The War Logs, released by WikiLeaks, may contribute to the unfortunate and prevailing doctrine that wars are wrong only if they aren’t successful. The War Logs—a six-year archive of classified military documents about the war…
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Since the dramatic release of a US military film of a US airborne shooting of unarmed journalists in Iraq, Wiki-Leaks has gained global notoreity and credibility as a daring website that releases sensitive material to…
As the leaders of the world’s biggest powers gather for a Group of 20 summit, their South Korean hosts talk hopefully of the organization as a steering committee of the world. But there are so…
Leaders of the world’s top Group of 20 (G20) economies, who collectively produce over 85 percent of global wealth, meet in Seoul from November 11-12, to coordinate collective efforts aim at redressing world economies following…
After the November 2 congressional elections in the U.S., Democrats suffered their worst electoral defeat in decades, losing more than 50 seats in the House of Representatives, according to the CBS News. For the first…
Democrats’ defeat in the November 2 congressional elections is raising uncertainties around the issue of resetting US foreign policies and speculations whether or not Obama will be re-elected in 2012. David Broder, columnist with The…
Quite a number of my Asian friends have recounted their awful experiences of discrimination while they were in some Western countries. The worst case that I have ever heard was when my Thai friend was…
In recent years, the economic development of the East Asian region has been booming. The region was among the least hard hit by the financial crisis. For example in China, although during exports did go…
Speaking at a security conference in Canada yesterday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took it upon himself to make U.S.-Iran policy, declaring that “Containment is off the table“: The South Carolina Republican saw the United States…
China’s pattern of economic growth is changing. The country is depending more and more on domestic consumption than external demand. Previously, beginning from the 1980’s and 1990’s, when China’s economy first began rapid expansion, economic…