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Snapshot,
November 4, 2009
With the cancellation of Afghanistan's runoff election, Washington is left with Hamid Karzai as its partner in Kabul. How did Karzai come to power in the first place, and what might that say about his ability to rule?
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Snapshot,
November 2, 2009
Beyond the current debate about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan lie more fundamental questions of who the Taliban are, how they are organized, what they want, and whether they can be separated from al Qaeda.
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Essay,
Nov/Dec
2009
By exposing them to the truth about their impoverishment and about the prosperity of their South Korean cousins, the United States can encourage North Koreans to change the regime in Pyongyang.
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Essay,
Nov/Dec
2009
U.S. policymakers can no longer afford to ignore Southeast Asia. The United States should use trade, aid, and education to alleviate poverty and prevent terrorism in the region.
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Essay,
Nov/Dec
2009
The DPJ’s rise to power is a historic opportunity for Japan to revise the constitution, loosen the bureaucracy’s grip on policymaking, redistribute income, and improve relations with the rest of Asia. But the road will be long and tortuous.
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Postscript,
October 13, 2009
As the United States and its NATO allies slog on in Afghanistan, it is Washington's mismanagement of local alliances that has proved to be the undoing of its strategy in the country.
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Letter From,
October 8, 2009
The BJP's Hindu nationalism may have won it votes in the past, but the party now faces an identity crisis that is imperiling its future.
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Essay,
September 24, 2009
The DPJ's rise to power is a historic opportunity for Japan to launch major reforms. But can the party overcome the Japanese bureaucracy and the country's internal tensions?
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Letter From,
September 18, 2009
Since Yukio Hatoyama became prime minister of Japan, Washington has grown worried that the U.S.-Japanese alliance may be weakening. Can the two countries still find common interests?
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Snapshot,
September 8, 2009
Japan's August election represented a political revolution. But how effective will the country's new government be in changing economic and foreign policy?
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