Zakaria, Fareed,
Hope Amid the Ruins. Fareed Zakaria. - Newsweek, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 2, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Hope Amid the Ruins, Jan. 10, 2005; pp. 45.
"In poor countries, natural disasters are not earth-shattering news. It's not that people there don't value life deeply. But they have accustomed themselves to tragedy, and to facing tragedy with limited media attention, cash-strapped governments, few local charities and almost no insurance. But traveling in India last week [Jan. 2, 2005] I [Fareed Zakaria] was struck by how different it is this time. The interest, attention and coverage of the tsunami have been all-consuming. The scale of this calamity has shocked even those who are hard to shock." (NEWSWEEK) This article examines the economic conditions in some of the countries affected by the tsunami and explains why this is a good opportunity for the George W. Bush administration to "use this terrible tragedy as a way to signal to an ever-more important part of the world that it understands what's going on here."
1522-3264;
Disaster relief
Economic assistance--South Asia
Tsunami Disaster--South Asia (2004)
South Asia--Economic conditions
U.S.--Foreign relations--South Asia
AC1.S5
050
Hope Amid the Ruins. Fareed Zakaria. - Newsweek, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 2, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Hope Amid the Ruins, Jan. 10, 2005; pp. 45.
"In poor countries, natural disasters are not earth-shattering news. It's not that people there don't value life deeply. But they have accustomed themselves to tragedy, and to facing tragedy with limited media attention, cash-strapped governments, few local charities and almost no insurance. But traveling in India last week [Jan. 2, 2005] I [Fareed Zakaria] was struck by how different it is this time. The interest, attention and coverage of the tsunami have been all-consuming. The scale of this calamity has shocked even those who are hard to shock." (NEWSWEEK) This article examines the economic conditions in some of the countries affected by the tsunami and explains why this is a good opportunity for the George W. Bush administration to "use this terrible tragedy as a way to signal to an ever-more important part of the world that it understands what's going on here."
1522-3264;
Disaster relief
Economic assistance--South Asia
Tsunami Disaster--South Asia (2004)
South Asia--Economic conditions
U.S.--Foreign relations--South Asia
AC1.S5
050