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...especially one against the Soviet Union, the foe Japan believed it was destined to battle for domination of northeast Asia. The military men knew that while the Japanese archipelago was woefully short of natural resources, neighboring territories were not. First Manchuria, then the rest of the old imperial Chinese realm became the focus of Japan's rush toward autarky. And that quest for security would lead deeper and deeper into...
...Soviet Union, the latest outbreak of ethnic unrest in Uzbekistan was a reminder of what may be the operative difference between Deng Xiaoping's realm and Mikhail Gorbachev's: in the Middle Kingdom, things fall apart from the center outward, while in the U.S.S.R. it is the other way around. Both face a common challenge in devising ways to meet the demands of their citizens...
Granieri sees his mission as dispelling notions of conservatism as the realm of fire and brimstone evangelists and goosestepping militarists. Instead, Granieri's breed of conservatism is thoroughly rooted in intellectuality. "A lot of people have never seen a conservative before and they expect horns and a tail," says Granieri...
...School students say they rarely enjoy such direct encouragement from McArthur. Faculty and students alike have acknowledged that external relations comprise a large portion of McArthur's responsibilities; and as a result, his realm is often the boardroom rather than the classroom...
...history professor Yuji Aida recently wrote that "the American predisposition to view things in simplistic black-and-white terms is antithetical to our mind-set. Whereas the U.S. was founded by a people convinced of a single, revealed truth, Japan's long history has taught us that in the realm of human behavior there is no absolute right or wrong...