Businesses and universities must be encouraged to act from their traditional positions of strength, based on the longest view and the broadest interests. They must examine carefully their potential sources of conflict as well as opportunities for benefit before engaging in alliances that may become complex and difficult to manage. (MSE)

Study of Asia is being incorporated increasingly into the college curriculum, but there is disagreement about why this should occur. Asia should be brought into the curriculum in a way that reveals the richness of its many cultures and the richness within each life within each culture. (MSE)