AID and the other "traditional" members of the foreign affairs community. pursue separate overseas agendas with little coordination or cooperation between them. It is an inefficient and. as the world continues to change from the stark EastWest split of the Cold War. an ineffective way to advance our interests and values around the globe. The end of the Cold War has brought new challenges and opportunities to our international relations. We have seen how these can erupt into conflicts that disrupt economic life. produce waves of desperate refugees. threaten public health and the environment. and sometimes provoke horrible violence. We cannot respond to these new circumstances by relying on old methods. Streamlining bureaucracies is an important step in the right direction.
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