By John Riady For most people, the great events of the day are sideshows to their own lives. The urgency of family, friends, God and work trump what the American poet William Stafford called the “grotesque, fake importance” of “great…
Conflict
More Targeted Approach Needed to Resolve Ethnic Conflict in Myanmar
by cogitASIA Staff • • 0 Comments
North Korea: Defining the Danger and the Way Out
by Christopher K. Johnson • • 2 Comments
Friday Five: April 19, 2013
by cogitASIA Staff • • 0 Comments
The North Korean regime announced that it was prepared to return to the negotiating table with the United States over its nuclear program following weeks of heightened rhetoric and provocative posturing. The DPRK’s spokesperson indicated certain conditions were necessary for…
Friday Five: April 12, 2013
by cogitASIA Staff • • 0 Comments
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office agreed with the Japanese government this week on terms for Japan to accede to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. There will be 90-day comment period for the U.S. Congress, and then each of the other…
Escalation, North Korean Style
by cogitASIA Staff • • 5 Comments
Video: Victor Cha on Colbert Report
by Victor Cha • • 0 Comments
On April 2, 2013, CSIS Korea Chair and cogitASIA regular Victor Cha appeared on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report to discuss the high tensions on the Korean Pensinula. Enjoy. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire…
Asian War Cries
by cogitASIA Staff • • 1 Comment
By Michael Vatikiotis It has been a terrible year so far in terms of security in the Asia Pacific region. Japan and China have come close to trading blows over disputed Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea; North Korea…
North Korea Threatens to Strike the United States
by Victor Cha • • 5 Comments
By Victor Cha A KCNA report in English revealed that Kim Jong-un has signed off on an order for the military to prepare rockets on standby for a strike on the U.S. mainland and U.S. military bases in the Pacific,…
Friday Five: March 29, 2013
by cogitASIA Staff • • 0 Comments
In the South China Sea the season for territorial and fishing clashes has started. Vietnam accused China of firing shots at a fishing trawler near the Paracel islands, while a Chinese ministry of defence report stated that only flares were…