Archive
September 29, 2011

September 29, 2011
Cosplay Diplomacy
Cosplay is becoming increasingly popular in the United States. Japan should seize the chance to exploit it.

September 29, 2011
Korea Courts Central Asia
South Korea is intensifying its courting of resource-rich Central Asian states such as Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

September 29, 2011
2G Scam Furore Over?
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram send an ‘all’s well’ message over the 2G note.

September 29, 2011
China Drops Confucius Prize?
A Chinese cultural organisation has called off the Confucius Peace Prize just a year after the award was launched.

September 29, 2011
America’s Foreign Policy Fiasco
Barack Obama’s once promising foreign policy has been undermined by short-sighted support for Israel and muddled objectives in Afghanistan.

September 29, 2011
India and the South China Sea
China has warned India about an oil and gas exploration project with Vietnam in the South China Sea.

September 29, 2011
Aid and Independence
Almost a decade after it secured independence, Timor-Leste remains the second poorest state in Asia. It might help if aid donors listened a little more.