The coming down of confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds on Friday, July 10, 2015, in Columbus, S.C. was a truly historical moment. The U.S. should be proud of herself. This is the long awaited and overdue upgrade of herself even though it came suddenly and unexpectedly. Seemingly, over a few days, a boy turned into a man. The issue behind the battle flag is as old as the U.S. The issue is the original sin of the U.S.A. It took the civil war which had the most number of casualties of any war the U.S. was involved, and, then, another 150 years for this to happen. This is a complex story, and it took a long, long negotiation until people have become mature and ready. And, most of all, the history has arrived finally at the level where the long negotiation could conclude a chapter. A symbolic chapter.
2015³â 7¿ù 10ÀÏ »ç¿ì½ºÄ³·Ñ¶óÀ̳ª Ä÷³¹ö½º¿¡¼ ³²ºÎ¿¬ÇձⰡ ³»·ÁÁø °ÍÀº ½Ç·Î ¿ª»çÀûÀÎ ¼ø°£À̾ú´Ù. ¹Ì±¹Àº ½º½º·Î¸¦ ÀÚ¶û½º·¯¿öÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ¿À·£ ±â´Ù¸²À̾ú´Ù. ³²ºÎ¿¬Çձ⸦ ³»¸° °ÍÀº ±ÞÀÛ½º·¯¿ü°í ¿¹±âÄ¡ ¾Ê¾ÒÁö¸¸ ÁøÀÛ¿¡ Çß¾î¾ß ÇÒ ÀÏÀ̾ú´Ù. ºÒ°ú ¸çÄ¥ »çÀÌ¿¡ ¼Ò³âÀÌ ¾î¸¥ÀÌ¶óµµ µÈ °Í °°´Ù. ³²ºÎ¿¬Çձ⸦ µÑ·¯½Ñ ³í¶õÀº ¹Ì±¹ÀÇ ¿ª»ç¸¸ÅÀ̳ª ¿À·¡ µÈ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ³íÀïÀº ¹Ì±¹ÀÇ ¿øÁË(ê«ñª)¿Íµµ °°´Ù. ³²ºÏÀüÀïÀÇ »ç»óÀÚ´Â ¹Ì±¹ÀÌ °ü¿©ÇÑ ¾î¶² ÀüÀﺸ´Ù ¸¹¾Ò´Ù. ³²ºÎ¿¬ÇձⰡ ³»·ÁÁöµµ·Ï »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ¼º¼÷ÇØÁö°í ÁغñµÇ±â±îÁö 150³âÀÇ ¼¼¿ùÀÌ ÇÊ¿äÇß´Ù. ¸¶Ä§³» ¿ª»ç°¡ '´«³ôÀÌ'¿¡ ´Ù´Ù¸¥ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¿À·£ Çù»óÀÌ ÇϳªÀÇ »ó¡ÀûÀÎ Àå(íñ)À» ¸¶¹«¸®Áö¾ú´Ù.
The talk of Grexit is another example of a long, long negotiation. This may be a longer story than the confederate flag. This is again a story of people and their history. The vision of unified Europe from ambitious men, for instance, Napoleon, and the endless sufferings from never ending wars waged under the name of nationalism and patriotism helped to create European Union. In other words, the idea of unified Europe is an old story. But the history has not been matured enough for the perfect union to arrive, yet. They have monetary union but not fiscal, social, historical, cultural, and political union.
'±×·º½ÃÆ®(±×¸®½ºÀÇ À¯·ÎÁ¸ Å»Åð)' Çù»ó ¶ÇÇÑ ±æ°í ±ä Çù»óÀÇ ¶Ç´Ù¸¥ »ê¹°ÀÌ´Ù. ¾î¼¸é ³²ºÎ¿¬Çձ⺸´Ù ´õ ±ä ½ºÅ丮°¡ ÀÖ´Ù. »ç¶÷µé°ú ±×µéÀÇ ¿ª»ç¿¡ °üÇÑ À̾߱âÀ̱⠶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ³ªÆú·¹¿Âó·³ ¾ß½É°¡(å¯ãýÊ«)µé·Î ÀÌ·ïÁø À¯·´ ÅëÇÕÀÇ ÀÌ»ó°ú ²÷ÀÓ¾ø´Â ÀüÀïÀÇ °íÅëµéÀÌ ¹ÎÁ·ÁÖÀÇ¿Í ¾Ö±¹½ÉÀÇ À̸§ ¾Æ·¡ Àç´ÜµÈ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ´Þ¸® ¸»ÇØ À¯·´ÅëÇÕÀÇ À̳äÀº ¿À·¡µÈ À̾߱âÀÌÁö¸¸ ¾ÆÁ÷ ¿ª»ç´Â ¿Ïº®ÇÑ ÅëÇÕÀÌ ÀÌ·ïÁö±â¿£ ¼º¼÷µÇÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù. ±×µéÀº 'ÅëÈ µ¿¸Í'À» ÇسÂÁö¸¸ ÀçÁ¤°ú »çȸ, ¿ª»ç, ¹®È, Á¤Ä¡Àû µ¿¸Í¿¡ À̸£Áö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù.
Watching the Greek debt crisis and bailout negotiation is just like watching a Greek drama. It is full of turns and twists, hubris, misjudgments, and foolish bluffings. There were more business as usual, and emotions than clear analysis, grasping the reality, and finding a solution. In the end, Tsipras had to face the reality, and blinked. In the end he got the deal which is worse than the one he rejected earlier.
±×¸®½ºÀÇ ºÎäÀ§±â¿Í ±¸Á¦±ÝÀ¶ Çù»óÀº '±×¸®½ºÆÇ µå¶ó¸¶'¸¦ ÁöÄѺ¸´Â °Í °°¾Ò´Ù. µ¹¾Æ¼°í, µÚƲ¸®°í, ÀÚ¸¸°ú ¿ÀÆÇ, ¸ÛûÇÑ Çã¼¼(úÈá§)°¡ ³¹«Çß´Ù. ¸íÄèÇÑ ºÐ¼®°ú Çö½ÇÆľÇ, ÇØ°áÃ¥ÀÇ µµÃâ(Óôõó)º¸´Ù´Â ´õ¿í ¸¹Àº Àϵé°ú °¨Á¤µéÀÌ µÚ¾ûÄ×´Ù. °á±¹ Ä¡ÇÁ¶ó½º(ÃѸ®)´Â Çö½Ç¿¡ ´«À» ¶¹´Ù. ±×´Â ¾Õ¼ ¿Ü¸éÇß´ø Á¦¾Èº¸´Ù ´õ ³ª»Û Á¶°ÇÀ» ¹Þ¾ÆµéÀÎ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, Iran and six other countries announced that they had agreed on a deal concerning Iran's nuclear program and sanctions. Again, it took a long and intense negotiations. The history of Iran's nuclear program reflects the history of the region. It was the U.S. that, at the first place, helped Iran on a nuclear energy program in the 1950s. The twists and turns in the U.S. and Iran relationship are, perhaps, as interesting as any Greek drama. There are two main reasons as to why the deal was possible. One, there was the leadership of President Obama who believed in being on the right side of history, meaning believing in diplomacy. Two, Iranian people and most of the world were ready to engage with each other.
2015³â 7¿ù 14ÀÏ È¿äÀÏ, À̶õ°ú ÁÖ¿ä 6°³±¹Àº À̶õ ÇÙÇù»óÀ» Ÿ°áÁö¾ú´Ù. ÀÌ ¶ÇÇÑ ±æ°íµµ ¾öû³ Çù»óµéÀÇ °á°ú¹°ÀÌ´Ù. À̶õ ÇÙÇÁ·Î±×·¥ÀÇ ¿ª»ç´Â ÀÌ Áö¿ªÀÇ ¿ª»ç¸¦ ¹Ý¿µÇÑ´Ù. ´çÃÊ ¹Ì±¹Àº 1950³â´ë ÇÙ¿¡³ÊÁö ÇÁ·Î±×·¥À¸·Î À̶õÀ» µµ¿î À庻ÀÎÀÌ´Ù. ¹Ì±¹°ú À̶õÀÇ ²¿ÀÏ´ë·Î ²¿ÀÎ °ü°èÀÇ ¿ª»ç´Â ±×¸®½º µå¶ó¸¶ ¸øÁö¾Ê°Ô Èï¹ÌÁøÁøÇÏ´Ù. Çù»ó Ÿ°á¿¡ À̸£±â±îÁö Å©°Ô µÎ°¡Áö ÀÌÀ¯°¡ ÀÖ´Ù. ù°´Â ±Ã±ØÀûÀ¸·Î ¿Ü±³¶ó´Â, ¿ª»çÀÇ '¿ÇÀº ÂÊ'À» ¹Ï´Â ¿À¹Ù¸¶ ´ëÅë·ÉÀÇ ¸®´õ½ÊÀÌ´Ù. µÑ°´Â À̶õ ±¹¹Î°ú ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ ¼¼°èÀεéÀÌ '»óÈ£ °ü°è'¸¦ ¸ÎÀ» Áغñ°¡ µÅ ÀÖ¾ú±â ¶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù.
These three negotiations represent nicely how people are like, and how they behave. The negotiation/the long historical negotiation of the battle flag shows that people are very slow to change and upgrade. It takes generations for people to get over their intense emotions, and people have to constantly demand the wrong to be corrected. Only when the wrong has been corrected, the healing can take place. Grexit was a misguided idea to begin with, even though a good case can be made for Grexit. It'll bring too much pain of long duration. It is understandable that Greeks were defiant. But Tsipras could have handled the situation much better by understanding, clearly, the reality and consequences. The reality and consequences have become clear to everybody in the situation of Iran. People were ready for a deal, and they know it is the best way possible. It took intense negotiations but the outcome was a foregone conclusion because it is on the right side of the history.
ÀÌ»óÀÇ ¼¼ °¡Áö Çù»óÀº »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ¾î¶»°Ô ¸ÚÁö°Ô ¸»ÇÏ°í ÇൿÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ Áß¿äÇÑÁö¸¦ ½Ã»çÇÑ´Ù. ³²ºÎ¿¬Çձ⿡ ´ëÇÑ ¿À·£ ¿ª»çÀû Çù»óÀº »ç¶÷µéÀÌ º¯ÈÇÏ°í ¾÷±×·¹ÀÌµå µÇ´Â ¼Óµµ°¡ ´ë´ÜÈ÷ ´À¸®´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» º¸¿©ÁÖ¾ú´Ù. ¿Á¤ÀûÀÎ °¨Á¤µéÀ» ±Øº¹ÇÏ°í À߸øµÈ °ÍÀ» ¹Ù·Î Àâ¾Æ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ¹Þ¾ÆµéÀ̱â±îÁö ¿©·¯ ¼¼´ëÀÇ ¼¼¿ù(á¨êÅ)ÀÌ °É¸° °ÍÀÌ´Ù. À߸øÀ» ¹Ù·ÎÀâÀ» ¶§ ºñ·Î¼Ò Ä¡À¯(ö½ë¨)°¡ ÀÚ¸®ÀâÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ¡®±×·º½ÃÆ®¡¯´Â ºñ·Ï ÁÁÀº ÄÉÀ̽º·Î ¸¸µé¾îÁø °ÍÀÌÁö¸¸ óÀ½¿£ À߸øµÈ ¾ÆÀ̵ð¾î¿´´Ù. ¾ÆÁÖ ¿À·£ ±â°£ °íÅëÀ» °¨³»ÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù´Â Á¡¿¡¼ ±×¸®½º ±¹¹ÎµéÀÇ ¹Ý¹ßÀº ÀÌÇØÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ÀÏÀÌ´Ù. ±×·¯³ª Ä¡ÇÁ¶ó½º ÃѸ®´Â ÀÌÇظ¦ ±¸ÇÏ°í 'Çö½Ç'°ú 'Á߿伺'À» °Á¶ÇÔÀ¸·Î½á ±×·¯ÇÑ »óȲÀ» Àß Á¦¾îÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ°°Àº Çö½Ç°ú Á߿伺Àº À̶õ ÇÙÇù»ó¿¡¼ ¸ðµÎ¿¡°Ô ¸í¹éÇÑ °ÍÀÌ µÇ¾ú´Ù. ÁýÁßÀûÀÎ Çù»óÀÌ ÇÊ¿äÇßÁö¸¸ °á°ú¹°Àº ±×°ÍÀÌ ¿ª»çÀÇ '¿ÇÀº ÂÊ'À̱⿡ ¿¹Á¤µÈ °á·ÐÀ̾ú´Ù´Â »ç½ÇÀÌ´Ù.