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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 3, 2019
Japan
Japan Rearmed by Sheila A. Smith
Sheila A. Smith discusses her new book, Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power.
January 21, 2015
China
China, Japan, and the Twenty-One Demands
Compared with the high-profile national Memorial Day for the Nanjing Massacre last month, the date January 18 passed uneventfully. Chinese media appeared to have forgotten that one hundred years ago,…
November 25, 2013
China
China Ups the Ante in East China Sea Dispute
Over the weekend, China announced a new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) across the East China Sea. Already at odds over their maritime boundary in the East China Sea, as well as over their sov…
March 16, 2011
Japan
Emperor Urges Japanese to Hope as Acute Needs Grow
People watch a television broadcasting Japan's Emperor Akihito's televised address to the nation at an electronics retail store in Tokyo. (Issei Kato/Courtesy Reuters) [Click here for information …
February 4, 2016
Trade
TPP Tobacco Exception Proves the New Rule in Trade
The special exemptions for tobacco products in the TPP trade deal say less about cross-border investment rules generally, and more about the unique nature of tobacco under U.S. and international law,…