Category: FOREIGN POLICY & SECURITY

Abe: Japan’s New Statesman?

| September 24, 2014
Abe: Japan’s New Statesman?

In his latest for Global Asia, the Council on International Policy’s J. Berkshire Miller writes about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ambitious diplomatic drive to reassert Japan’s global influence.

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Japan’s South Asia Strategy Takes Shape

| September 22, 2014
Japan’s South Asia Strategy Takes Shape

With an eye towards Beijing, Tokyo seems set to increase its outreach to nations like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Let’s Make a Nuclear Deal with Iran

| September 22, 2014
Let’s Make a Nuclear Deal with Iran

“Now is the time to finally resolve the longstanding nuclear dispute with Iran”. The Council on International Policy’s Navid Hassibi writes about the importance of striking a nuclear deal with Iran in The National Interest.

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Mongolia: The Next Asian Tiger?

| September 17, 2014
Mongolia: The Next Asian Tiger?

The Council on International Policy’s J. Berkshire Miller writes about the new Free Trade Agreement between Mongolia and Japan and looks at Mongolia’s economic road ahead in his latest article for The National Interest.

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Canada’s Role vs. ISIS

| August 28, 2014
Canada’s Role vs. ISIS

The Council on International Policy’s Navid Hassibi and Wisam Salih recently published a piece in Embassy News and in the Canadian International Council’s opencanada.org about Canada’s role in fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

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Hassan Rouhani: Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Choice for President?

| June 11, 2013
Hassan Rouhani: Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Choice for President?

Of course, nobody knows except for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei himself, but what if he did implicitly support Hassan Rouhani, the lone moderate candidate in Iran’s presidential race, would it be a complete surprise?  Perhaps not, it might actually make sense.

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President Obama Reaffirms his Commitment to Pursuing Peace with Iran

| January 24, 2013
President Obama Reaffirms his Commitment to Pursuing Peace with Iran

Though Iran wasn’t mentioned by name in Obama’s inaugural speech, he reaffirmed his commitment to the pursuit of a peaceful resolution with Tehran.

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