<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Foreign Policy Journal &#187; Asia</title> <atom:link href="http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/category/world-news/asia/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com</link> <description>World news, political analysis, and opinion commentary</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:43:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>How to Make Russia Democratic?</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/07/how-to-make-russia-democratic/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/07/how-to-make-russia-democratic/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:43:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andreas Umland</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14420</guid> <description><![CDATA[Without a broad coalition, effective pragmatism and collaboration with liberals in the ancien regime, the "White Revolution" will end as miserably as earlier Russian democratization attempts]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/07/how-to-make-russia-democratic/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Please tell me again &#8230; What is the war in Afghanistan about?</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/please-tell-me-again-what-is-the-war-in-afghanistan-about/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/please-tell-me-again-what-is-the-war-in-afghanistan-about/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:16:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14407</guid> <description><![CDATA[The only "necessity" that drew the United States to Afghanistan was the desire to establish a military presence in this land that is next door to the Caspian Sea region of Central Asia ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/please-tell-me-again-what-is-the-war-in-afghanistan-about/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Khun Khmer: Cambodian Martial Art Diary by Antonio Graceffo</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/28/khun-khmer-cambodian-martial-art-diary-by-antonio-graceffo/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/28/khun-khmer-cambodian-martial-art-diary-by-antonio-graceffo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:16:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Calleja</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Calleja]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14255</guid> <description><![CDATA[American author Antonio Graceffo traverses Cambodia to reveal Bokator in Khun Khmer: Cambodian Martial Arts Diary.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/28/khun-khmer-cambodian-martial-art-diary-by-antonio-graceffo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>India: For an Introspective Turn</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/24/india-for-an-introspective-turn/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/24/india-for-an-introspective-turn/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:39:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ali Ahmed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ali Ahmed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14216</guid> <description><![CDATA[Favoring human security can help the government realize its constitutional obligations. Since India faces no existential threat, exaggerations such as the ‘two front’ threat notwithstanding, India can make this shift. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/24/india-for-an-introspective-turn/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pakistan’s Current Crisis: Institutional Maturation or Manipulation?</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/20/pakistans-current-crisis-institutional-maturation-or-manipulation/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/20/pakistans-current-crisis-institutional-maturation-or-manipulation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:22:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Farah Jan</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14201</guid> <description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, Pakistan’s army has been faced with the quandary of whether to take over through a coup or not, while the rest of us are left wondering if this fragile democracy will survive, or once again be defeated by its formidable challenger – the army. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/20/pakistans-current-crisis-institutional-maturation-or-manipulation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Washington Moves The World Closer To War</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/19/washington-moves-the-world-closer-to-war/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/19/washington-moves-the-world-closer-to-war/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:32:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paul Craig Roberts</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14185</guid> <description><![CDATA[More confirmation that Washington is moving the world toward a dangerous war has appeared. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/19/washington-moves-the-world-closer-to-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sri Lanka’s Game of Diplomacy and Deceit</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/17/sri-lankas-game-of-diplomacy-and-deceit/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/17/sri-lankas-game-of-diplomacy-and-deceit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:50:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Gibson Bateman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14159</guid> <description><![CDATA[Giving Rajapaksa’s government a free pass on human rights empowers aspiring autocrats everywhere. 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Why is our government so provocative toward Islam, Russia, China, Iran?  What purpose, whose purpose is being served?  Certainly not ours.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/15/the-next-war-on-washingtons-agenda/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Healing Wounds: Seeking Closure for the 1915 Armenian Massacres</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/14/healing-wounds-seeking-closure-for-the-1915-armenian-massacres/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/14/healing-wounds-seeking-closure-for-the-1915-armenian-massacres/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:09:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Richard Falk</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Falk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14126</guid> <description><![CDATA[A politics of reconciliation can only have any hope of succeeding if there is a large display of goodwill and a sincere search by Turkish and Armenian leaders for positive relations between the two peoples.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/14/healing-wounds-seeking-closure-for-the-1915-armenian-massacres/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>103</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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