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By Brad Glosserman
Pacific Forum

Nuclear strategy has become a core concern in the U.S.-Japan alliance. North Korea is the immediate trigger for Japanese anxiety, but similar uncertainties lie just beneath the surface when Japan contemplates China as well. U.S. assurances are needed ? both to Japan and to potential adversaries that need to be deterred. Most important, however, is a ?back to basics approach? for the U.S. and its alliance partners. Changing international circumstances and evolving domestic politics oblige Washington and its allies to focus on fundamentals of strategy to ensure that alliances have the foundation ?the common worldview ? that will allow them to survive and thrive in a new strategic environment.

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Presidents of 13 premier universities in Asia and Middle East to gather at Washington University in St. Louis May 4-7 to discuss global energy and environmental concerns

St. Louis, MO — For the first time in the United States, the presidents of 13 premier universities from Asia and the Middle East will gather at Washington University in St. Louis May 4-7 to discuss ways their institutions are addressing global energy and environmental concerns. These institutions include Peking, Fudan, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, National Taiwan, Tsinghua and Yonsei universities.

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As the Taleban’s spring offensive intensifies, civilians are increasingly facing suicide attacks, abductions and beheadings. The attacks on civilians by the Taleban are widespread and systematic and are used to instil fear and exert control over the local population, according to an Amnesty International report released today.

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Below is the statement of Dr. Alberto G. Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, on United States Peace Corps Volunteer Julia Campbell:

On behalf of the Filipino people, I wish to express my most heartfelt sympathies to the family of United States Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell.

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