Japan needs radical change to achieve health security

In his policy speech to the parliament on Dec. 6, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida touched on the importance of economic security. “With countries...

Yoshiyuki Sagara

20 yesterday

The consistency and novelty in Kishida’s foreign policy

In the policy speech he gave before parliament Tuesday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida articulated his foreign policy as “Realism-based Diplomacy for...

Kuni Miyake

30 yesterday

The clock is ticking on Iran’s nuclear gambit

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA – In a qualifying match last November for the 2022 soccer World Cup, Iran trailed Lebanon 0-1 at the end of the scheduled 90...

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

30 yesterday

The Made in China plan is back, and it’s better

As the world headed into 2022 grappling with the latest virus variant, China unveiled a sharpened version of the Made in China 2025 industrial...

Anjani Trivedi

10 previous day

Why are U.S. grocery shelves going bare again?

Here we go again. Walk into a U.S. supermarket, and chances are you’ll see some empty shelves once more. It’s an unwelcome throwback to earlier...

Andrea Felsted

20 previous day

The world needs to step up and save Afghanistan

GENEVA/ EDINBURGH, Scotland – It is now more than four months since the dramatic exit of U.S. and other Western forces from Afghanistan. By...

Gordon Brown

20 previous day

Fix structural problems now or face SOFA revision later

The U.S. military in Japan in recent weeks is coming under intense scrutiny and correct criticism of its handling of COVID-19 infections among its...

Robert D. Eldridge

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Cyberattacks on Ukraine could spread globally

In cyberwarfare, the toughest question to answer definitively is “Who did it?” It’s no surprise then that Microsoft Corp. avoided the...

Parmy Olson

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Putin wants to use Ukraine to remake the world

Russia’s relations with the West have plummeted, reaching their lowest point since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Some observers worry that...

Brad Glosserman

30 tuesday

Japan must restore trust in the future among the young — here’s how

As the fastest-aging country in the world, Japan urgently needs to restore the younger population’s trust in the future. The nation is facing...

Makiko Eda

20 tuesday

Regime change in the global economy

MILAN – In 1979, W. Arthur Lewis received the Nobel Prize in economics for his analysis of growth dynamics in developing countries. Deservedly so:...

Michael Spence

10 17.01.2022

The fate of U.K.’s Boris Johnson now hinges on three factors

Boris Johnson is the Harry Houdini of British politics, blustering his way through scandals about fibs, finances and a colorful love life that...

Martin Ivens

20 17.01.2022

Why cyber defense in Japan is so unreliable

For the past two years, people have struggled with the coronavirus pandemic, and part of that has entailed experiencing the benefits and challenges...