre s en t a ti on on four po ten tial scen a rios that may face Co l om bia (see next page ) , S ch l e s i n ger Working Group core mem bers and Co l om bia specialists ex a m i n ed the key factors dri...

tell us stories that live in our minds long after we read their words. After 20 years of training some 200 graduate students, I can report some progress in convincing editors that properly trained scientists can do the job of reporting on science for general readers. However—and this is a big however— editors still insist that these scientists must, no matter what their qualification in science...

Although proteins involved in determining apical-basal cell polarity have been directly linked to tumorigenesis, their precise roles in this process remain unclear. A recent report in BMC Biology clarifies the signaling pathways that control cell polarity, proliferation and apoptosis downstream of the tumor suppressor and apical-basal polarity determinant Scribble.

The difficulties of obtaining promotion in the career structure jungle of cardiology have long been a matter of serious concern, and this concern is underlined in a recent detailed paper on "staffing and facilities in car-diology in England and Wales."'I This paper is a valuable addition to the report published two years before under the auspices of the Cardiology*Committee of the Royal College...

2 Bernard Frois asked me to make some unorthodox, even controversial, remarks. I am eager to comply with his request because acting as an intellectual agent provocateur has been always one of my preferred modes of public action. Some of my conclusions, and hence my convictions, run against a number of expectations, promises and forecasts that you will hear during the next two days: as an incorr...

The Mekong region is undergoing rapid transitions, socially, economically, and environmentally. Economies are stabilizing after the political turbulence of the last several decades, and development pressures as well as ambitions are vast. Water is related to these social, economic, and environmental changes in many ways and in a very profound manner. This article summarizes the approach and maj...