A black sun rises in a declining Japan - The Globe and Mail
Until recently, it was the likes of Mitsuhiro Kimura that worried Japan's political mainstream. The leader of the far-right Issuikai movement, he counted Saddam Hussein and French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen among his allies, and created friction with Japan's neighbours by loudly denying the country's Second World War crimes. But now Mr. Kimura is among those concerned about a new breed of
looking back on iraq | Rory Stewart
It is the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and nine and a half years since I first boarded a troop plane to Basra. I still find the scale of our failure astonishing. It was a war in which 179 British and 4488 American soldiers were killed, and over 40,000 wounded. A trillion pounds was spent by the coalition. And many many Iraqis died. What was the result? Most of us have no precise idea
New Pope Puts Spotlight on Jesuits, an Influential Yet Self-Effacing Order (Published 2013)
A priest prayed in the Church of St. Ignatius in Rome, dedicated to the Jesuit order’s founder.Credit...Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press ROME — Men who join the Jesuits, the Roman Catholic Church’s largest religious order, take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and promise never to take any high office in the church. So while other priests were climbing the ladder of the church’s hierarchy
Spike: No man but a blockhead
[This is the last ever Spike ramble, so slip on your stoutest trekking boots, decant a wee dram of aqua vitae into your hip-flask, and join me across a few rickety stiles and muddy, forgotten fields.] No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money. Samuel Johnson, Friday, 5 April 1776, from The Life of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell Many moons ago, long before the accident, I went for a drive.
Cyprus eurozone bailout prompts anger as savers hand over possible 10% levy | World news | guardian.co.uk
Cypriots rushed to the cooperative banks on Saturdays after learning that the bailout terms involves them losing a one-off 10% levy on bank deposits Photograph: Pavlos Vrionides/AP European finance ministers have agreed an £8.7bn bailout for Cyprus which includes all Cypriot bank customers handing over up to 10% of their savings.Cyprus becomes the fifth country after Greece, Ireland, Portugal and
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Mistreatment by the government is nothing new in Ethiopia, an essentially one-party state in which virtually all human rights activity and independent media is banned. But what makes the latest case particularly outrageous is that the Ethiopian government may be using World Bank money—some of which comes from US taxpayers—to finance it. In 2010, the Ethiopian government began moving thousands of p
What Bill Gates Got Wrong About Why Nations Fail
Our recent book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, received the harshest reviews from those who see geography and culture as the root causes of poverty, and enlightened leaders — or even more enlightened outside donors and organizations — as the keys to economic development. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his dedication to international aid, billionaire foundation chi
How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America’s Cross Hairs (Published 2013)
The wreckage of a car in Shabwa Province, Yemen, stood as testament to the destructive abilities of American drone strikes.Credit...Khaled Abdullah/Reuters WASHINGTON — One morning in late September 2011, a group of American drones took off from an airstrip the C.I.A. had built in the remote southern expanse of Saudi Arabia. The drones crossed the border into Yemen, and were soon hovering over a g
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