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Denis Macshane
For Denis Macshane's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2019
Labour's defeat offers the left hard lessons
Some serious rethinking needs to happen if the Labour Party is not planning to be a spent, past force in British politics.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2019
Boris Johnson: The last betrayal?
Will Boris Johnson really be a Robespierre, as the ardent Brexiteers hope u2014 or convert himself into rational Monsieur Talleyrand?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 27, 2018
Decision day for Japan Inc. in England
Will Japanese firms remain in post-Brexit Britain or find more welcoming friends?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2018
Forget fake news — worry about fake history Oscars
Two movies about Britain in 1940 — "Dunkirk" and "Darkest Hour" — have collected plenty of Oscar nominations. Both movies are full of historical nonsense.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2017
So what's next for Emmanuel Macron?
Four months after Emmanuel Macron became president of France, the French and the rest of Europe still don't know what they are getting.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2015
Forgotten Balkans look set to plague the 21st century
Twenty years after 1945, Germany was at peace with its neighbors and had normal diplomatic relations with the countries it once occupied. Nearly 20 years since the massacre at Srebenica, no final settlement is in sight for the Balkan region from Croatia to Greece.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2015
Cameron's disappearing act
A German newspaper is leading a chorus of cruel comments about how British Prime Minister David Cameron shines nowadays by his absence on the international stage.

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