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UNITED

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.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 8, 2015
How to achieve UNSC reform
The Group of Four countries should engage in a deliberate and combined campaign of noncooperation in their push for U.N. Security Council reforms.
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015
Cameron's work is cut out
David Cameron, if he is unlucky and plays his hands badly, could end up as the prime minister who led Britain out of the EU and who was responsible for the demise of the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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.
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.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 22, 2015
Hull, Newcastle taking relegation battle to final day
And then there were two.
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.
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.
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.
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 12, 2015
Little Englandism goes big in British elections
The unraveling of British identify, which started when Britain lost its empire, will likely accelerate in the months to come.
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2015
A win to test Cameron's mettle
British Prime Minister David Cameron pulled off a remarkable feat last week. He may come to rue his success.
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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