‘You are not sick’ is the kind of reassuring message that Robert Kagan is sending to the nation’s foreign policy hypochondriacs aka ‘declinists’ in his new book, contending that America is in tip-top military and economic health and ready to take care of the rest of the world. Read more: Syria, Iran, George W. Bush, [...]
There must be an Afghan political solution. The U.S. must assist the Afghans in stabilization the country instead of turning it into a martial state. Read more: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Afghan National Police, China, Afghanistan War, Jirga, Iran, Mujhadeen, Afghan National Army, Afghanistan Taliban, India, International Security Assistance Force, World News
Subways aren’t just a means of getting from point A to point B. The dark nether regions that swallow millions of people daily are often bright and creative spaces to be explored. Read more: Sweden, Germany, Beijing, Hong Kong, Subway, United States, Travel, China, New York, Japan, Paris, France, Munich, Stockholm, Madrid, Moscow, Public Transportation, [...]
“Russia and China were the only permanent Security Council members opposing the draft, reminding others that it was not their place to intervene in another country’s domestic affairs.”
BEIJING — Millions of ethnic Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese across Asia are ringing in the new Year of the Dragon with fireworks, feasting and famil… Read more: Chinese New Year, The Year of the Dragon, Vietnam, Video, Lunar New Year, South Korea, Year of the Dragon, China, North Korea, World News
“The entire financial system is collapsing. Look what’s going on in China. All of the empty buildings. Look at the home sales and real estate market. They’re in steep decline now.”
BEIJING — China said Friday it would strengthen military ties with ally North Korea, amid continuing tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul and st… Read more: North Korea Military, China North Korea Relations, North Korea China, China Military, China North Korea Military Relations, China, North Korea, China North Korea, World News
MOSCOW — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il left Russia aboard his armored train late Thursday, crossing into Manchuria in China’s northeast a day … Read more: Kim Jong Il, North Korea Nuclear, North Korea Russia, Kim Jong Il Nuclear, North Korea, Kim Jong Il China, North Korea China, Kim Jong Il Russia, Kim Jong [...]
When I began covering the American economy 11 years ago, it was the envy of the world. The last 11 years have not been kind to it. First came the d… Read more: India, Social Security, Military, Wall Street, Economic Policy, Economics, Income Inequality, Great Recession, Economic Recovery, Dotcom Boom, Medicare, Global Warming, China, Business [...]
By Sung-won Shim SEOUL, Jun – South Korean Marines fired rifles at a South Korean commercial aircraft flying near the sea border with North Korea, thinking it was one of the communist North’s jet fighters, but they never hit their target, military sources said on Saturday. The shooting illustrates the level of tension between the [...]
