Southeast Asia
16.02.2014
Why Occupy Bangkok is Working and Occupy Wall Street Didn’t
Occupy Wall Street, ideologically speaking, could not have been any more universally appealing. It was the 99% against the 1%…
27.01.2014
The Thailand Puzzle
It appears that the fight for democracy has been dragging on for years in Thailand. The country has now been…
21.01.2014
Japan’s military construction and the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region Part 2
In general, we can state that the increase in the organizational and technological quality of the armed forces is becoming central…
20.01.2014
Japan’s military construction and the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region Part 1
Japan’s military construction in the late 2013 and early 2014 will enter the postwar history of Japan as an important…
08.01.2014
Chinese “Air Defense Identification Zone”: an error or strategically considered step?
The introduction of the so-called Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea (ECS) on November 23 by…
06.11.2013
Shinzo Abe focuses on Shale Gas
This September, Shinzo Abe and Stephen Harper, the Prime Ministers of Japan and Canada, decided to start negotiations and they…
27.10.2013
Ghosts of Vietnam
I served as a Marine infantryman in Vietnam during 1969 and 1970. I managed to catch malaria, get hit by…
03.10.2013
Indonesia and the US-China Rivalry
Lately Washington's foreign policy strategy has clearly emphasized strengthening its position in Southeast Asia, according to many Western experts. The…
26.08.2013
The Strategic Partnership Between India and Japan
Against the background of complex processes in the Asia-Pacific region, recently a strategic partnership between India and Japan has been…
23.08.2013
The Myth of the Chinese Threat. Part 2
Mass media persons are well aware of an interesting phenomenon: Any gibberish, presented in pseudo-scientific terms, evokes a sense of…
16.08.2013
The Myth of the Chinese Threat. Part 1
Is there a Chinese threat? This question can be answered as follows: Any militarily strong state is a potential threat…
12.08.2013
CIA and climate change
Recently published information on the resumption of CIA studies into influencing the climate naturally attracts attention on the background of…
