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Tag Archives: Japan

Seeking the True Story of the Comfort Women

27 April 2021by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By Jeannie Suk Gersen The New Yorker In January, I was outlining an article I hoped to write about a recent judgment by a South Korean court ordering Japan to […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

Losing the South China Sea

1 August 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Bill Hayton Foreign Policy Vietnam’s history is full of heroic tales of resistance to China. But this month Hanoi bent the knee to Beijing, humiliated in a contest over […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

When States Apologize

4 April 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Edwin Battistella Aeon In May 2016, when Barack Obama visited Hiroshima, some speculated that the president of the United States might offer an apology, on behalf of his country, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

How to Proceed if the TPP Is Dead

11 January 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Michael Auslin Foreign Affairs Days before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, there are few that hold out hope for the survival of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Outgoing U.S. […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

Japan, the United States, and Public Memory

28 November 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Claire Greenstein & Brandon Tensley Foreign Affairs Seventy-five years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the countries that were involved in World War II’s […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

South Korea’s THAAD Dilemma

28 July 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Kongdan Oh Asia Times Koreans still suffer from a “shrimp among whales” syndrome. Although they have become a developed country with a high international profile, thanks to their globally […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The South China Sea Arbitration: Implications for the Senkaku Islands

19 July 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Ryan Scoville Lawfare One of the big takeaways from the South China Sea arbitration is that the high-tide features in the Spratly Islands are mere “rocks” under Article 121(3) […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Why China Hasn’t Reined in North Korea

23 February 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sulmaan Khan Foreign Affairs Diplomacy on North Korea has assumed all the comic predictability of a Samuel Beckett play. Leader Kim Jong Un tests a nuclear bomb; the world […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

USB Drives as Weapons Against North Korea

11 February 2016by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By Andy Greenberg Wired In the age of Dropbox and Google Drive, the USB stick has come to seem like a dusty tchotchke that belongs in the drawer with your iPhone 4 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Japan’s Constitutional Reinterpretation: A Tug of War between Strategy and Memory

12 February 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sean Mirski The National Interest On July 1, 2014, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet engaged in a dramatic constitutional reinterpretation. Traditionally, Japan’s constitution had been read […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

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