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UNITED STATES

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2015
How America lost Russia
The U.S. provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin by appeasing him and then abruptly reversing course. The damage won't be easily undone.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2015
A dangerous time for Russia-NATO relations
It is the early stages of a standoff between nuclear powers that are the most dangerous.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2015
Uncertain times for the Taliban
Mullah Omar's passing may well have weakened the Taliban, but that may not prove to be the advantage that the group's enemies had hoped.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2015
A decent deal to bring Iran in from the cold
If the Iran deal goes through, the world should have a 15 year respite from the threats of an Iranian nuclear bomb and of Iran being bombed.
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2015
Obama a lame duck? Think again
U.S. President Barack Obama is making good on his promise that he wouldn't be sidelined in his second term.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2015
Is the U.S. government going back to the 1930s?
The U.S. government is slowly becoming an agency for taking care of the elderly.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2015
U.S. rights report slams Japan on child abuse, prison conditions, asylum system
The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report highlights serious problems in the way Japan deals with refugees and notes that domestic abuse and sexual harassment remain rife.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2015
Deconstructing GOP candidate Donald Trump
Donald Trump's announcement of his candidacy for the U.S. presidency is a testament to the vagaries of the capitalist system and the unpredictable turns of history.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2015
How outrage became a U.S. growth industry
Intolerance is making the U.S. less free, and less fun.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 9, 2015
Managing disputes with China
U.S.-China relations are not a zero-sum game — and that it's dangerous to act as if they are.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2015
China's military might: the good news
China doesn't need to be as militarily powerful as the U.S. to pose serious problems in East Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 4, 2015
U.S. should stay out of Asian countries' territorial disputes
Instead of goading China, the U.S. should withdraw from East Asia's territorial miasma.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015
Pay and spending fears feed a vicious U.S. cycle
The U.S. economy caught in a vicious circle of its own fear and ignorance, as companies increasingly turn to temporary workers and consumers tighten their purse strings.
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2015
Another step forward with Cuba
Isolation, censure and punishment have done little to bring about change in Cuba. The Obama administration is right to engage Havana.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2015
U.S. has a long history of treating veterans poorly
The United States has been consistently and ruthlessly screwed its veterans from the very beginning.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2015
China's Cold War nostalgia
China's MIRV warhead deployment is meant to emphasize that it intends to become a genuine global power alongside the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2015
Channeling China's aspirations
America's energy and resources would be far better spent containing China's military aspirations than trying to prevent it from further engaging with the world in the economic sphere.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2015
Germany is Mercury, the U.S. is Mars
Washington has to realize that it is increasingly neglecting America's geoeconomic power in favor of its military dimension, at the cost of its influence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2015
GOP hawks twist Reagan's foreign policy legacy
A de facto peacenik who was horrified by the prospect of needless war, Ronald Reagan would be angry at Republican hawks' attempts to use his legacy to justify a failed foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2015
Has the U.S. learned the Vietnam War's lessons?
The Vietnamese still long for U.S. acknowledgment of the wrongs it committed when it waged the Vietnam War.

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