Taking Harder Stance Toward China, Obama Lines Up Allies (Published 2010)
WASHINGTON � The Obama administration, facing a confrontational relationship with China on exchange rates, trade and security issues, is stiffening its approach toward Beijing, seeking allies to confront a newly assertive power that officials now say has little intention of working with the United States. In a shift from its assiduous one-on-one courtship of Beijing, the administration is trying t
German Identity, Long Dormant, Reasserts Itself - NYTimes.com
Jens John raising a variation of the German flag in his garden in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany. A truck driver, Mr. John has often been without work in the economic downturn.Credit...Gordon Welters for The New York Times BERLIN � As a youth in the 1950s, the film director Volker Schlöndorff tried to hide his German origins by learning to speak unaccented French. This summer, his daughter pain
Opinion | Misguided Emotions (Published 2010)
HONG KONG — It must count as one of the more bizarre bits of diplomacy in recent times. Last week, on the eve of a visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia threatened to take Japan to the International Court of Justice if it did not stop whaling in the Southern Ocean, the part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia. One may dismiss this as a politici
Japan’s Elder Statesman Is Silent No Longer (Published 2010)
“For the development of Japan's democracy, I did not think it was good for the Liberal Democratic Party to last forever, or for it to be a permanent ruling party. Being knocked out of power is a good chance to study in the cram school of public opinion.” YASUHIRO NAKASONECredit...Torin Boyd/Polaris, for The New York Times TOKYO ANY mere mortal might have reacted with dismay, even anger, if a group
Joseph Nye - An Alliance Larger Than One Issue - NYTimes.com
Cambridge, Mass. SEEN from Tokyo, America’s relationship with Japan faces a crisis. The immediate problem is deadlock over a plan to move an American military base on the island of Okinawa. It sounds simple, but this is an issue with a long back story that could create a serious rift with one of our most crucial allies. When I was in the Pentagon more than a decade ago, we began planning to reduce
The 31 Places to Go in 2010 (Published 2010)
1. Sri Lanka For a quarter century, Sri Lanka seems to have been plagued by misfortune, including a brutal civil war between the Sinhalese-dominated government and a separatist Tamil group. But the conflict finally ended last May, ushering in a more peaceful era for this teardrop-shaped island off India’s coast, rich in natural beauty and cultural splendors. The island, with a population of just 2
Japan Cools to America as It Prepares for Obama Visit (Published 2009)
WASHINGTON � President Obama will arrive in Tokyo on Friday, at a time when America’s relations with Japan are at their most contentious since the trade wars of the 1990s � and back then, the fights were over luxury cars and semiconductors, not over whether the two countries should re-examine their half-century-old strategic relationship. When Japan’s Democratic Party came to power in September, e
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