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COMMENTARY

Jan 31, 2003

War drums making al-Qaeda restless

By Farhan Bokhari

ISLAMABAD -- Across the Mideast, the fact of life remains that violence breeds more violence. Thus the warning by Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah that al-Qaeda terrorists may stage retaliatory attacks if the United States leads a war against Iraq cannot be ignored. Speaking on the sidelines...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 31, 2003

Lifetime of missed chances

By Aidan Foster-Carter

LONDON -- On Jan. 22, two of the world's leading powers celebrated the 40th anniversary of a remarkable reconciliation. At the historic Palace of Versailles, France's President Jacques Chirac and Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder toasted a treaty signed in 1963 by their visionary predecessors, Charles...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 30, 2003

Forget about military draft

By Michael O'Hanlon

WASHINGTON -- In recent weeks, motivated partly by a looming war in Iraq, a debate has again begun about whether the United States should adopt military conscription to replace its all-volunteer force. While the motivation behind this debate is understandable, it would be a very bad idea -- the equivalent...

COMMENTARY

Jan 30, 2003

Making waves over foreign policy 'realism'

By Brad Glosserman

HONOLULU -- One of the advantages of living in Hawaii is that you get to spend weekends at the beach. I spend mine with the Grizzled Old Vet, a longtime observer of East Asia who has spent a lifetime straddling academia and the minefields that litter the Beltway. Between waves, the Gov (as I will call...

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 30, 2003

Iraqi crisis highlights strains in trans-Atlantic relations

By Jonathan Fenby

LONDON -- Since the end of World War II, Western Europe has usually sided with the United States in global conflicts. Except for a few national exceptions, such as France's criticism of the Vietnam War, trans-Atlantic solidarity has been the order of the day from the Cuban missile crisis through the...

COMMENTARY

Jan 29, 2003

War rhetoric leaves most Britons cold

By Sarah Benton

LONDON -- A few thousand antiwar protesters gathered outside the House of Commons last week to lobby members of Parliament, to take part in a silent vigil or to attend one of several -- to the annoyance of those who would have liked unity -- antiwar meetings.

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 29, 2003

Mother Teresa: a shining example for all of humanity

By Gautaman Bhaskaran

MADRAS, India -- In a time of harrowing sectarian strife, the Vatican has shown that there is an ocean of compassion and tolerance in the highest form of faith.

COMMENTARY

Jan 28, 2003

Court sends LDP a message

By Keizo Nabeshima

Two recent moves by judiciary and law-enforcement authorities are a grave warning against the Liberal Democratic Party's pork-barrel politics. One is the Supreme Court rejection of an appeal by former Construction Minister Kishiro Nakamura against a Tokyo High Court ruling that found him guilty of taking...

COMMENTARY

Jan 27, 2003

The war dead deserve better

By Kiroku Hanai

I was stunned by news reports that Junichiro Koizumi recently made his third visit as prime minister to Yasukuni Shrine. After his two previous visits drew strong protests from China and South Korea, and after he struggled to justify the visits, officials in both countries must be amazed and angered....

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 27, 2003

China leaves India in the dust

By Ramesh Thakur

NEW DELHI -- While I was in India recently, the first phase of an underground railway was inaugurated in New Delhi. At about the same time, in Shanghai, the world's first magnetic levitation train was inaugurated between the airport and the city. This is a fitting metaphor for the two countries. China...

COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK

Jan 27, 2003

Corporations cast a shadow on education

By Hiroaki Sato

NEW YORK -- Did you know that Stanford University has a Yahoo! Chair of Information Management Systems?

COMMENTARY / World

Jan 26, 2003

U.S. pursuit of a second ASEAN track

By George Sioris

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Analysts tend to classify U.S. policies toward Asia -- and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in particular -- according to two irreconcilable stereotypes: the "unchangeable pattern," in which administrations come and go while fundamental American perceptions remain the...

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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