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February 27, 2015February 28, 2015 leejayuk

Attackers Kill American Writer at Bangladesh Book Fair

February 26, 2015 leejayuk

Japanese Art in the Meiji Period

February 25, 2015 leejayuk

Egypt’s President Calls for Arab Coalition Against ISIS

February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 leejayuk

Tani Buncho and Japanese Art: Impact of Chinese Culture Despite Isolation

February 22, 2015 leejayuk

Ikebana and the Richness of Japanese History and Culture

February 22, 2015 leejayuk

Without Lips Teeth Feel the Cold? Chinese Support for Russia in the Ukraine Crisis

February 21, 2015 leejayuk

America and Turkey to Train another Terrorist Force against Syria: Iran must Counter in Iraq

February 20, 2015 leejayuk

PM Abe of Japan Shames Dead Japanese Nationals by Welcoming Qatar

February 18, 2015February 18, 2015 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Keisai Eisen: Sorrow and Strength at a Tender Age

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 leejayuk

China’s “Server Sinification” Campaign for Import Substitution: Strategy and Snowden (Part 2)

February 16, 2015 leejayuk

President El-Sisi of Egypt Orders Strikes Against ISIS after Christians Killed in Libya

February 15, 2015February 15, 2015 leejayuk

Samurai Taira no Tadamori: Art and Folklore in Japan

February 14, 2015 leejayuk

Sweden Grapples with Rising Extremism

February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 leejayuk

Chad Attacked by Boko Haram Terrorists: Nigeria and Roles of Chad and France

February 12, 2015 leejayuk

Japanese Art and Nationalism: The World of Yokoyama Taikan

February 11, 2015 leejayuk

Burkina Faso: Nine Months to Complete the Transition

February 9, 2015 leejayuk

Oda Nobunaga and Cultural Impact in pre-Edo Period: Kano Eitoku

February 8, 2015 leejayuk

China-Iran Military Relations at a Crossroads

February 7, 2015 leejayuk

Shia Houthi in Yemen and Consolidation of Power based on Stability

February 6, 2015 leejayuk

Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria target Boko Haram: Fresh Massacre in Cameroon

February 5, 2015 leejayuk

Japanese Photography of Women in Meiji Era and Taisho Era

February 3, 2015 leejayuk

Syria and the Gulf and NATO Islamist Terrorist Sponsored Networks

February 2, 2015 leejayuk

Japan Art, Spirits and Fusion by Hirosada: Kasa-Obake, the One Legged Umbrella Ghost

February 1, 2015 leejayuk

Sudan and South Sudan’s Merging Conflicts

January 31, 2015 leejayuk

Shia Slaughtered in Pakistan: Takfiri Islamist Kills Many in Shia Mosque Attack

January 30, 2015 leejayuk

Islamists Kill Many in Egypt while US invites the Muslim Brotherhood to Washington

January 30, 2015January 30, 2015 leejayuk

Japanese Folklore and Famous Ghost Story: Botan Doro (The Peony Lantern)

January 28, 2015 leejayuk

Iranian Intervention in Iraq against the Islamic State: Strategy, Tactics and Impact

January 27, 2015 leejayuk

Isoda Koryusai and Art of Japan: Rare Upbringing within Japanese Woodblock Prints

January 26, 2015 leejayuk

Greece, Syriza and Strings of the EU: Radical Change or Pragmatism?

January 25, 2015 leejayuk

Destabilization of Afghanistan, Bosnia, Libya, Iraq and Syria: Terrorist Networks and Tripartite of Forces

January 25, 2015 leejayuk

DRC Protests: The Government’s Election Law Must be Revised – or Withdrawn

January 23, 2015 leejayuk

Utamaro Kitagawa and Art of Japan: The Beauty of Women

January 22, 2015 leejayuk

Amid US Retreat From Region, Mongolia Seeks Closer Ties to China and Russia

January 22, 2015 leejayuk

Shia Houthi Forces in Yemen Seek Greater Representation

January 20, 2015 leejayuk

Syria: Japan Should Focus on Turkey and Qatar in Self-Induced Hostage Crisis

January 19, 2015 leejayuk

Art of Japan: Sorrow of the Final Years of Yumeji Takehisa

January 18, 2015 leejayuk

South Sudan: Jonglei – “We Have Always Been at War”

January 16, 2015 leejayuk

Muslims in Niger attack Christian Churches over French Magazine: People Killed

January 15, 2015 leejayuk

Fujishima Takeji and Art of Japan: Famous Son from Kagoshima

January 14, 2015 leejayuk

Uzbekistan’s Unrealized Potential in Cross-Border Trade

January 13, 2015 leejayuk

Political Correct are anti-Pegida: anti-Christian and anti-Shia Massacres Continue

January 12, 2015 leejayuk

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai

January 10, 2015 leejayuk

Konishi Hirosada and Japanese Art: Folklore and Ghost of Koheiji

January 9, 2015January 9, 2015 leejayuk

The Rise of ADF-NALU in Central Africa and Its Connections with al-Shabaab

January 8, 2015 leejayuk

Japan Art and Kiyochika: Artist Fighting on the Wrong Side of History

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 leejayuk

Charlie Hebdo: Martyrs for the Truth

January 5, 2015 leejayuk

MI5 and MI6 and Death of al-Liby in America: UK, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab and Lee Rigby

January 3, 2015 leejayuk

Libya’s Descent into Chaos: Warring Clans and Its Impact on Regional Stability

January 2, 2015 leejayuk

Egypt and President El-Sisi: Strengthening the Nation State in 2015

January 1, 2015 leejayuk

Bunjinga and Japanese Art: Cultural Influence of China and Korea in the Edo Period

December 30, 2014 leejayuk

Congo: Ending the Status Quo

December 29, 2014 leejayuk

Lebanon and Nasrallah: Hezbollah is Breaking Down the Shia-Sunni Divide

December 28, 2014 leejayuk

Yumeji Takehisa and Japanese Art: Complexity of Life

December 24, 2014 leejayuk

Mexico: Upheaval and Paralysis

December 23, 2014 leejayuk

Japan Should Strengthen Ties with the Russian Federation

December 21, 2014December 21, 2014 leejayuk

Keisai Eisen and Art of Japan: Shogetsu Pond and the Mirage of Life

December 20, 2014 leejayuk

Boko Haram, Islamic State and the Archipelago Strategy

December 19, 2014 leejayuk

FARC is Putting Pressure on President Santos of Colombia

December 16, 2014 leejayuk

Azerbaijani-Serbian Relations Booming Thanks to Mutual Interests

December 15, 2014 leejayuk

PM Abe of Japan Obtains A Perfect Parliamentary Result

December 13, 2014 leejayuk

Japanese Art and Samurai Taira no Tadamori

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 leejayuk

Finland Points the Way Ahead for Japan towards Russia: Remember Kosovo?

December 11, 2014 leejayuk

Takfiris Kill in Kenya and Nigeria: Christian Leaders and Indigenous Islam Must Fight Back

December 8, 2014 leejayuk

Kamisaka Sekka and Art of Japan: Changing Sands and Rimpa

December 7, 2014May 1, 2015 leejayuk

Tensho Shubun and Impact of China: Zen Buddhist Priest in 15th Century Japan

December 6, 2014 leejayuk

Georgian Chechens Increasingly Play Key Roles in Both Islamic State and Its Rivals

December 5, 2014December 5, 2014 leejayuk

Iran should focus on Shia Day and not Jerusalem Day: Takfiris, Sponsored Sectarianism and Killing the Shia

December 4, 2014 leejayuk

A Coup Ordained? Thailand’s Prospects for Stability

December 3, 2014 leejayuk

Foreign Policy of Japan: No Warrior Benkei in Sight therefore China and Russia are Essential

December 2, 2014December 2, 2014 leejayuk

Japanese Art and Culture: Ono no Komachi, Poetry and Myths

December 2, 2014 leejayuk

The Maldives and Syria Connection: Jihad in Paradise?

November 28, 2014 leejayuk

Josetsu and Art: Relations between China and Japan are based on “Catching a Catfish with a Gourd”

November 28, 2014 leejayuk

East African States Need To Keep Gulf Powers At Bay: Al-Shabaab Massacre in Kenya

November 21, 2014 leejayuk

Mali: Last Chance in Algiers

November 20, 2014 leejayuk

NATO Turkey, Erdogan, Davutoglu and Terrorism: The FSA, al-Qaeda and ISIS Conduit wants Syria to be Bombed

November 19, 2014 leejayuk

Bank of Japan, PM Abe and Kuroda: Shirakawa Warned about No Quick Fix

November 19, 2014November 19, 2014 leejayuk

Japanese Woodblock Prints: Three Women from the 100 Ogura Poets

November 17, 2014 leejayuk

Economy of Japan in Nosedive: Prime Minister Abe and Bank of Japan

November 16, 2014November 16, 2014 leejayuk

Iranian-Turkish Relations Vis-à-Vis Turkey’s Energy Transit Policy

November 14, 2014 leejayuk

Syrian Government is an Essential Pivot in the Stabilization of the Region: US Confusion Continues

November 12, 2014 leejayuk

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Japanese Art: Edo, Meiji, Poverty and the Ravages of Depression

November 11, 2014November 11, 2014 leejayuk

Yasui Sotaro and Art of Japan: Paris and Domestic Influence

November 9, 2014 leejayuk

Bangladesh Terror in West Bengal: Political Opportunism?

November 7, 2014 leejayuk

Tentative Steps in the Pipeline between China and Japan: Territorial Dispute, or not?

November 6, 2014 leejayuk

Torii Kiyonaga and Japanese Art: Bijinga and Nishiki-e

November 3, 2014 leejayuk

Conflict Alert: Looming Military Offensives in South Sudan

November 1, 2014November 1, 2014 leejayuk

Utagawa Yoshitaki and Japan Art: Dreaded Catfish (Namazu) and Oni Demon

October 29, 2014 leejayuk

Pakistan’s Anti-India Spy Network Eyes Vital Defense Infrastructure from Sri Lanka

October 27, 2014 leejayuk

Takfiri Barbarity and Sharia Apartheid Laws: Boko Haram and the Nightmare of Nigeria

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