Inter-imperialism and Neo-fascism in Japan
By Dr. John W. Maerhofer | 01 October2010 The last year has witnessed the rise of a wide-spread racist group that has coordinated attacks on “foreigners” in Japan. As reported in...
Confucius Vs. Avatar: Rethinking Confucian Advocacy in the 21st Century
By Antony Ou | 24 September 2010 Fei Mu, who is now regarded as one of the all-time-favourite directors of China, filmed Confucius in 1940 during the time of the...
China Puts Mark on Eurasia Energy Picture
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 11:40 By Fadil Aliriza According to the International Energy Agency, China has outpaced the United States and become the world's largest energy consumer. The country's robust...
China Economy Weekly: Rail Projects, Inflation, International Trade Links
Written by PROF. SCOTT LUCAS Tuesday, 17 August 2010 13:44 China Clears Inter-city Rail Projects: The National Development and Reform Commission on Friday approved inter-city rail transit networks covering more...
Afghanistan-Pakistan Revealed: America’s Private Spies
By Prof. Scott Lucas | 20 May 2010 During the Bush years, authors such as Jeremy Scahill and Tom Englehardt documented how the US Department of Defense turned to private companies for...
The Times Square Bomber: Home-Grown Hatred?
By Ahmed Rashid | 20 May 2010 The Pakistani media is in a state of apoplexy about the would-be Times Square bomber, the Pakistani-born US citizen Faisal Shahzad. Predictably a great...
Estimating the Impact of the Indo-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on India’s Balance of Trade*
By Ranajoy Bhattacharyya and Avijit Mandal | 15 April 2010 India signed a Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN on 13th August, 2009. Abstract In this paper we analyze one aspect...
Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan: Whose Security?
By Prof. Alp Ozerdem | 01 April 2010 As part of the liberal peace agenda, the international community has implemented Security Sector Reform (SSR) in almost all contexts where it has...
What is Living and What is Dead in Political Confucianism: A Question for Modern China
Written by ANTONY OU Monday, 05 April 2010 09:45 Confucius (551-479 BCE), was the “founding father” of Confucianism. His moral and political ideas were documented in The Analects, which outlines...
They’re Not Brainwashed, They’re Just Miserable
By Marcus Noland | 30 March 2010 This month, North Korea reportedly executed the Korean Workers' Party's economic policy director, Pak Nam Gi, for being a "bourgeois infiltrator" who ruined the...
U.S.-China Military Tensions Grow
Rick Rozoff 20 January 2010 Even though the U.S. military budget is almost ten times that of China's (with a population more than four times as large) and Washington...
Washington’s Arms Deal With Taiwan Threatens US-China Relations
Nick Amies 02 February 2010 A $6.4-billion (4.6-billion euros) arms deal between the United States and Taiwan has enraged China and threatens to endanger cooperation betweenWashington and Beijing on key international and regional issues. The Pentagon's approval last...
Return to Mumbai
Sohail Rahman As I travelled from the airport to Marine Drive on November 27, 2008 the sun was setting and the roads leading from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport in the north of...
The history of the Tamil Tigers
The conflict between Sri Lanka's government forces and armed Tamil rebels has raged for nearly 60 years. Thousands have died and many more have been made homeless by the fighting. ...
Obama Visits China With Closer Ties in Mind
U.S. President Barack Obama is on his first official trip to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy and climate change. Mr. Obama arrived late Sunday in Shanghai....