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New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2016

Can Japan Help End the War in Syria?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Interview with Kota Suechika of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan Japan can use its good relationships with various actors in the Syrian civil war to help end the conflict that this month entered its sixth year, according to Kota Suechika, a professor at the College of International Relations at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. Japan’s […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2016

Japan Looks to Seize Opportunity Created by Iran Nuke Deal

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Interview with Yasuyuki Matsunaga of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Tehran this summer will send a strong signal that Japan is ready to ramp up its engagement with Iran, according to Yasuyuki Matsunaga of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Japan, which imports most of its energy, […]

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Mar 17, 2016

Event with Senators Murphy and Portman Featured in Voice of America

By Atlantic Council

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Mar 16, 2016

Burrows Joins hromadske.tv to Discuss the Growing Middle Class in Asia

By Mathew J. Burrows

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New Atlanticist

Mar 15, 2016

Low Oil Prices: Good News at the Pump, Bad News for the Environment?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Interview with Ken Koyama, Chief Economist and Managing Director at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan Low oil prices not only threaten stability in oil-producing states, they can also diminish efforts to develop and embrace clean energy, according to Ken Koyama, Chief Economist and Managing Director at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. “It may […]

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Mar 14, 2016

Manning in Global Times: Voters’ Paranoia Creates Trump Frenzy

By Robert A. Manning

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Mar 11, 2016

Oil and Gas Journal Features Atlantic Council Event

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2016

With the Middle East in Turmoil, Japan Looks to Diversify its Energy Options

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Spurred into action by the instability in the Middle East—its predominant source of crude oil—Japan is actively looking outside the region to diversify its energy options and enhance its own renewable energy production capabilities. Japan imports about eighty percent of its crude oil and around thirty percent of its liquefied natural gas from the Middle […]

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Mar 11, 2016

Barno Quoted in Breaking Defense on General Scaparrotti’s Transfer from South Korea to European Command

By David Barno

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Defense Industry Europe & Eurasia

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Mar 11, 2016

Manning Quoted by The National Interest on Beijing Threatening Taiwan

By Robert A. Manning

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