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Asia’s Clouded Horizon – Part II

Yoichi Funabashi
October 5, 2010

Slowly, But Surely, Pyongyang Is Moving

January 29, 2008
North Korea is dragging its feet on dismantling its nuclear program. The slow pace does not indicate that the country is backing away from commitments made during Six Party Talks, explain David Albright and Jacqueline Shire, with the Institute for Science and International Security. Evidence...

Bush Signs Fence Bill, Pushes Back

October 27, 2006
President George Bush signed a bill that authorizes 700 miles of fence but does not cover costs. Critics on all sides questioned whether the bill may have been designed to shore up support for candidates favored by the president in the upcoming November 7 US congressional elections. Both Mexico’s...

Debate on Freedoms Splits Hong Kong

June 30, 2003
Hong Kong should be celebrating – SARS has been contained, and the island just signed a free trade agreement with mainland China. But Hong Kong's independence and freedom are under threat, worry some critics. Democracy advocates and businesspeople fear that a proposed new law, called '...

Turkish PM Backs Egypt Protesters

February 1, 2011
Press around the world has urged democratic governments to take a position on protests in Egypt, and US ally Turkey has weighed in: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak to “listen to the wishes of the people… to create security and stability.” He joined other...

Silence Is a Decree All Should Fear

October 30, 2006
People increasingly fear posing questions about other cultures or engaging in criticism. Religious fundamentalists are not the only culprits, according to writer Umberto Eco. He also criticizes Western cultures that promote political correctness for stirring fear about free speech. Eco warns that...

Pakistan: The Militant Jihadi Challenge

March 30, 2009
As the US and NATO prepare to step up military action to blunt extremism along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the International Crisis Group presents analysis on the extent of the challenge: “that the Pakistani Taliban is an outgrowth of radical Sunni networks in the country’s political heartland...

Unpopular President

August 26, 2008
Indonesia’s president reduced government subsidies for fuel in May, causing fuel prices to jump and his popularity among voters sank. But the coalition government continues an anti-poverty platform, including subsidized rice for the poor – and that combined with an ample supply could mitigate some...
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