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World
Reasons for Romney’s loss
The Republican Party had a very good shot at winning the 2012 U.S. presidential election. One major reason was that, before this election, no U.S. President had succeeded in reelection when the unemployment rate was higher than 7.3 percent. At the time of the election, the unemployment rate was 7.8…
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East Asia
Goliath vs. Goliath
Apple battle helps Samsung realize hidden strengths Looking back at the patent battle lasting more than a year on multiple fronts across the globe, it noticeable that Samsung is no longer what it was ― a hardware driven multinational that relied on orders from Apple and other big firms. It…
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Nuclear madness
After the loss of 10 million American lives in the Three-Mile Island calamity in 1979, the death of two billion in the Chernobyl holocaust in 1986, and now the abandonment of all of northern Japan following the death of millions in last year’s Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, it is hardly surprising…
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East Asia
Apple’s patent suit is ‘negotiation by other means’
Asymco’s Dediu predicts out-of-court settlement in Samsung dispute Samsung Electronics has successfully switched its phone portfolio to smart devices making a commitment that Nokia couldn’t, according to a Harvard-educated analyst. “Samsung went from having 3 percent to 50 percent in the smartphones’ portion in two years. This switch was very…
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East Asia
Obama’s Asia policy and Korea
For a first foreign trip after his re-election, President Barack Obama chose Asia last week, starting with Thailand, making a first ever trip to Burma as the U.S. president to go there, and concluding his tour in Cambodia, where he attended the East Asia Summit as part of his effort…
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World
Now is an age of integrated thinking
Winter has begun, but let me get back to this summer for a moment. During the vacation, though it was not a desirable time to do so, one of my school’s administrators decided to trim all the trees tall and small, around the campus into the same shape. He did…
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Politics
UN Security Council Welcomes Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel And Hamas
Israel’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Haim Waxman, speaks to media reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, on Nov. 21, 2012. The UN Security Council on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and called on relevant parties “to act seriously” and “in…
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East Asia
[ASEAN Report] Indonesian President SBY asks Obama to push for peace in Gaza Strip
The 21st ASEAN Leaders Meeting took place on Nov. 18-20 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It also marked as a symbolic handover of the Asean chairmanship for 2013 between Cambodia and Brunei. During the ASEAN Summit on Monday, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked US President Barack Obama to stop violence on Palestinians in…
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West Asia
Shuttle Diplomacy By Hillary, Ban Yield Cease-Fire Agreement Between Israel And Hamas
In this image made from Egyptian State Television, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, right, shake hands after a joint news conference announcing a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Egypt has announced a cease-fire…
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East Asia
