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SOUTH ASIA: Put Aside Disputes, says China
The just-ended visit to India, Pakistan and Nepal by Chinese President Jiang Zemin could be the beginning of a new era of Sino-South Asian friendship.AFRICA-CHINA: Taiwan Still Wins Friends Through Dollar Diplomacy
Taiwan lost the recognition this month of one of Africa's most powerful nations, South Africa, but it still has at least eight friends on the continent.PERU-ECUADOR: Arms Buildup Jolts Peace Talks
Protracted peace talks between Peru and Ecuador, that followed their undeclared war of 1995, could be threatened by an arms race after Peru's recent purchase of 12 Russian-made MIG-29 fighter-bombers.ASEAN-BURMA: Leaders Side-step Human Rights For Unity’s Sake
The one-day event was billed as an informal summit, and indeed there were no banquets, only a few speeches and very little protocol among the southeast Asian heads of state who met in Jakarta last weekend.SUDAN-POLITICS: Under Siege
The battles in the Sudanese regime's 13- year-old civil war have been against the African, non-Muslim majority in the south of the country, but the Islamic state's leaders have long claimed that the southerners are backed by allies of the real enemy -- the United States.ASIA-PACIFIC: APEC – A Community Built on Honour and Shame
Each November, Asia-Pacific leaders gather for an informal summit and then pose for pictures garbed in identical attire -- a gesture meant to show a 'sense of community' around the Pacific Rim.AFGHANISTAN-DIPLOMACY: Major Players in Proxy War call for Peace
After reducing Afghanistan to rubble, the major players in the vicious proxy war there have appealed for an end to foreign intervention in the war-devastated country at the United Nations.PACIFIC-EUROPE: Lome Pact Crucial To Island Nations’ Survival
Nothing less than the economic survival of island nations in the South Pacific may be at stake as the European Union considers a revision of a special trade and aid pact with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.CARIBBEAN-POLITICS: The Road Ahead For Multi-Island States
The troublesome phenomenon of twin and multi-island states in the Caribbean is gaining currency in two independent territories facing different versions of a remarkably common story.ASIA-PACIFIC: Free Trade Vision Faces Its Toughest Test Yet
Two years after setting its lofty goal of lifting all trade and investment barriers by 2020, a bloc of 18 Asia-Pacific economies is facing the toughest test yet of its free- trade mettle.JAPAN-ASIA: Hashimoto Needs to Bend to Avoid Rankling Neighbours
His nationalist bent may have served him well in retaining Japan's top post, but if Ryutaro Hashimoto is to win favour with his Asian neighbours, particularly China, he will need to show more flexibility on the foreign policy front.U.S.-ELECTIONS: Historic Victory in Hand, Clinton Faces Vexing Problems
His historic electoral victory in hand, U.S. President Bill Clinton now faces a daunting series of challenges both at home and abroad.BURMA-ECONOMY: Under Shiny Surface, Rusting Rangoon is Going Bust
Five years after Burma's military regime opened up Rangoon's long isolated economy to foreign investment, the roads in the capital are clogged with Japanese cars while numerous new five star hotels dot the city skyline.USA-ELECTIONS: Clinton Set to Break Democratic Losing Streak
With a persistent double-digit lead over his Republican challenger in public-opinion polls, President Bill Clinton is set to become the first Democrat in more than 50 years to win two consecutive four-year terms in the White House.UNITED STATES-U.N.: “Booooo-tros” Vanishes From U.S. Elections
When Republican Senator Robert Dole began campaigning for the U.S. presidency a year ago, his aides were certain he had a winning issue in criticising U.S. support for the United Nations under the leadership of the man he called "Booooo-tros Booooo-tros Ghali."AFGHANISTAN: Neighbours Step Up Diplomatic Efforts to Protect Interests
New strategies for the regional proxy war that drives the Afghan conflict are being drawn in the Pakistani and Iranian capitals.BURMA: Student Rumblings Are Signs of Tough Economic Times
Nine years ago, at the height of an economic crisis in Burma, a scuffle in a tea shop between the management and students over rising food prices triggered the start of nationwide protests against the then military regime.CHINA: With Modern Day Issues in Mind, China Retraces its Past
The Chinese government's decision to invest more than 1.5 million dollars for the documentation of China's 5,000 year history, may have implications for modern day territorial disputes in the East Asian region.AFGHANISTAN-DIPLOMACY: Pakistan Could End Up a Loser Too
The Taleban conquest of nearly two thirds of Afghanistan has unnerved Pakistan's regional rivals, specially Iran, but Islamabad could end up a loser too.PERU-POLITICS: Now Opponents Want to Turn Tables on Fujimori
Like Frankenstein in the fictionalised account of an invented creature who turns against its creator, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's strategy of enhancing his own electoral prospects by undermining opponents has returned to haunt him.MALAYSIA-POLITICS: For Mahathir, Winning is Part of a Day’s Work //REPEATING//
Entrenched as he is as leader of Malaysia's ruling multi-party coalition, two recent events on the domestic political scene would have made Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad feel even more secure about his political future.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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