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COMMENTARY

Apr 13, 2003

Thailand seeks an advantage

By Brad Glosserman

HONOLULU -- Southeast Asian politicians and business professionals continue to insist that China's rise is "an opportunity, not a threat" to their future. That sounds a lot like whistling past the graveyard. The Chinese market is so big and has such a wealth of human and material resources that conventional...

COMMENTARY

Apr 13, 2003

Rebuilding Iraq to be better than before

By Farhan Bokhari

ISLAMABAD -- U.S. President George W. Bush has repeatedly spoken of creating an environment of political freedom for the people of Iraq, where at least one generation, if not two, has grown up under the shadow of President Saddam Hussein. But there are a number of unanswered questions influencing Iraq's...

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 13, 2003

From polarization to U.N. reconstruction

By George Sioris

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- A future historian will almost certainly view the current tragedy in Iraq more calmly than so many of today's analysts and commentators. As the drama is screened from sophisticated command rooms to the remotest television-equipped hut in a far corner of the world, emotions prevail...

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 13, 2003

Chinese deserve grown-up party leaders

By David Wall

SEOUL -- The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party want the world to believe that the government they control is fit to be accepted as a full-fledged mature member of the global community. But is it? There have to be some doubts.

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 12, 2003

Sizing up America after Iraq

By Eric Teo Chu Cheow

SINGAPORE -- Three weeks into the war in Iraq, the main protagonists are already retooling their strategies for dealing with the United States. China, Russia, France, Germany, Britain, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and, lastly, North Korea (most likely the next target of American ire) have...

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 12, 2003

Slash taxes and spending, not interest rates

By Christopher Lingle

UBUD, Indonesia -- Alan Greenspan denounced the recent round of tax-cut proposals by the Bush administration. As governor of the world's most important central bank, his words carry a considerable amount of gravitas.

COMMENTARY

Apr 12, 2003

Unilateralism is no solution

By Kenzo Uchida

The war in Iraq is coming to an end with a decisive victory in sight for the U.S. and British coalition forces. However, I still have doubts about this military adventure. When it began, I described the invasion as President George W. Bush's "personal war without justification" against Iraqi President...

COMMENTARY

Apr 12, 2003

Hey, it's not my fault that I'm overweight

By Doug Bandow

WASHINGTON -- I'm trying to lose a few extra pounds, but the other day some Brach's chocolate eggs began calling to me: "eat me, eat me."

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 10, 2003

Options in Korea after Iraq

By John Barry Kotch

SEOUL -- The war in Iraq is casting a long shadow over the impending crisis on the Korean Peninsula and, in particular, on North Korea's nuclear ambitions and intentions. Last month in Seoul, antiwar protesters succeeded in delaying a vote in the National Assembly on dispatching 700 noncombat engineers...

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 10, 2003

War fuels Saudi fears and anger

By David Hirst

RIYADH -- You won't find the newly published "Hatred's Kingdom" in any Saudi bookshop, but it is in such demand among high officials that the government has brought out a reprint of its own. Its author is Dore Gold, a hardline Israeli spokesman. According to him, the "hatred" in question is rooted in...

COMMENTARY / World

Apr 10, 2003

U.N. must control Iraqi relief operations

By Cesar Chelala

NEW YORK -- Even before the war against Iraq has reached its climax, the U.S.-British invasion of that country had already provoked a humanitarian crisis that is proving to be a nightmare for international relief agencies. Although much has been done by relief agencies in preparation for this emergency,...

COMMENTARY

Apr 9, 2003

Outsiders neglectful as China hid SARS

By Harvey Stockwin

HONG KONG -- Chinese officialdom continues to both avoid reality and to invent it. The Chinese people still suffer because of the absence of freedom of information. Ironically, Hong Kong residents are still receiving phone calls from friends and relatives in Guangdong, asking them what is going on in...

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