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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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December 12, 2012
Japan
Alexandra Harney: Rural Japan
This blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. If there is any…
December 3, 2011
Japan
Adding Insult to Injury in Okinawa
Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa, left, apologizes to Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima December 2, 2011 (Tadashi Mizowaki/Courtesy to the Asahi Shimbun). It is difficult to write about the events of…
November 2, 2011
Climate Change
Could Aggressive Climate Targets Backfire?
For the past several years, international climate diplomacy has been focused on cutting greenhouse gas emissions deeply enough to keep global temperatures from rising by more than two degrees centigr…
February 25, 2010
Asia
U.S. and Regional Experts Outline Ways to Build Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Northeast Asia’s security environment constitutes a formidable foreign policy challenge for the United States. Issues such as the frozen war on the Korean peninsula, China’s expanding military prowes…
January 13, 2010
United States
Clinton’s Missed Opportunity in Asia
Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a major policy speech on Asia this week. She surveyed the Obama administration’s main priorities in Asia…
