Month: July 2016
Circassians Divided Over Turkish Coup Attempt and Its Aftermath
First Female Elected Governor of Tokyo: Yuriko Koike Promises to Reinvigorate Tokyo
Visegrad Unity is Essential for Europe: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Slovenia need Embedding
Japanese Tourism and History: Negoro-ji and Buddhism in Stunning Wakayama
Zimbabwe’s Threadbare Theatre of Reform
Japanese Female Warrior and Art: Tomoe Gozen and the Onna-Bugeisha
France to Form a National Guard in Order to Assist against Sunni Islamist Terrorists
Nice Holiday for Merkel during Death and Terror in Germany, then says No Refugee Change
Japan in ¥28 Trillion Economic Package and a Ridiculously Small Increase in Hourly Rate for the Poor
Buddhist Warrior Monk Benkei (1155-1189) in Japanese Art: Buddhism to Yamabushi
Militarization of the Caspian Sea: A Zero-Sum Game?
Sunni Islamists butcher Christian Priest in France: Hungary and Visegrad Needed
Male in his 20s Kills at Least 15 People in a Disabled Residential Care Center in Japan
Israel Seeks to Create an Islamist and Sectarian Free Zone in Southern Syria: Independent Syria
Japanese Art and Buddhism: Sengai Gibon, Individualism, and Rinzai Buddhism
Pakistan’s LeJ Baluchistan Operations Ready for Resurgence
Sunni Islamists Target the Shia in Afghanistan: ISIS Kill at least 80 Shia Muslims
Germany in Shock: Many People Killed in Munich Attack but Motives Remain Unclear
Edgar Degas Adored Japanese Art: Ideas of Distance, Impressionism, and art of the Renaissance
Venezuela: Edge of the Precipice
Nichiren in Japanese Art: Exile to Sado Island of Buddhist Holy Man in Art
United Kingdom should stop Softbank from Buying ARM: Mass Debt and National Interests
President Erdogan of Turkey Declares a State of Emergency
Moscow ‘Bypassing’ Armenia to Reach Azerbaijan, Iran and India
Modern Japanese Artist and Utrillo: Seasonal Change of Notre-Dame de Clignantcourt
Gulf and Western-Backed Terrorists in Syria Behead a Palestinian Boy after Taunting Him
Turkey under Despotic President Erdogan: Coup Plotters Rushed on Fear of Immediate Arrests
Nagorno-Karabakh: New Opening, or More Peril?
Japanese Artist and Maurice Utrillo: The Mundane Becomes Illuminated
Military Coup in Turkey: President Erdogan and Divided Nation
Japanese Buddhism, Kukai (774-835), and Koyasan: A lone cloud has no place to settle
Central Mali: An Uprising in the Making?
Suspected Sunni Islamist Terrorist Attack in France: 80 People Perish on Bastille Day
Utamaro and Impact of Japanese Art: Impressionism and Bijin-ga
Japan Artist, Christian Church in Heptonstall and Clarity to Blurred Lines: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and Shinto
India Treads a Delicate Line With State-Sponsorship of Anti-Maoist Groups
Apathy of Japan Election: Abe Claims Mandate on Low Turnout
Austria, Visegrad and Merkel’s Diktat: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and European Culture
Geopolitics in the realm of Art: China and Japan are based on “Catching a Catfish with a Gourd” by Josetsu
Will Turkey’s New Diplomatic Push Reduce Its American MB Support?
Middle Kingdom (China) and Artistic Impact on Japan: Xia Gui and Ma Yuan
Merkel, Trojan Spyware, and Refugees: Political Correct Coercion and GDR Mirror
Preventing Renewed War in South Sudan
British and Japanese Art: Northern Cities to Artist from Sendai
Sunni Islamists Target non-Muslims for Slaughter in Bangladesh: Many Japanese Killed
Russian Federation desires the Status Quo with Finland: NATO Expansion
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