Middle-power diplomacy in New York

On September 25, 2009 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan Blog1 Comment

It may be too early to declare that the Obama administration and the Hatoyama cabinet have successfully managed the transition from LDP to DPJ, but this week was clearly a step in the right direction. At the start of the week, Foreign Minister Okada Katsuya and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in New York …

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The US in Asia and the world

On May 7, 2008 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan BlogLeave a comment

Princeton’s G. John Ikenberry has a long guest post at the Washington Note addressing Kishore Mahbubani’s arguments in The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East. Not having read Mr. Mahbubani’s book yet, I can’t speak directly to his argument, but I do want to address the points raised by …

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