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Venezuela’s solution to a collapsing economy and rampant violence: Woo tourists By Anthony Faiola and Mariana Zuñiga The Washoington Post, January 12 Venezuela is looking to tourism to boost its wrecked economy, but the empty beach in the resort town of Todasana last month underscores how the number of foreign visitors has plummeted. (Anthony Faiola/The Washington Post) ..

[워싱턴 리포트] 트럼프 미 대통령, 예루살렘 수도 선언의 정치학 중동 문제 이스라엘에 넘기고 북핵 봉쇄에 전념할 의지 유민호 월간중앙 객원기자, ‘퍼시픽21’ 디렉터월간중앙 2018 01호 (2017.12.17) 2020년 대선 승리 발판 마련 후 6년간 북한 옥죄기 나설 것…미국인들은 집행 능력과 의지..

Middle EastRealism and the Kurds Bernard-Henri Lévy presents his extraordinary documentary Peshmerga at the United Nations, but civilization isn’t listening By Paul BermanTabletNovember 29, 2017 • 9:30 PM Why do the Kurds and their struggles arouse so little interest or sympathy or solidarity around the world? It is because of the doctrine of political “realism,..

Iranians Are Mad as Hell About Their Foreign Policy Tehran's adventures abroad have triggered anger at home. Here's how American foreign policy can step up.By Dennis Ross Foreign Policy,January 2, 2018, Iran’s leaders are seemingly riding high in the Middle East. They have helped secure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Hezbollah has a stranglehold on Lebanon. The..

日本おとしめるマニラ慰安婦像設置の舞台裏　「歴史委員会」暴走、中韓系の関与あったのか？ 産經新聞, 2018.1.2 08:00更新 マニラの「慰安婦像」除幕式の案内状の式次第には、エストラーダ市長、歴史委員会のエスカランテ委員長、バドイ事務局長..

Japan, China, and the Strains of Historical Memory 80 years after the Nanjing Massacre, historical issues continue to haunt China-Japan relations. Anti-Japan protesters burn Japanese military flags near Japan's consulate in Hong Kong on Dec. 13, 2017 as they mourn the victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese forces in 1937 By Joe Renouard for The DiplomatDiplomat, December 2..

Che, Stalin, Mussolini and the Thinkers Who Loved Them Why are intellectuals and thinkers, who normally face persecution and risk under dictatorial regimes, nonetheless attracted to tyrants and would-be liberators? Aram Bakshian Jr. American Interest, December 23, 2017 Paul Hollander, From Benito Mussolini to Hugo Chavez: Intellectuals and a Century of Political Hero Worship (C..

News Analysis The Black Box of Saudi Politics Andrew Bernard The American Interest Oct. 21, 2017 For a man of 32, Mohammed bin Salman has taken on an awful lot of responsibility. The Saudi Crown Prince’s official title is Minister of Defense, but his portfolio includes Saudi Arabia’s expansive Vision 2030 economic reform package, prosecuting the war in Yemen, and negotiatin..

ロシアはどこへ行く　週のはじめに考える 朝日新聞 社說. 2017. 11. 5 　ロシア革命から七日で百年。史上初の社会主義国家・ソ連はとうの昔についえましたが、ロシアの復権は目覚ましい。大国はどこへ行くのでしょうか。 　ミネラルウオーターと腐り..

Book ReviewsHow Israel Went Nuclear The father of Israel’s nuclear deterrent reveals how it was built. An exclusive excerpt from No Room For Small Dreams, Shimon Peres’ posthumous autobiography. By Shimon PeresSeptember 11, 2017 • 12:00 AM The Tablet It was October 24, 1956, at the villa in Sèvres where the French and Israeli leadership were meeting to finalize t..