China continues aggressive moves in the South China Sea, extending into the exclusive economic zones of other nations. “A planned meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Nguyễn Phú Trọng could be pivotal for a strategic partnership, but is unlikely to happen any time soon,” explains Nguyen...
Whale of a problem: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper extends support to Vietnam, but ExxonMobil may leave the Vietnamese exploration block known as ‘Blue Whale’
HANOI: With repeated Chinese intrusions into oil-rich Vanguard Bank and anticipated...
Global insecurity has intensified with the gradual dismantling of protections. “Over the past 20 years, we’ve been steadily removing man-made and natural buffers, redundancies, regulations and norms that provide resilience and protection when big systems – be they ecological, geopolitical or...
US Attorney General Eric Holder has accused Edward Snowden, the source behind the National Security Agency leaks, of endangering lives of citizens in the US and those in allied nations, and vows to prosecute the computer technician. In the run-up to the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland, EU Justice...
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We live in a world where air and oceans know no national boundaries, and where political choices made in one area have direct repercussions for others. Carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles and electricity plants in the US must be reduced today to avoid heating up our globe even more in coming...
The Effects of Pollution
Future generations may look back on President Bush's victory in the 2002 Congressional elections and see a casualty other than the Democrats. In the world beyond 2050 - our children's world - far-reaching shifts in the...
Japan has been the biggest laggard among the developed countries, and given the size of its economy, its ten-year stagnation has been a drag for the whole world. Power of the entrenched bureaucracy and vested interest of the political bosses have held back attempts to reform the economy. But...
Ready to break down barriers? Japan's newest export, leading baseball player Hideki Matsui and Japanese premier Koizumi in New York. (Photo: AFP)
WASHINGTON: After ten years of economic stagnation and policy...
The international community has praised the Chinese government for its recent change of heart toward the AIDS crisis. Whereas central authorities considered the epidemic a foreign issue just five years ago, Chinese leaders today acknowledge the severity of the problem and are participating in...
Lone vigil: A child sits by a dying mother in Henan, the ground zero of China's HIV/AIDS crisis
BEIJING: In a recent meeting with UN officials, China's Premier Wen Jiabao announced that the Chinese government is...
Mysteriously, merchant ships have sunk continuously at the Sandheads in India's Bay of Bengal, leading many to question why. More mysterious, however, is the fact that ships continue coming here and sinking. Official estimates indicate that at least 81 ships have gone down in this area in the...
The Sandheads in the Bay of Bengal have become the Waterloo of many a ship in the Indian waters. Merchant ships continue to 'sink' at regular intervals here. A vessel is said to have been caught in high tide or choppy...
The world population will rise to slightly over 9 billion people within the next century. Yet Japan and many European countries face possibly catastrophic population declines. Strikingly low birthrates don’t only threaten economic growth and domestic familial dynamics, but could provoke "...
When governments start running dating programmes, you know that policymakers are worried about low birth rates.
Since the late 1990s Japanese prefectures have been organising hiking trips and cruises for single...
