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COMMENTARY

Mar 14, 2003

9/11 gave life to U.S. imperial ambitions

By Brahma Chellaney

NEW DELHI -- As U.S. President George W. Bush readies a war on Iraq without any direct provocation, the United States faces international opprobrium and isolation. Rarely before has the U.S. risked its future international role and image on a huge strategic gamble untied to the protection of its vital...

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 14, 2003

How the U.S. piqued Pyongyang

By David Wall

CAMBRIDGE, England -- If it weren't for the fact that the lives of several million people are at stake it could be fun watching the game of diplomatic poker being played by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and U.S. President George W. Bush. Those lives are at stake, however, as is the future stability...

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 12, 2003

U.S. bears costs as U.N. is challenged

By Ramesh Thakur

As the issue of Iraq comes to a head, the United Nations faces a grave challenge. The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are deeply divided; many governments -- British, Japanese, Spanish, Turkish -- are at odds with their own people; and the divisions have hardened since U.S. President...

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 12, 2003

Preparing news reporters for surviving a nightmare

By Chris Cramer

As the world stands on the brink of what could be the most dangerous war ever, there is one question facing those of us in the news media: How far should a journalist go to get the story? With rogue groups in parts of the world appearing to regard journalists as legitimate targets, the inherently unsafe...

COMMENTARY

Mar 11, 2003

Japan's nation-building role

By Keizo Nabeshima

Amid escalating tension over the Iraqi situation, the international community, including Japan, has again pledged contributions toward reconstructing war-torn Afghanistan. The pledges came at the Tokyo Conference on Consolidation of Peace on Feb. 22, attended by officials from 34 countries, including...

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 11, 2003

EU keeps channel open with Pyongyang

By Thanos Kafopoulos

The withdrawal of North Korea from the Nonproliferation Treaty, or NPT, has caused great concern among members of the international community. The pillars of the 1994 Framework Agreement between the United States and North Korea and the policy that led to the establishment of the Korean Peninsula Energy...

COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE

Mar 9, 2003

Rifts widen for U.S. ahead of war vote

By Bob Keefe

WASHINGTON -- We wait and watch. Iraqi President Sadaam Hussein is cooperating. Or is he? He is destroying some missiles that United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix says are too powerful. But is that enough? U.S. President George W. Bush does not seem convinced. "Pure showmanship and more stalling,"...

COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW

Mar 9, 2003

Sordid offspring of Uncle Joe

By Constantine Pleshakov

MOSCOW -- Wednesday was the anniversary of Joseph Stalin's death. The sordid man who for 30 years held the Soviet Union in an iron grip expired 50 years ago, but still casts a long shadow.

COMMENTARY

Mar 9, 2003

Bush will need a quick victory over Iraq

By Brad Glosserman

HONOLULU -- Last week U.S. President George W. Bush laid out his vision for the Middle East. For the most part, the text read like any other: It was a stump speech designed to drum up support for "regime change" in Iraq.

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 9, 2003

Glimpses of Indochina life 330 years ago

By George Sioris

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Against the current drama of the Iraqi issue, other national and regional developments seem to fade out of focus. One such "minor event" that is heading toward oblivion concerns the tiny landlocked country of Laos. At the beginning of the year, unexpected news from there made...

COMMENTARY

Mar 8, 2003

Japan's oil diplomacy is dead

By Ronald Morse

LOS ANGELES -- Since September 2001, Tokyo has come a long way toward redefining its international security interests. One significant result of this is that should any American hostages be taken in the war with Iraq or anywhere else in the Middle East, the Japanese are not likely to be indifferent to...

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 8, 2003

Paving the way for Northeast Asian peace

By Tsuneo Akaha

MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Japan Times on March 1 reported that Tokyo is reviewing its participation in the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, or KEDO, program. If the Japanese government is giving serious thought to withdrawing from the program, it will not only exacerbate an already serious...

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.

If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami

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