Australian Prime Minister John Howard said recently that he favors preemptive strikes against terrorists in Asian nations, unleashing a flood of criticism from within Australia and without. This commentary in Singapore's Straits Times argues that the notion of preemption must be examined by...
AN astonishing amount of balderdash has been uttered on the delicate idea of pre-emption. Australian Prime Minister John Howard's thoughtless, incompetent statements on the matter are the chief cause of this idiocy. The...
White collar jobs are moving with increasing rapidity from US soil to India, China, and other major Asian players. Corporations can pay less than half an American employee's wage for the same work and, they argue, can free up American workers for more "interesting" jobs. Labor...
When Natasha Humphries went to Bangalore, India, in December to train Indian contract workers to do quality-assurance testing for her employer, Palm, she realized that her own job coordinating that work could be done by...
If Taiwan ever wants to improve cross-strait relations and free itself of interference from Beijing, it will need to depart from the 1971 framework and change its foreign policy, says Chen Hurng-yu, professor of history at Taiwan's National Chengchi University. The overlapping claims of...
'The biggest problem for Taiwan created by the 1971 framework for cross-strait relations is its continued claim to sovereignty over China.'
China has on several occasions recently tried to sabotage Taiwan's...
Refugees and migrants seeking work in Europe will be welcomed by some countries and rejected by others. In a last minute effort before the completion of the draft EU constitution, Germany successfully prevented the European Union from pursuing the harmonization of immigration policy throughout...
In a last-ditch effort ahead of Thursday's completion of a draft EU constitution, Germany foiled European Union plans to pursue a common immigration policy when it secured the right for national governments...
乔治•奥威尔曾对体育做过这样一个评价,“时下人们进行的体育实践大多是竞争性的,你从事体育的目的在于获胜,如果你不出全力来获胜,那比赛就没有任何意义”。撇开奥威尔这番话的背景(他的用意在于对体育比赛进行批评)不谈,其实,时下流行的体育比赛,最激动人心之处,莫过于用公平、公正、透明、公开的方式来展示身体的技能,这才是体育的本质所在。对于足球这样风靡全球的运动而言,情况尤甚。历代球星征服球迷、乃至同行的景仰,靠的是自己不凡的实力、高超的技巧和诚实的作风,这才是足球的“本色”。但是,最近一场赛季中,在欧冠的两回合较量中,球员们在绿茵草地上过多的“表演”让他们个个都成为了足球场这一另类电影舞台的“...
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在由上下两篇组成的“奥巴马中东问题之挑战”系列文章的下篇中,作者迪利普•希罗(Dilip Hiro)就伊朗大选给出了具有针对性的分析,详细论述了大选存在的弊端和可能带来的后果。大选前,伊朗民调显示反对派候选人前总理米尔-侯赛因•穆萨维(Mir-Hossein Mousavi)在票数上领先于现任总统马哈茂德•艾哈迈迪内贾德(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)。因此,艾哈迈迪内贾德在仓促的选票核准程序后被宣布为获胜者的消息难免令人意外。骚乱和示威接踵而至。针对抗议活动,伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊(Khamenei)要求宪法监护委员会(Guard Council)对选举结果进行调查;...
Street power: Feeling cheated of their votes, Iranians fill the streets to reclaim their right as the world watches
伦敦:自伊朗人民大规模的街头示威推翻伊朗 王、建立伊斯兰共和国以来,伊朗政权还是第一次遭到公然反抗。由信奉伊斯兰教的改革派和务实保守派成员组成的广泛联盟针对马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德备受争 议的连任以及他身边奉行强硬路线的神职人员、革命卫队(...
当美国正在伊朗的东西两侧忙于开战的时候,伊朗已经开始寻求国际影响力。本期的耶鲁全球系列文章认为在这个全球棋局中,伊朗可不是一个小卒子。贾姆希德• 乔柯西(Jamsheed Choksy)在这三篇系列文章中的首篇指出,当大国因为伊朗违反了核不扩散承诺而纷纷对其发起制裁,该国的领导人却在培养和发展中国家的关系。借助古波斯帝国荣光的呼声不绝于耳;最近的民调也显示,包括沙特、阿联酋、阿联酋和埃及在内的中东各国大多数阿拉伯民众对伊朗发展核武器抱赞同的看法。西方纵容了阿拉伯地区的独裁统治,许多公民因此被边缘化,对此怨声载道。伊朗还承诺将在亚洲兴建天然气管道、促进与中国的贸易、...
赢得朋友,影响民众:内贾德总统对非洲开展突击访问,并与津巴布韦总统穆加贝会晤。
布鲁明顿:伊朗的布什尔反应堆成功点火引起了美国和以色列的焦虑。而今年夏天由马 里兰大学(University of Maryland)和卡耐基公司(Carnegie Corporation)组织的民意调查显示,在阿联酋、沙特、约旦、黎巴嫩、埃及和摩洛哥,有77%的阿拉伯人认为伊朗有权开展核计划,同时有57%的 人认为伊朗开发核武器会产生积极的结果。另一项由皮尤研究中心(Pew Research Center)...
冷战后亚洲年轻一代专业人士对未来有坚定的信心。这种乐观主义体现在亚洲商会、《时代》杂志和新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院组织举办的“2020亚洲挑战”征文比赛。位于香港的亚洲商会的执行主任马克•克利福德与人合编了《虎仔看世界:亚洲新一代的视角》一书,里面展示了中国、印度和亚洲其他国家的年轻作者洞察力丰富的思考。受惠于父辈的勤劳和牺牲,这些所谓的虎仔期待亚洲能持续保持繁荣。该群体普遍相信政府和技术,清楚认识到亚洲多样化族群之间相互竞争的优先考虑。该群体也重视区域经济融合和国家间的相互支持。虎仔对自己的身份认同和机会感到满意,正如文集中作者之一、来自印度的罗希特•帕萨科所说,“...
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亚洲新兴一代对亚洲有一种扩张主义的看法。他们支持实用主义的、不断递增的市场自由政 策,正是这些政策一直支撑亚洲过去半个世纪以来引人注目的经济增长,他们渴望在此基础上把整个区域融合起来。简而言之,他们希望看到更多的区域合作和一体 化。巴基斯坦的哈瓦贾•阿里•祖拜尔说“现在不该考虑自己的个人事务,而是时候在更广阔层面上进行思考了,在国家层面上,亚洲层面上...