November 18, 2009
Must Read
Daniel Blumenthal criticizes President Obama's joint statement with Chinese President Hu Jintao, saying that the U.S. gave up too much ground on key issues such as Taiwan and India's role in the region.
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November 13, 2009
Essential Documents
The status of the relationship between Japan and the United States.
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November 12, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
President Obama's trip to Asia offers an opportunity for the United States to reshape its relationship with Japan in the face of "historic" political change, writes Sheila Smith.
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November/December 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
By exposing them to the truth about their impoverishment and about the prosperity of their South Korean cousins, the United States can encourage North Koreans to change the regime in Pyongyang.
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November/December 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The DPJ's rise to power is a historic opportunity for Japan to revise the constitution, loosen the bureaucracy’s grip on policymaking, redistribute income, and improve relations with the rest of Asia. But the road will be long and tortuous.
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September 1994
Essential Documents
Plan
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October 30, 2009
Must Read
A report from an independent task force convened by the Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations and the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation argues in favor of economic engagement with North Korea that could change North Korea's "confrontational foreign policy" and its own "self interest."
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October 26, 2009
Interview
Asia policy expert Michael Green says the Obama administration is taking a cautious approach to any bilateral talks on North Korea's denuclearization, noting Pyongyang's backsliding after the Bush administration adopted a softer tone.
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October 16, 2009
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Kim Jong Il is still in comlpete control of North Korea, writes Paul Stares, making U.S. goals in that state harder to achieve than ever.
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September 23, 2009
Interactive
An interactive multimedia feature that maps out and evaluates multilateral efforts to address some of the most difficult international issues.
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
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