Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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China’s Afforestation Efforts: Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees?
…going so far as to deploy the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to support tree planting efforts. The campaign to plant large swathes of forest is in part motivated by a…
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China’s Environmental Protection Law and its NGOs: Onwards Together in the War on Pollution?
…safe for human tolerance; at least 60 percent of the country’s groundwater has been declared of “bad” or “very bad” quality since 2013; and two thirds of the Chinese population…
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U.S.-DPRK Relations: Two Years after the Singapore Summit
…Two years ago, in Singapore on June 12, we were invited to suspend disbelief as we watched the first ever meeting between incumbent leaders of the United States…
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Cybersecurity and Japan’s Right to Self-Defense
…According to the National Security Strategy (NSS) announced by the Shinzo Abe administration in December 2013, it was noted that the security environment surrounding Japan was becoming even…
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The Development of Hypersonic Weapons: Japan’s Catch-22
…radar. Tokyo’s drive for home-grown hypersonic weapons took on further shape in early 2020 when more concrete details emerged from the Research and Development agency in charge. Even though Japan…
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Q&A: South Korea’s National Assembly Elections
…While global headlines are dominated by the coronavirus, South Korea is pushing ahead with legislative elections on April 15, with millions of South Koreans heading to the polls….
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Japan’s Cherry Blossom Viewing Party: Cancellation and Controversy for the Abe Administration
…since 1952 in the middle of April at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden by the Japanese Prime Minister, came as a major surprise and may be indicative of the government’s sensitivities…
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Pressure in the Arctic: China-Iceland Relations in the Era of U.S-China Rivalry
…China-Iceland relations have remained stable through the years, with cooperation in the development of green energy, Arctic affairs, and scientific cooperation. Recent high-level diplomatic visits from U.S. Vice-President…
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Promoting Women in Politics: Japan’s Tepid Approach
…mayoral seats, relatively speaking, female representation in Japanese politics is still extremely low. For Japan’s political landscape to pave the way for inclusiveness, a quantitative increase in female politicians would…
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The Hanoi Summit Failure and Japan’s Abduction Issue: The Silver Lining on an Otherwise Dark Cloud
…The break-down of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-Un at their second summit in Hanoi – whether a surprise or not –…