By Craig Whitlock, Two decades after evictingU.S.forces from their biggest base in the Pacific, thePhilippinesis in talks with the Obama administration about expanding the American military presence in the island nation, the latest in a series of strategic moves aimed atChina. Although negotiations are in the early stages, officials from both governments said they are […]
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Russia Ready to Strengthen Bilateral Ties With Japan: Lavrov
6/02/2012MOSCOW (Kyodo) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed readiness on Thursday to strengthen Japanese-Russian ties, saying that the deepening of political dialogue and economic ties between the two countries would contribute to security in the Asia-Pacific region and the world. In a written interview with Kyodo News ahead of his two-day visit toJapanfrom Saturday, […]
Japan, Russia to Boost Business, Security Ties
6/02/2012Old foes pursue bilateral gains despite isle row Kyodo JapanandRussiaagreed Saturday to strengthen bilateral economic and security cooperation, despite the lack of progress in resolving a long-standing territorial dispute. “With the security environment in the Asia-Pacific region experiencing significant change, Japan-Russia relations are taking on growing importance,” Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba told a joint news […]
Time For a Compromise Between Russia and Japan
6/02/2012The KnottyKurilIslandProblem Written by Jonathan Berkshire Miller Last month, the former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara took his second trip to the disputed Kuril Islands, although the tone of his visit was far different from the frosty exchanges of late. Maehara, who resigned his post in March amid a funding scandal but returned to the […]
Valery Timoshenko – Australian Policy Towards Asia-Pacific Region at the Turn of the XX-XXI Centuries
6/02/2012
In the beginning of 2004, the Australian government announced plans for an unprecedented expansion of military forces in the country that will turn the“green continent” to one of the leading military powers in order to “become a key ally of Washington in conflicts all around the world” [1]. Such controversial decision was the result of […]
Lee Jay Walker – Japan Continues to Play the Nationalist Card Against the Russian Federation
6/02/2012
It is sometimes difficult to understand Japan’s stance towards the Russian Federation given the reality that American forces are based in various parts of Japan. Therefore, why is the nationalist card being turned on and off when it suits? The Japanese Foreign Minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, was dismayed after the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Sergei Ivanov, […]
Valery Timoshenko – Oceania: the Forgotten Problems of the “Unnecessary” Region. Part 1
6/02/2012Oceania – the edge of an infinite number of islands in the South Pacific has long been considered kind of “paradise” on earth, a place where there is peace and tranquility. For a long time Oceania was under the watchful eye of Western countries, primarily the United States, Britain, France and Australia. After the Second […]
Valery Timoshenko – Raskol-Gangs оr New «Sandpit Generals»
6/02/2012More than forty years passed since Brazilian writer J.Amadu wrote his famous novel “captains of the sands” about the life of Brazilian waifs. Hollywood already filmed the less famous movie, having raised infant inhabitants of the slums to the rank of “generals”. But problems disclosed by the authors still worry general public all around the […]
Alexander Anisimov – Problem of the “Northern Territories” in the Japanese-Russian Relations
31/01/2012Russian-Japanese relations are characterized by their territorial problems, the essence of which is that Japan has insisted on the return of the islands of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and Habomai, without which it is not going to conclude the peace treaty. In 2011, this problem has worsened. The Ministry of education of Japan allowed for use […]
Business and Cultura
30/01/2012Patriotic movie that Politburo found prickly by Tracey Rudduck-Gudsell Russian child soldiers were common in World War II. Supplied When the Soviet Politburo commissioned Andrei Tarkovsky to direct Ivan’s Childhood, they expected a rousing patriotic tale of a brave boy soldier defending mother Russia. Released in 1962, Ivan’s Childhood, was acclaimed as a masterpiece, however the […]