Japan Passing in CEO Decision at New York’s Japan Society

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This month, the Japan Society of New York, one of America’s leading platforms for Japan-related cultural, political, and economic programming announced that its next president would not be an American citizen — which has always been the case — but would rather be a Japanese citizen, and no ordinary Japanese citizen at that.

Give Us Netanyahu. Please.

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Peter Berkowitz‘s essay in the latest issue of the Weekly Standard provides good insight into what I think is the strategic irresponsibility of those in Israel’s leadership who think that they can hold steady on a course that justifies failure on an a Palestine-Israel deal using Hamas and Iran as excuses.

2 Cows Economics

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This is one of the more clever posts on economic theory I have seen in a while. Read the entire list of 21 economic models as told through “cows”. . . But here are some I particularly enjoyed: SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows.

<em>Guest Post by Win Monroe</em>: Can Putin and Hu Cope with Economic Recession?

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Win Monroe is a research intern at the New America Foundation. Leaders from both Russia and China had harsh words for American-style capitalism at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos. But, as energy prices collapse and demand for exports fall, the legitimacy of these autocratic state capitalists is also being called into question.