Reflections on a Summit

By Chung-in Moon

Two Countries, One System: Fiction in Malasia and Singapore
by Salil Tripath

Dowager's Struggle
byDewi Anggraeni

Pax Asiatica: The Search for a New Regional Order
by David Plott

Varieties of Fundamentalist Experience
By Sadanand Dhume

A Letter from the Editors

Dear Readers
Since the collapse of Japan’s bubble economy in the
early 1990s, and the fitful efforts at political and economic
reforms that followed, it has become almost customary
among many observers to see Japan as a nation paralyzed
by an inability to change its ways….

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A Note from Guest Editor Gerald L. Curtis
By Gerald L. Curtis

The image of Japan as unchanging has never been as inappropriate
as it is today. Japan is going through a great transformation.
A “reinvented” Japan will emerge around 2015.

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A New Leadership Role for Japan
By Hitoshi Tanaka

With the ongoing rise of China and India,
combined with a new president in Washington,
Japan is poised to rethink its leadership role in Asia.

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Wing Walking: The US–Japan Alliance
By Richard J. Samuels

The US-Japan alliance has been at the center
of stability in East Asia in the post-World War II era.
But that alliance must now be open to change.

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Japan’s Changing Civil-Military Relations
By Takako Hikotani

Japan’s relationship to its post-WWII past
and the role of its military has always been problematic.
Significant changes underway in Japan that are reshaping
the interaction.

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Lessons from Tokyo
By Heizo Takenaka

Once a crisis of confidence starts, there is only one thing to do.
Both the government and the central bank must
take all possible actions.

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Japan and the Global Financial Crisis
By Paul Sheard

One of the great ironies of the current financial crisis is that US
policymakers appear to have learned key lessons from Japan
in the early 1990s. Why haven’t the Japanese?

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Caught Between Two Worlds: Political Change in Japan
By Sota Kato

Reformers and conservatives seem disappointed by
the profound changes altering Japan’s political-economic
landscape. What both overlook: the fruits of change require time.

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Age, Change and Poverty in Japan
By Sawako Shirahase

For decades, Japan was described as an “all-middle-class society,”
a characterization that was always open to skeptical analysis.
It’s time to build a new social consensus.

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Voters (Finally) In Command: Japan’s Welfare State
By Margarita Estevez-Abe

For decades, Japan was described as an “all-middle-class society,”
a characterization that was always open to skeptical analysis.
It’s time to build a new social consensus.

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The Problem with George: US Hegemony in Disarray
Peter Van Ness

Under George W. Bush, the US militarized its
response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. With its moral
legitimacy eroded, there are signs the era of US dominance
may be at an end.

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Preserving Hegemony: The Strategic Tasks Facing the US
By Ashley J. Tellis

The principle task facing the new US administration
is to consolidate US hegemony by redefining the nation’s
global role, renewing its strength and recovering its legitimacy.

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Smart Power or Star Power?: Clinton in Asia
By Jong Kun Choi

Not since Dean Rusk in the 1960s has a
US Secretary of State chosen Asia for a first foreign trip.
So Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Japan, South Korea,
China and Indonesia raised eyebrows and expectations.

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Globalization and Exclusion: The Indian Context
By P. Radhakrishnan

The concept of social exclusion in India dates
back more than three millennia, enforced by the Hindu caste system.
Modern India, though, now faces a fresh challenge

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Executive Leadership: The Challenges Facing Asian
By Gerry Davis

Companies The emergence of Asian companies
on the global stage has exposed a new arena of
competition: the battle for top management leadership.

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Plight of the Damned:Burma’s Rohingya
By David Scott Mathieson

Burma’s Rohingya Muslim minority may be the
most blighted ethnic minority in Asia. The blame
for treating them so badly is shared far and wise

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Nuclear Weapons
Reinforce Security and Stability in 21st Century Asia
By Muthiah Alagappa

An excerpt from a new book on the nuclear issue
in Asia proposes surprising new ways of
looking at the presence of nuclear weapons in Asia in the new
century.

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