Japan’s Relations with the U.S. and Its North Korean Option
On August 27, 2002, when emissaries from the Bush administration met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, each had...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Japan’s Relations with the U.S. and Its North Korean Option
A nation must think before it acts.
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The Turkish Problem — and Hope
On November 3, Turks elected a new parliament. Turkey’s citizens had 18 parties to choose from in the elections,...
Form, Function, and U.S. Defense Transformation
As the saying goes, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” A perfect example of this...
Sinical Voters: Elections in Greater China … and the United States
When Americans went to the polls on November 5, observers included a remarkable delegation of election scholars, elected officials,...
The U.S. Military, the Strategic Quartet, and the Global War on Terrorism
One year after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the United States remains involved in its first global...
Everything You Think You Know About the American Way of War Is Wrong
We meet in a time of war. On distant battlefields, from Kandahar to the Hindu Kush, American soldiers are...
“Bless and Keep the SAR … Far Away from Us”: Taiwan’s Hong Kong Phobia, Five Years On
On July 1, 1997— the day of Hong Kong’s reversion to China— Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui pointedly declared to...
Bush’s Palestine
Ever since the failed Camp David Summit of July 2000, the Arab-Israeli conflict has been shaped by a striking...
Varieties of Sovereignty and China: Challenges and Opportunities in the Cross-Strait Relationship
On December 17, 2001, the Foreign Policy Research Institute held a day-long conference to address the question of sovereignty...
Re-Mapping U.S. Defense Policy
Even though embroiled in a global war against terrorism, the United States continues to view and conceptualize the world...