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Japan’s Succession Battle

July 6, 2006
The succession struggle for Japan’s next prime minister has brought the two opposing schools of Japan’s foreign policy into sharper focus. Foreign affairs analyst Daniel Sneider writes that the result of the current debate between the ruling party’s Realist school and the Nationalist school could...

Poland Averts Clash With Europe Over Italian Bank Deal

April 18, 2006
The Polish government has agreed to allow the Italian bank UniCredito to go forward with a deal to acquire two of Poland’s own banks. In return, UniCredito will sell nearly half of its new Polish bank branches, preserve and put out for bid a leading Polish bank brand name, and guarantee jobs for...

Westward Ho: Asians March Into Africa – Part II

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Japan’s “Strategy” Criticized

May 11, 2006
Intellectuals and lawmakers throughout Southeast Asia complain about Japan’s diplomacy strategy for Asia. In this article, Professor Motoshige addresses Japan’s efforts to facilitate economic cooperation with other Asian nations – stemming from concern about China’s rapid economic expansion. Ito...

美国对峙巴基斯坦街头民众

April 27, 2012
现居拉合尔（Lahore）的哈菲兹•穆罕默德•赛义德（Hafiz Muhammad Saeed）是“虔诚军”（Laskar-e-Taiba，简称LeT）创始人，他被控参与策划了2008年孟买恐怖袭击案。但凭借不断蔓延的汹涌民愤，赛义德使自己成为了巴基斯坦街头民众力量的化身。本文作者迪利普•希罗（Dilip Hiro）详述了导致巴基斯坦动荡局势的历史。对任何亵渎伊斯兰教或无视其国家主权的言行，多数巴基斯坦民众保持着警惕。这种敏感与巴基斯坦三军情报局（Inter-Services Intelligence）对其宿敌印度的密切关注相伴而生。...

Tropics No Longer Museum of Plant Biodiversity

December 23, 2008
University of Calgary researchers report that the risk of extinction for plants is higher in habitats close to the equator than those that are more distant. The study by researchers by Jana Vamosi and Steven Vamosi also suggests that animals and plants undergo different extinction processes....

North Koreans and U.S. Plan Talks in Beijing Next Week

April 16, 2003
The US will begin negotiations with North Korea in Beijing – the first talk between the two governments since North Korea threw out nuclear weapons inspectors. The US had contended that it would not talk to North Korea until it gave up its nuclear arms program. Furthermore, it feared that one-on-...

In Crackdown on Energy Use, China to Shut 2,000 Factories

August 12, 2010
Analysts predict that the countries that pursue energy efficiency and green technology – ending their dependence on fossil fuels – will emerge economic winners in the years ahead. Intent on not wasting energy, China applies strict targets on aging factories by ending bank loans, export credits,...
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