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• New Year Question 2: Can Interdependence Prevent International Conflicts?

  World history has been repeating conflicts among nations. Interactions in the economy, culture, social activities and so forth have not prevented wars and... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2011 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Change of Profile Photo

  

  It is my birthday today, and I have changed the profile photo of Global American Discourse. Just as the old one, the new photo is Herculean Alexander wearing a... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2011 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Year Question 1: Can American Power Manage New Challenges in 2011?

  President Barack Obama’s leadership in foreign policy will be critically questioned this year, as he lost terribly in the midterm elections last November. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2011 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Visits Global American Discourse?

  As Google has introduced an access counter system this year, I can compare statistic data of both English and Japanese version, now.Access location is very... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2011 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Reconsideration of the US-Japanese Alliance at the 50th Anniversary

  It is the 50th anniversary of the US-Japanese Security Treaty this year. When the Cold War ended, the Hosokawa administration of Japan explored “independent”... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NATO Aid for Inter College Cyber Network in Afghanistan

  Reconstruction in Afghanistan faces many difficulties, and stalled by Taliban insurgencies and continual corruptions. But the above video tells a brilliant... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The US-Japanese Symposium on Nuclear Nonproliferation and East Asian Security

  The US embassy in Japan hosted a policy forum, entitled “The Future of the US-Japanese Alliance: Security in East Asia and Nuclear Policy”, on November 29 at th... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• North Korean Aggression: Reconsider Airlines in East Asia

  

  Today, North Korea fired more than 100 artillery shells to Yeonpyeong Island, north west of South Korea. According to a Korean newspaper, 2 South Korean... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The US-Indian Talk: A Rollback from Apologist Diplomacy?

  Shortly after the loss in the midterm election, President Obama left for a ten day trip to Asia. Among big events including G20 in Seoul and APEC in Yokohama,... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Clash Between the West and Emerging Economies

  The media and business societies talk about emerging economies these days, because they see new market opportunities in those countries, which should not be... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A New Report on the Sino-Japanese Tension Over Senkaku Islands

  The Japan Forum on International Relations had an emergent committee meeting to discuss the Senkaku Islands Dispute between Japan and China on October 6, and ha... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Will the United States Shed “post-American” Foreign Policy?

  Since the inauguration, Barack Obama has been acting like a post-American president rather than American, just in order to change George W. Bush’s go it alone... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Guidebook on Post Orange Ukraine for Americans and Europeans

  Since the collapse of the Orange Revolution, Ukraine has fallen into somewhat a tributary state of Russia. A recent report published by Chatham House shows... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Impact of Japanese Kowtow to China on the Free World

  The territorial dispute between China and Japan over Senkaku Islands is beyond a bilateral clash. We need to understand this dispute from global contexts. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Reality Behind the Koran Burning on 9/11

  The 9th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attack was landmarked by Koran burning. It is a protest against President Barack Obama’s decision to give permission to... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Prospect of Afghanistan by General Petraeus

  President Barack Obama announced that the United States would concentrate counterterrorism struggle on Afghanistan when he declared the end of combat missions i... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Review of Ex-PM Blair’s Commentary on Iraq and the War on Terror

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has released a new book, entitled “A Journey” on the day when President Barack Obama announced the end of the Iraq... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hurdles for a Nuclear Free World

  Has global security started to move toward a nuclear free world this year? Based on the Prague speech, President Barack Obama hosted the 1st Nuclear Security... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The US-Japanese Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base

  

  I went to the US-Japanese Friendship Festival at Yokota US Air Force Base in Fussa city, north west of Tokyo, on August 22. The festival is held once a year,... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Defense Reform by Secretary Gates

  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that he would close the Joint Forces Command (See 1 and 2) to cut military spending in view of recession. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2010 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY