Can Abe stop the Trump-Kim Summit?
Shut out of North Korea summit talks, Shinzo Abe may move to shut them downBy Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple UniversitySouth China Morning Post, 15 April 2018Japanese Prime Minister...
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Monday in Washington, April 16, 2018
click to orderCOMEY WEEK IN WASHINGTONBIG IS BEAUTIFUL: DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF SMALL BUSINESS.4/16, 9:00-10:30am. Sponsor: Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Authors: Robert D....
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Monday in Washington, April 23, 2018
CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE REVISITED. 4/23, 11:00am-1:00pm, Webcast. Sponsor: PIIE. Speakers: Ed Balls, Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Harvard University; Anna...
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Monday in Washington, April 30, 2018
CONVERSATION WITH DP SENATOR HIROE MAKIYAMA. 4/30, 10:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Sasakawa USA,. Speaker: Hiroe Makiyama (Democratic Party), Member of the Japanese House of Councillors. Moderator: Tobias...
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Abe's "diplomatic" accomplishment
As observed by the Shingetsu News AgencyResults: One Year of Moon Diplomacy vs. Six Years of Abe Diplomacy Or How was your April 27th?As reported by Kyodo NewsNew ‘comfort women’ memorial removed from...
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Monday in Washington, May 7, 2018
AN AIR FORCE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS BRIEF. 5/7, 9:30-10:30am. Sponsor: Mitchell Institute. Speaker: Lt Gen Jerry Harris Jr., USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Requirements.THE IMPACT OF...
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The Founders Worried too, About Foreign Meddling in Our Elections
Madison (L) Jefferson (R)by Jeanne Abrams, professor at the University Libraries at the University of Denver and author of the book, First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and...
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Monday in Washington, May 14, 2018
XI'S THREE BATTLES: CHINA'S CREDIT RISKS. 5/14, 9:30-11:00am. Sponsor: Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS. Speakers: Andrew Polk, founding partner of Trivium/China, a Beijing-based advisory firm, and...
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Will Greater Gender Equity Bring Higher Productivity?
Japan's Cabinet on May 18th approved a resolution to encourage gender equality in politics. At the same time, however, the Cabinet issued a cabinet decision saying that sexual harassment is not a...
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Monday in Washington, May 21, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will deliver remarks on After the Deal: A New Iran Strategy” at The Heritage Foundation at 9:00am. It will be broadcast live on both the Heritage and State Department...
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Remembering American POWs killed at Hiroshima
May 28th, 2018. MEMORIAL DAY POW PLAQUE UNVEILING IN LOWELL, MA HONORING AMERICAN POWS OF JAPAN. Centralville Veterans dedicate a new plaque honoring the 12 Americans killed in and from the atomic...
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Monday in Washington, June 4, 2018
2018 EIA ENERGY CONFERENCE. 6/4-5. Sponsor: U.S. Energy Information Agency. Speakers include: Linda Capuano, Administrator, EIA; Kevin J. McIntyre, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Mark...
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Is Trump stringing Abe along?
Yes, because Abe does not understand the dealEastAsiaForum, June 3. 2018Glen S Fukushima, Center for American Progress and APP member Japan has been reeling ever since 8 March when US President Donald...
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Abe meets with President Trump on Thursday, June 7.It is unlikely to go well, unless Abe brings a very publicity-worthy concession to Trump. Just as Japan is missing from the print edition of the...
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Monday in Washington June 11, 2018
SPACE TECHNOLOGY FOR A SMART AND RESILIENT ARCTIC. 6/11, 8:30-11:30am. Sponsor: Wilson Center (WWC). Speakers: Dr. Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Initiative, Wilson Center; H.E. Kåre R. Aas, Ambassador...
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Abe the Pre-Trump Trump
In Japan, Too, Outrageous Is the New NormalBy Koichi Nakano, professor of political science at Sophia University, in Tokyo.New York Times, June 11, 2018TOKYO — A sketchy land deal implicating the prime...
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North Koreans Also Have Human Rights
By Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of the Global Social Action Agenda of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Greg Scarlatoiu executive director of the Committee for Human Rights in North...
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Monday in Washington June 18 2018
ASSESSING THE TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT. 6/18, 9:00am-4:30pm. Sponsors: CSIS, Korea Foundation. Speakers: Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS; Ambassador Lee Sihyung, President, Korea Foundation; Lim...
View ArticleFORSAKE HUMAN RIGHTS IN PURSUIT OF THE DEAL WITH A TYRANT?
It is not the American ideal.BY MARVIN HIER AND ABRAHAM COOPER,Rabbi Marvin Hier is founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish human rights organization named for the...
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Monday in Washington June 25, 2018
THE NEW DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL ENERGY: A CONVERSATION WITH IEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FATIH BIROL. 6/25, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speaker: Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency....
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