US fast running out of options
North Korea nuclear crisis.
Timing of Pyongyang’s weapons test threat piles on pressure for beleaguered Bush administration.
THE Bush administration is fast running out
United States
Will Abe learn to rock and roll? / US-Japan alliance management can’t go on auto pilot
Under the leadership of Junichiro Koizumi, Japan-US ties reached an unprecedented closeness. The world will be watching how Koizumi’s successor, Shinzo Abe,
Pentagon to set up top post on Asia
TOP OF THE NEWS
THE Pentagon will embark on a major revamp of its policy-making wing this week. For the first time, it
I won’t be Indonesia’s next president: Jusuf Kalla
INDONESIA’S Vice-President Jusuf Kalla says he will not be the country’s next president, citing his ethnic background as the main hurdle.
He told
Neighbours – and foes
Sino-Japanese antipathy has increased and Indians and Pakistanis remain hostile towards one another.
NEGATIVE feelings towards China among the Japanese have shot up
Malaysian ‘dithering’ over FTA worries US
KL may be wary of negative Muslim views and unequal trade benefits.
THE Bush administration is concerned that Malaysia is not showing a
Bush calls terror war ‘struggle for civilisation’
In major speech, he also defends Iraq War, but draws flak for politicising 9/11.
IN A speech that ended a day of moving
Fundamental shift in U.S.-Asia ties
Analysts see China as main beneficiary as US makes war on terror its focus
SEPT 11 fundamentally altered US-Asia ties, forcing a reassessment
Challenge of engaging a rising power / Containment won’t work now
U.S. MILITARY POLICY TOWARDS CHINA
Fearing a challenge in Asia, the US is building stronger alliances and restructuring its forces.
EARLY this month, US
Anti-US feelings rising: Pew chief
9/11 : 5 YEARS ON
What have been the major changes in perceptions towards America since 9/11?
In 2002, when we did our first
The new nightmare
9/11: 5 YEARS ON
Weapons of mass destruction in the hands of terrorists.
WHILE the world’s attention has been focused on plots to bomb
Fewer Muslims support Al-Qaeda
9/11 : 5 YEARS ON
WHO IS WINNING?
Five years after the devastating 9/11 terror attacks, many around the world are wondering who's winning