HAS XI JINPING SOLIDIFIED POWER BASE FOR HIS SECOND TERM AS CHINA’S PRESIDENT?
How long will Xi Jinping’s reign last? To answer this question, one must consider a number of points. For instance, can Xi, now 64, manage to consolidate his position as China’s absolute autocrat…
IS KISSINGER’S ADVICE CAUSE OF FAILURE IN AMERICA’S CURRENT ASIAN DIPLOMACY?
Much of the world’s media has declared the recent summit in Beijing between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to be a defeat for America. Besides noting that Trump played second fiddle to his Chinese c…
PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVES IN TO EMPEROR XI JINPING
Trump loses. This was the headline for me after hearing what the two leaders had to say during the US-China summit in Beijing and the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Da Nang, V…
MOTHER’S THOUGHTS 40 YEARS AFTER DAUGHTER’S ABDUCTION BY NORTH KOREA
The record of Japan’s negotiations with North Korea over the past two decades is studded with a series of failures attributable to the deceptive practices of the reclusive autocracy. Given this h…
NIGHTMARE FOR JAPAN: TRUMP’S PLAN FOR “GRAND BARGAIN” WITH CHINA
President Trump will be visiting five Asian nations November 5-13, including Japan and China. As tension continues to heighten over the Korean Peninsula, one cannot but pay special attention to w…
