Mt. Fuji: Picture of the Day

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Had a great time in Hakone, Japan where I took this amazing shot of Mt. Fuji. Years ago, I climbed all night to get the top of this volcano and saw the sun rise. High on the memorable list.

Japan: The View from My Window

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In Tokyo for a couple of days, and this was a pretty nice way to get acclimated when I arrived. Beautiful gardens here outside my window. North Korea’s leaders need to spend some time in gardens like these — and cool out a bit.

Keeping an Eye on Ireland

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This is a guest post by Sean Kay. He is professor of politics and government at Ohio Wesleyan University and an associate at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University.

The Impact Today and Tomorrow of Chalmers Johnson

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Next week, Foreign Policy magazine and its editor-in-chief Susan Glasser will be releasing its 2nd annual roster of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers in foreign policy. I have seen the list — and it’s impressively creative and eclectic.

Political Malpractice in the First Degree

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This is a guest note by Leo Hindery, Jr. Hindery is Chairman of the US Economy/Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Currently an investor in media companies, he is the former CEO of Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), Liberty Media and their successor AT&T Broadband.