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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Ramesh Thakur</title>
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		<title>Tale of two crises: connecting the dots from Iran to Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/tale-of-two-crises-connecting-the-dots-from-iran-to-syria/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tale-of-two-crises-connecting-the-dots-from-iran-to-syria</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The twin crises involving Syria and Iran demonstrate the continuing utility of the United Nations as the Security Council remains the cockpit for addressing geopolitical upheavals.]]></description>
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		<title>Right way to send a message</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/10/commentary/right-way-to-send-a-message/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=right-way-to-send-a-message</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/10/commentary/right-way-to-send-a-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[military strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's harder for the U.S. to claim legitimacy for circumventing U.N. paralysis, it has used the veto more often than China and Russia combined since the end of the Cold War.]]></description>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s crushing defeat ends a five-act political tragedy</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/09/commentary/labors-crushing-defeat-ends-a-five-act-political-tragedy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=labors-crushing-defeat-ends-a-five-act-political-tragedy</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/09/commentary/labors-crushing-defeat-ends-a-five-act-political-tragedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australian politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the Australian Labor Party, a crushing defeat on Saturday night was the finale of a tragedy in five acts.]]></description>
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		<title>Is America now becoming an international outlaw?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/03/commentary/is-america-now-becoming-an-international-outlaw/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-america-now-becoming-an-international-outlaw</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/03/commentary/is-america-now-becoming-an-international-outlaw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Barack Obama succeeded George W. Bush as U.S. president, the world heaved a collective sigh of relief. How ironic then that Obama risks making the U.S. the biggest international outlaw of our times.]]></description>
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		<title>Once again, U.S. rushing to attack without facts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/29/commentary/once-again-u-s-rushing-to-attack-without-facts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=once-again-u-s-rushing-to-attack-without-facts</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/29/commentary/once-again-u-s-rushing-to-attack-without-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[chemical weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Assertions that Syrian President Bashar Assad is guilty of chemical weapons use without hard evidence presented to the international community will not do, not after the dodgy dossiers fiasco on Iraq in 2003.]]></description>
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		<title>Global threat of nuclear deterrence</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/18/commentary/global-threat-of-nuclear-deterrence/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=global-threat-of-nuclear-deterrence</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/18/commentary/global-threat-of-nuclear-deterrence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nonproliferation Treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear deterrence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[lmost half a century after the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was signed, the world is still perched precariously on the edge of the nuclear precipice.]]></description>
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		<title>U.N. norm setters vs. takers</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/23/commentary/u-n-norm-setters-vs-takers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-n-norm-setters-vs-takers</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/23/commentary/u-n-norm-setters-vs-takers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[developing nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.N. bias]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How long will the United Nations division of labor last in which Westerners are the norm setters and enforcers while the rest are norm takers]]></description>
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		<title>Paradox of Egyptian democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/10/commentary/paradox-of-egyptian-democracy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=paradox-of-egyptian-democracy</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/10/commentary/paradox-of-egyptian-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morsi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mohamed Morsi and his camp certainly erred and were not inclusive, but their martyrdom has dealt a big setback to the cause of democracy and the rule of law in Egypt.]]></description>
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		<title>Can Rudd resurrect Labor?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/02/commentary/can-rudd-resurrect-labor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=can-rudd-resurrect-labor</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/02/commentary/can-rudd-resurrect-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even by the standards of a sports-mad country in which politics is a blood-sport, the events leading to the comeback of Kevin Rudd have been extraordinary.]]></description>
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		<title>Alternatives to North Korea&#8217;s denuclearization</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/16/commentary/alternatives-to-north-koreas-denuclearization/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=alternatives-to-north-koreas-denuclearization</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/16/commentary/alternatives-to-north-koreas-denuclearization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[denuclearization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Proliferation Treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear arms control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sooner or later North Korea must be brought back into negotiations. Some now call denuclearization a pipe dream, preferring to focus on arms control.]]></description>
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		<title>North Korean nuclear crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/11/commentary/north-korean-nuclear-crisis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=north-korean-nuclear-crisis</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/06/11/commentary/north-korean-nuclear-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HEU technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Jong Un]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea's nuclear and missile programs are a source of instability and tension in a region vital to global security and economic prosperity.]]></description>
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		<title>Substitute question marks for exclamation marks</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/05/22/commentary/substitute-question-marks-for-exclamation-marks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=substitute-question-marks-for-exclamation-marks</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/05/22/commentary/substitute-question-marks-for-exclamation-marks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[chemical warfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A terrible tragedy is unfolding in (fill in the name of your favorite trouble spot). Something must be done. This (choose from sending troops, air strikes, enforcing a no fly zone, arming rebels) is something. Therefore it must be done. Such is what passes for much of policy advice by some analysts, many unembarrassed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia, Indonesia moving as close as perceptions allow</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/05/02/commentary/australia-indonesia-moving-as-close-as-perceptions-allow/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=australia-indonesia-moving-as-close-as-perceptions-allow</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/05/02/commentary/australia-indonesia-moving-as-close-as-perceptions-allow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bilateral ties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Irritants in Australia-Indonesia ties stem from popular Australian misperceptions about the changes in Indonesia and political condescension by some leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>Five myths about the Iraq war</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/04/10/commentary/five-myths-about-the-iraq-war/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=five-myths-about-the-iraq-war</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/04/10/commentary/five-myths-about-the-iraq-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That the war changed Iraq into a stable and peaceful democracy is a myth. It has been left a broken and dysfunctional country. The big winner is Iran.]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear agenda out of play</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/26/commentary/nuclear-agenda-out-of-play/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nuclear-agenda-out-of-play</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/26/commentary/nuclear-agenda-out-of-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear disarmament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear nonproliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama outlined a vision of a world freed of the threat of nuclear weapons, however, disappointingly little progress has been made in the ensuing four years.]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders we can trust again</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/15/commentary/leaders-we-can-trust-again/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=leaders-we-can-trust-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/15/commentary/leaders-we-can-trust-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[alienation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leaders with a compelling vision whom we can trust again could turn back the tide of public cynicism in democratic governance. But where are they]]></description>
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		<title>To cut nuclear attack risks, take warheads off high alert</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/11/commentary/to-cut-nuclear-attack-risks-take-warheads-off-high-alert/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=to-cut-nuclear-attack-risks-take-warheads-off-high-alert</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/11/commentary/to-cut-nuclear-attack-risks-take-warheads-off-high-alert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[deterrence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Taking nuclear warheads off high alert would strengthen deterrence by reducing the chance of armed rivals attacking each other after a rise in tension.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan and Australia: natural allies in the changing Pacific</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/06/commentary/japan-and-australia-natural-allies-in-the-changing-pacific/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japan-and-australia-natural-allies-in-the-changing-pacific</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/06/commentary/japan-and-australia-natural-allies-in-the-changing-pacific/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does the U.S. pivot to the Pacific represent a necessary rebalancing, overbalancing or counter-balancing against China's growing wealth, power and assertiveness? ]]></description>
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		<title>Ballast for Australia-India relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as India focuses on consolidating national aspirations, and not on developing global governance norms, it will remain an incomplete power.]]></description>
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		<title>Turning China into an enemy</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/02/07/commentary/turning-china-into-an-enemy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=turning-china-into-an-enemy</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/02/07/commentary/turning-china-into-an-enemy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rise in tensions over disputed claims to islands and rocky outcrops in the South China Sea has the potential to harm the interests of Australia.]]></description>
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		<title>How will Australia rebalance its trade, security relations?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/01/31/commentary/how-will-australia-rebalance-its-trade-security-relations/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-will-australia-rebalance-its-trade-security-relations</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does Australia reconcile the pull of its European heritage, the security imperatives of the U.S. alliance and its trading ties with East Asia?]]></description>
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		<title>Failures of governance spawned the rape crisis</title>
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		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/01/12/commentary/failures-of-governance-spawned-the-rape-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The shock waves from the pack-rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi continue to reverberate in India and around the world. The pathology of rape is not rooted in local culture. A nation does not rise in collective revulsion at normal but rather at unacceptable behavior. The explanation for the rape epidemic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a woman&#8217;s death spur a nation to end its violence against a gender?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/01/07/commentary/can-a-womans-death-spur-a-nation-to-end-its-violence-against-a-gender/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=can-a-womans-death-spur-a-nation-to-end-its-violence-against-a-gender</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/01/07/commentary/can-a-womans-death-spur-a-nation-to-end-its-violence-against-a-gender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Never have I felt so ashamed to be from India nor so despairing of its future. The poor young woman, brutally assaulted by a pack of thugs, not named in order to protect the family&#8217;s privacy, is dead, leaving behind a grieving family and a billion broken hearts. As she lies in a sleep beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boxed in, Japan swings right</title>
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		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/12/19/commentary/boxed-in-japan-swings-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry Kissinger once famously remarked that a great power does not retreat forever. This is a particularly apt comment on China&#8217;s and South Korea&#8217;s contributions to the outcome of last weekend&#8217;s elections in Japan. The domestic causes and consequences of the massive swing back to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as the natural party of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The reality of R2P and POC</title>
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		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/12/05/commentary/the-reality-of-r2p-and-poc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As Australia prepares to assume its two-year seat on the U.N. Security Council from Jan. 1, it will either have to react to, or may well decide to actively promote, the cause of protecting civilians caught in harm&#8217;s way in contemporary armed conflicts. Either way, it would benefit from drawing on a recent study by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership for a nuclear weapons-free world</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/09/24/commentary/leadership-for-a-nuclear-weapons-free-world/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=leadership-for-a-nuclear-weapons-free-world</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/09/24/commentary/leadership-for-a-nuclear-weapons-free-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world beset by many grave problems that threaten to unleash a perfect storm at short notice, many people bemoan the dearth of responsible and high-quality leadership to point the way forward to a more prosperous, peaceful and just future. Yesterday&#8217;s leaders may no longer be in power but have much to contribute by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let posterity see how the Iraq war was created</title>
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		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/09/11/commentary/let-posterity-see-how-the-iraq-war-was-created/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Iraq War Inquiry Group (of which I am a member) issued a public call for an inquiry into the decision-making that lay behind Australia&#8217;s participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, members of the then-Howard government dismissed it in effect as yesterday&#8217;s news. They argued that the focus should be on today&#8217;s and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s call for thoughts on Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/08/23/commentary/australias-call-for-thoughts-on-iraq/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=australias-call-for-thoughts-on-iraq</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/08/23/commentary/australias-call-for-thoughts-on-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Aug. 16 a group of Australians, led by former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and former Chief of the Defense Force Gen. Peter Gration, launched a call for an inquiry into how and why Australia joined the Iraq war in 2003. The goal is not to rake over old coals, but to improve how war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India and Pakistan: Come and dream with me</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/08/15/commentary/india-and-pakistan-come-and-dream-with-me/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=india-and-pakistan-come-and-dream-with-me</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week (Tuesday and Wednesday), Pakistan and India are celebrating their conjoined independence days. Their rivalry has sabotaged India&#8217;s tryst with destiny as a global power and Pakistan&#8217;s ambition to be the leading light of the Islamic world. Will 2047 mark 100 years of solitude in bilateral relations on which hinge the fates of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fundamental hits to India&#8217;s brand</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/08/06/commentary/fundamental-hits-to-indias-brand/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fundamental-hits-to-indias-brand</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The hits just keep coming. In recent weeks, credit rating agencies have downgraded India&#8217;s investment status, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been described by Time magazine as an underachiever, U.S. President Barack Obama has raised concerns that corporate America is worried about India&#8217;s investment climate and protectionist sentiments, and The Independent (London, July 16) rudely [...]]]></description>
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