Zhao Jinglun
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Zhao Jinglun (Dec. 31, 1923—Jan. 24, 2015) was a Nieman Fellow, class of 1981. He was the chief opinions writer for The Asian-American Times (NYC) and a columnist for the Hong Kong Economic Journal. |
September 25, 2014
- Three Iraq wars
- The third Iraq war against the Islamic State was created by George W. Bush's war in Iraq, and enjoys much greater legitimacy.
September 19, 2014
- Three major US commitments
- The U.S. is doing little more than treading water as it tries to push its authority in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
September 16, 2014
- The West provoked the Ukraine crisis
- The West created a situation that forced Russia to fight back. Are they trying to fan the war flames with more sanctions?
September 13, 2014
- Obama's plan to fight IS
- The U.S. president's proposed solution to the IS crisis looks like a plan for an open-ended war without well-defined conditions for victory.
September 9, 2014
- NATO vs. Russia
- NATO is to create a 4,000-member "rapid reaction force" to be based in Eastern Europe to face Russia. It seems a mere token considering the small numbers involved, but it reflects current NATO troop shortages.
September 5, 2014
- What does the battle of Amerli tell us?
- If the battle of Amerli marks a turning point in the fight against the IS, it points to the right path the fight should take.
September 4, 2014
- Why is US war on terror failing?
- Terror is primarily a political rather than a military problem. If the political environment remains unchanged, terrorism will continue to be a serious threat.
September 2, 2014
- The US has no strategy to fight a war with IS
- The United States' strategy for combating IS focuses too much on inconsistent military measures when it should focus on a political solution to the divisions within Iraq.
August 28, 2014
- The culture of arrogance
- U.S. arrogance knows no bounds. Under the pretext of exceptionalism, it violates international law and acts in a brazenly aggressive way.
August 6, 2014
- Is Israel thinking of genocide?
- The Israeli Defense Force's actions in Gaza are indefensible, verging on Israel's own version of the "final solution."
