The New York Times has an article on the bloodshed in Central Africa that is truly moving. The violence in that region is perhaps the worst the world has experienced since World War II, and we know precious little about it. No solutions are offered in the article, but both the complexity of the crisis and the depth of the violence needs to be exposed so that we can all be spurred on to find a solution.
Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party is likely to be Japan’s next Prime Minister as a result of the elections yesterday. He ran on a hard-line platform against China, and will be buttressed by the emergence of the Restoration Party, a far-right party, as a strong party in Japan. The results will test China’s patience, but also put considerable pressure on the US to balance its commitments in East Asia.
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