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Michael Schuman
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2016
The Park scandal and the fight for Seoul's soul
What is going in South Korea is a clash between a society moving forward and a government creeping backward.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2016
Japan may be too scared of failure to succeed
Unless inventive, aggressive companies are around to do something productive with the cheap cash the BOJ is generating, policymakers will never be able to jump-start the economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2016
Choice of history in China will guide sea dispute
The 'victim' historical narrative propagated by Beijing may be politically convenient at the moment, but it ultimately threatens to undermine China's rise.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016
Which country wins the most from Brexit? China
A fractured EU will be less able to serve as a check to Beijing's growing challenge to the West's cherished institutions and ideals.

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