Oct 20 Lessons learned from Cuban Missile Crisis, not so much in South Asia By Michael D. Mosettig Just about anyone with the slightest connection to the Cuban Missile Crisis 53 years ago has penned their recollections, including me. But few of those who were around then, and certainly subsequent generations, have much recall of a simultaneous conflict… Continue reading
Oct 13 On Obama’s Korean table, much China By Michael D. Mosettig When President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye meet Friday, they could spend as much time talking about China as about the relations between their two countries. Continue reading
Aug 07 My story as an Indian immigrant By Fred de Sam Lazaro Forty years ago, I arrived in America with none of the social bona fides, the pedigree that comes from T-ball, Boy Scouts, junior prom or graduating from the local high school. Continue reading
Jul 31 China and U.S.: What might have been 70 years after V-J Day By Michael D. Mosettig As the 70th anniversary of V-J Day approaches, the United States and Asia are facing another reminder that history may not repeat itself but often it seems to come around full circle. Seventy years after the end of World War… Continue reading
Jun 26 Small expectations between two big countries during Brazil’s official trip By Michael D. Mosettig As official visits go, it has been an inauspicious scene-setting for next week's trip of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the United States and a Tuesday meeting with President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Jun 04 In Germany, a tale of two summits By Michael D. Mosettig BERLIN, Germany -- This weekend President Barack Obama will be meeting in a Bavarian castle with six of his fellow leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan at the Group of Seven (G7) summit, a highly choreographed annual event that produces… Continue reading
Apr 24 Shinzo Abe: Will he or won’t he apologize during Washington visit? By Michael D. Mosettig Throughout this coming week, a Japanese visitor named Shinzo Abe will be touring the United States with stops in Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles as well as meetings in Washington with President Barack Obama and a speech to Congress. Continue reading
Mar 23 Remembering Lee Kuan Yew, an autocrat who created a successful modern nation By Michael D. Mosettig For Lee Kuan Yew, lifting the tiny nation-state of Singapore into a world-class city took single minded, even ruthless determination and a deep involvement of the state in the smallest matters. The result is a multi-ethnic population able to educate… Continue reading
Mar 09 Separating sheep from goats in a tense Hong Kong By Michael D. Mosettig In Hong Kong these days, a Chinese and international city of 7 million brimming with both raw commercial energy and political tension, the newest hot button issue is how to separate the sheep from the goats. Continue reading
Feb 10 Past and present collide in Cambodia By Michael D. Mosettig PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- In recent weeks, from Israel to Europe to the United States, civic and religious leaders and a cluster of survivors, have commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day and this year the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the… Continue reading