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August 6, 2024

Japan
Japan’s Debate Over LGBTQ+ Rights: The Diet

The courts were not the only voice influencing Japan’s LGBTQ+ rights last year.

People including plaintiffs' lawyers hold banners and flags, after the lower court ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, outside Nagoya district court, in Nagoya, central Japan

October 11, 2005

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
W makes LBJ look like a fiscal conservative.

So says Jim Cramer. LBJ, to his credit, believed that there were limits to profligacy and that taxes had to be raised. Not President Bush. He's making Johnson look like a fiscal conservative, what wi…

August 26, 2024

South Korea
A Diplomatic Early Warning: Resolving the Recurring Historical Grievance Litigation Between South Korea and Japan

South Korea and Japan’s leaders must develop creative policies to resolve recurring historical grievance litigation.

Defense ministers of Korea, Japan, and the United States wear black suits while shaking hands in front of a table with documents and small flags.

February 3, 2012

Infrastructure
Good Jobs and Good Works: Time for a New Civilian Conservation Corps

If I had a billion dollars to spend, I can think of no better way to do it than what the Obama administration plans to include in its upcoming budget: a new Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) that wil…

Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood, a Civilian Conservation Corps project (Courtesy Oregon State University Archives).

May 8, 2015

Politics and Government
The Conservative Party’s Surprising Victory Doesn’t Herald a Bolder Britain

The Conservative Party’s surprising victory yesterday has rendered obsolete the orgy of pre-election handwringing about the ineffectiveness of Britain’s impending minority government. But it hasn’t r…

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August 26, 2024

Rwanda
Kagame's Crusade

The Rwandan President’s attempt to regulate faith-based organizations raises more questions than answers.

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame arrives for his swearing-in ceremony after a landslide win in last month's election at the Amahoro Stadium, Gasabo District of Kigali, Rwanda on August 11, 2024.