Asia

January 9, 2013

The 2013 Resource Nationalism Checklist

The list is our attempt to respond to what we see as a relatively underdeveloped marketplace of ideas when it comes to scenario planning for expropriation, unfair regulatory intervention, nationalizations, and resource nationalism events that have...
January 3, 2013

The Unreasonable Expectations of Democracy

There’s a few interesting comments on Arab Spring pessimism on the interwebs today. Here, writing in Foreign Affairs (stifle that yawn), Sheri Berman makes some interesting historical comparisons of political transformations, and points towa...
January 3, 2013

The Unreasonable Expectations of Democracy

There’s a few interesting comments on Arab Spring pessimism on the interwebs today. Here, writing in Foreign Affairs (stifle that yawn), Sheri Berman makes some interesting historical comparisons of political transformations, and points towa...
November 27, 2012

Japan’s Misplaced Nationalism

Prof. Joseph Nye is not just an interesting guy because of that whole “soft power” thing he pioneered, but because when he talks about Asia, we are treated to a glimpse of insider thinking in Washington, given the broad, informal manda...
November 27, 2012

Japan’s Misplaced Nationalism

Prof. Joseph Nye is not just an interesting guy because of that whole “soft power” thing he pioneered, but because when he talks about Asia, we are treated to a glimpse of insider thinking in Washington, given the broad, informal manda...
November 16, 2012

Obama’s Tertiary Strategy in Asia

The United States, thank goodness, appears willing to recognize that there are more than just China and Japan in Asia. Let’s hope they keep up, and can develop relations in Southeast Asia that aren’t just designed to thumb the nose at ...
October 30, 2012

How Western Media Gets Thailand Wrong

In this interview with Forbes magazine, the former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra comments on how the international media has been influenced by a skewed, one-sided presentation of current events by the country's main two English-la...
October 30, 2012

How Western Media Gets Thailand Wrong

In this interview with Forbes magazine, the former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra comments on how the international media has been influenced by a skewed, one-sided presentation of current events by the country's main two English-la...
September 13, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 13, 2012

TODAY: Medvedev calls for release of imprisoned Pussy Riot members, Berezovsky denies funding the group; Lavrov expresses shock over Libya deaths; Russia pressures Moldova over Europe gas plans; Dvorkovich opposes Rosneft-BP tie-up; Ukraine introd...