Leading Asia’s growing power and influence, China takes an increasingly assertive stance on historical territorial disputes. This two-part series examines foreign-policy conflicts in Asia and the potential for cooperation among economic giants – China, US and Japan. In the first article, Marvin Ott...
Shoring up: President Barack Obama with Philippines President Benigno Aquino III and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, at the US-ASEAN summit meeting in New York
WASHINGTON: The second ASEAN-US leaders’ summit in New York may have conveyed the...
Stray nuclear weapons remain a grave concern for global security, and national leaders cannot afford to overlook any remote corner of the planet. South Ossetia, in northern Georgia, is a “jurisdictional black hole” with minimal border checkpoints, writes Sharon Weinberger for Foreign Policy....
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The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has suffered a lot of dents of late from its signatories: North Korea and Iran are just some examples. But the long standing refusal of India, Pakistan, and Israel – all possessors of nuclear weapons – to accede doesn’t help either....
In waiting: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left) with Mohamed ElBaradei, recently retired head of the International Atomic Energy Agency
BLOOMINGTON: Continued disturbing revelations about Iran's nuclear programs escalate the dangers the...
Globalization, once hailed as the solution for economies seeking to grow through free-markets, has suffered a setback in the current crisis. Many countries have enacted inward-looking policies that threaten to reverse globalization or foster protectionism. Meanwhile, some countries less open to the...
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The global economic crisis and its reduction of wealth overshadow the plight of those hit hardest: “This is a disaster for the bottom billion, the one out of six humans living on less than $2 a day,” writes Sonni Efron for the Los Angeles Times. Wealthy governments have donated to UN food programs...
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Existing global governance systems have foundations in the consequences of World War II and the Cold War, and Asia's recent emergence necessitates a shift in the power structure of these global institutions. Hitoshi Tanaka, former deputy minister of Japan and senior fellow at the Japan Center...
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After the fall of the Berlin Wall, many East Germans left their communities in search of education, jobs and other opportunity. But the Berlin Institute for Population and Development reports that most of the emigrants have been young women – with some communities in East Germany losing up to 25...
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Spain’s 1988 "Ley de la costa," forbids homes within 550 yards of the coast, and the government is taking action to enforce the law. Owners may get leases, up to 60 years, to use the property, but can’t resell. Some analysts suggest the government is less forceful with developers and...
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