Asia Archives

Will the U.S. Learn From Japan?

“Imagine a team of doctors who think more poison is the solution to poisoning.” That’s the attention-getting opening sentence leading off an invitation...

September 15, 2009

U.S. and UK Eye Post-election Afghanistan

September 11, 2009

Weeks after Iraq's August 20 presidential election, with disputed returns giving incumbent President Hamid Karzai more than 50 percent of the vote —...

Save the Planet: Take Off Your Coat and Tie

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 10, 2009

Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, has ordered male government employees to stop wearing suits, jackets, and ties to save electricity. By...

U.S. Amb. to Karzai: “Don’t Declare Victory”

September 10, 2009

On September 7, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry briefed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the status of that...

Israel Approves More West Bank Building

September 4, 2009

Israeli officials announced on September 4 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will approve the construction of hundreds of new Israeli housing units in...

Next Japanese PM Meets With U.S. Ambassador

September 3, 2009

Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama met with the new U.S. ambassador to Japan John Roos on September 3, just four days...

Reporters Dragged Into North Korea

Steven J. DuBord September 3, 2009

The American television reporters who were imprisoned in North Korea, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, say they were “violently dragged” from Chinese soil...

Lords of Chaos: The Kremlin’s Arms Merchants

Patrick Krey September 3, 2009

“There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That’s one firearm for every 12 people on the planet. The only question is:...

Karzai Leads in Afghan Election, But Runoff Likely

September 2, 2009

With more than 60 percent of the votes tallied from Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election, incumbent President Hamid Karzai had received 47 percent...

Filipinos want US soldiers out

Alex Newman September 2, 2009

Calls to renegotiate a treaty that allows U.S. troops to operate in the Philippines — or to expel the forces altogether — are...

The Soviet Roots of Terrorism

Thomas R. Eddlem September 1, 2009

Americans have been conditioned to fear Islamic terrorism, but most Americans have been told little about how much of the international terror web...

Gen. McChrystal Calls for New Strategy

September 1, 2009

U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has completed his "60-Day Afghanistan Review" and has delivered...

Japan replaces government in landslide election

Alex Newman August 31, 2009

Results from Sunday’s landslide election indicate Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was ousted from power in the lower house of parliament after...