The Zero Nukes Conundrum

We have learned from the sacking of the Alexandrian Library in 415 ad or the mysterious demise of the Maya that knowledge can be inadvertently lost to all time through chaos and battle. But can knowledge be lost on purpose?     

Obama,Reagan and Zero Nukes

Is President Barack Obama's proposal for zero nuclear weapons realistic? Will it make the world more secure, or more prone to wars since they are no longer unthinkable? To evaluate this bold strategic initiative, we have invited comments from two former US secretaries of state, a former director of the CIA and the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency who led the hunt for Saddam's non‐existent weapons of mass destruction on the eve of the Iraq war.     

Those Who Remain

ABSTRACT

Kashmiri Pandits are a minority ethnic group from the Kashmir Valley in northern India. In 1989, the separatist movement to free Kashmir from India culminated in widespread violence against members of all communities, and initially against Kashmiri Pandits in particular. There was a mass exodus of nearly 95% of the Kashmiri Pandit community during the early 1990s. Sixteen years later, there are approximately 7,000 Kashmiri Pandits who permanently reside in Kashmir. These “non-migrants” have remained in Kashmir due to economic constraints, familial circumstances, and/or a deep attachment to the land, to name a few reasons. They face grave problems today, including lack of employment opportunities, government corruption and complacency, and inadequate monetary and moral support from the Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora.     

人民币汇率应保持稳定

最近,美、日、欧一些政要纷纷要求人民币汇率实行自由浮动。国际社会对此也议论纷纷、莫衷一是。美国著名经济学家、斯坦福大学教授罗纳德·麦金农长期以来从事东亚地区货币金融问题的研究,并多有著述。近日,针对人民币汇率问题,麦金农在《亚洲华尔街日报》上撰文,提出中国应保持人民币汇率稳定。麦金农教授认为: 中国已经成为一个重要的国际债权国,人民币自由浮动会导致其反复升值。外国直接投资     

The US Will Remain in the Yellow Sea

The recurrent crises emanating from North Korea, and the response to them, is testing US‐China relations and drawing the new boundaries of power in East Asia. The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and the former South Korean national security advisor address this development.     

浅谈新形势下如何使外事工作更好地为经济建设服务

改革开放以来,地方外事部门坚持以经济建设为中心,大力发展对外友好合作关系,广泛开展对外经贸交流与合作,积极引进国外资金、技术和人才,为促进地方经济发展做出了贡献.加入WTO以后,对外开放进入了一个新阶段,地方经济建设要求外事工作为其服务的主题更加突出,但服务的方式和手段与过去大不相同,在这种形势下,地方外事工作如何更好地为经济建设服务,已成为我们外事工作者关注和探索的焦点问题.     

Obama Is No Better Than Bush

President Barack Obama has extended the hand of engagement to the Muslim and Arab world, while warning Israel against new settlements in occupied Palestine and hedging his bets with remote drone strikes against Al-Qaida and the Taliban in Pakistan. The new CIA director, a military historian and the Somali-born feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali assess his strategy.     

沧桑一甲子 明朝更辉煌——中国印尼政党研讨会侧记

提起美丽的“千岛之国”印度尼西亚,成长在20世纪五六十年代的年长一些的中国人心中都会自然而然地流淌出《美丽的梭罗河》、《星星索》等歌曲优美欢快的旋律,而风光旖旎的巴厘岛,更是成为倾倒今天万千中国游客的度假胜地。光阴荏苒,