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Nishimura | Chasing the Conservative Dream Research Chasing the Conservative Dream: Why Shinzo Abe Failed to Revise the Constitution of Japan Rintaro Nishimura This paper examines the role of domestic actors in shaping Japan’s constitutional debate during Shinzo Abe’s time as prime minister. Based on a holistic analysis of the prevailing literature and the role of the public, leadership, and other political actors, this study finds that Abe was unable to garner enough support from the public or fellow lawmakers to push his version of proposed revisions to the Constitution of Japan. The paper identifies the wide spectrum of views that exist on the issue and how revising the constitution is viewed as a challenge against prevailing norms. Public opinion remains opposed to revision and the inability of lawmakers to build consensus on what to amend stymies the process further. Abe seems to have had a grasp on the political climate, opting to pursue constitutional revision largely for electoral purposes. Introduction Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his decision to step down in August 2020.1 Japan’s longest-serving prime minister left behind a mixed legacy defined by electoral and foreign policy achievements, as well as a period of economic stagnation and string of political scandals.2 But what best defines Abe’s political career will undoubtedly be his desire, and ultimate failure, to revise the seventy-four-year-old Constitution of Japan (COJ). Although Abe’s failure to amend the COJ is often attributed to institutional hurdles, this paper argues that varying interests among domestic actors—from public resistance to militarism, to the prime minister’s agenda, and lawmakers’ scattered inter- ests regarding what exactly to amend—ultimately determined the fate of his political 1 Eric Johnston and Satoshi Sugiyama, “Abe to resign over health, ending era of political stability,” Japan Times, August 28, 2020, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/28/national/politics-di- plomacy/shinzo-abe-resign/. -
Open Letter in Support of Amb. Bonnie Jenkins to Help Lead U.S. Efforts on Arms Control and International Security
Open Letter in Support of Amb. Bonnie Jenkins to Help Lead U.S. Efforts on Arms Control and International Security June 21, 2021 As President Biden's Interim National Security Strategy notes: "Global dynamics have shifted. New crises demand our attention.” It is a "moment of accelerating global challenges — from the pandemic to the climate crisis to nuclear proliferation .…" This means that our nation has no time to lose when it comes to putting in place the leadership team in government that can harness America's diplomatic power, which is essential to advancing effective solutions to address the most difficult security and foreign policy challenges. As arms control, international security, and foreign policy experts with years of experience in and out of government, we believe President Joe Biden — or any president — needs a strong and experienced team in place to address issues of international security, particularly the difficult and urgent challenges posed by nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the countries that possess them or that could develop them. Five months since inauguration day, the president’s nominee for one of the most important positions in this area — Amb. Bonnie Jenkins for Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security — has yet to be confirmed. Further delays of this nomination will hamper our nation’s ability to put its best diplomatic foot forward at a critical time. In the coming weeks and months, her leadership will be important to help the State Department and the White House: -
'SWEET PECAN SUMMER׳ Cast Bios CHRISTINE KO (Amanda
‘SWEET PECAN SUMMER’ Cast Bios CHRISTINE KO (Amanda) – Christine Ko currently stars as Emma in the FX series “Dave.” The series is based off real-life rapper and comedian Dave Burd, best known to his fans as Lil Dicky, and is executive produced by Kevin Hart and Scooter Braun, among others. Most recently, she was seen as the female lead in the Netflix original film “Tigertail,” from director Alan Yang. Ko’s other recent credits include the short film Yugen, which screened at Film Independent, the Seth Grahame Smith and Marc Webb produced series “Just Beyond” for Disney+, Greg Daniels’ Amazon series “Upload” and a season-long arc on “Hawaii Five-0” for CBS. She was also featured as the female lead in Justin Bieber’s most recent music video, “Hold On.” Ko’s additional television credits include the CBS comedy series “The Great Indoors” and the second season of HBO’s hit football comedy series “Ballers,” where she played a Miami socialite opposite Andy Garcia. She also starred in the digital series “Relationship Status,” alongside Milo Ventimiglia and Shawn Ashmore. Ko is a graduate of Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Arts in communication and minor in finance. # # # WES BROWN (J.P.) – Wes Brown was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he attended Louisiana State University. Prior to graduating from LSU, Brown got his big break right in his home state filming the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced 2006 sports drama, “Glory Road,” which shot on location in Southern Louisiana. Soon after, he relocated to Los Angeles and landed another supporting role in the Warner Bros. -
Ameroca's New World Order
Ameroca’s New World Order Copyright 2008 Christian Patriot All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Contents • Preface ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 • Chapter 1 The North American Union and the End of America’s Sovereignty? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................4 • Chapter 2 The New World Order’s Global Agenda, Ten World Unions of Revelation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……8 • Chapter 3 Who’s behind the New World Order? A Brief History of the NWO? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………11 • Chapter 4 Law – Patriot Act, Coming Martial Law, UN LOST Treaty (World Law) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17 • Chapter 5 Military –REX 84, FEMA Camps, UN Peacekeeping Force (World Military) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………...25 • Chapter 6 Economics – Amero (World Currency), Historical Transactions, NWO Banks …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….39 • Chapter 7 Politics – CFR & TLC, Bilderberg Group, United Nations (World Government) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..44 • Chapter 8 Mental – The Media (World Propaganda), Tavistock Institute, MK Ultra …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….55 • Chapter 9 False Religion – Bohemian Grove, Skull & Bones, Freemasons, WCC …..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..60 -
Contemporary China: a Book List
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Woodrow Wilson School, Politics Department, East Asian Studies Program CONTEMPORARY CHINA: A BOOK LIST by Lubna Malik and Lynn White Winter 2007-2008 Edition This list is available on the web at: http://www.princeton.edu/~lynn/chinabib.pdf which can be viewed and printed with an Adobe Acrobat Reader. Variation of font sizes may cause pagination to differ slightly in the web and paper editions. No list of books can be totally up-to-date. Please surf to find further items. Also consult http://www.princeton.edu/~lynn/chinawebs.doc for clicable URLs. This list of items in English has several purposes: --to help advise students' course essays, junior papers, policy workshops, and senior theses about contemporary China; --to supplement the required reading lists of courses on "Chinese Development" and "Chinese Politics," for which students may find books to review in this list; --to provide graduate students with a list that may suggest books for paper topics and may slightly help their study for exams in Chinese politics; a few of the compiler's favorite books are starred on the list, but not much should be made of this because such books may be old or the subjects may not meet present interests; --to supplement a bibliography of all Asian serials in the Princeton Libraries that was compiled long ago by Frances Chen and Maureen Donovan; many of these are now available on the web,e.g., from “J-Stor”; --to suggest to book selectors in the Princeton libraries items that are suitable for acquisition; to provide a computerized list on which researchers can search for keywords of interests; and to provide a resource that many teachers at various other universities have also used. -
JAPAN: the Silence Defeated Suga, As Eyes Turn Now to Kono
Asia | September 3, 2021 JAPAN: The silence defeated Suga, as eyes turn now to Kono ● Strategic silence from Abe and Aso undermined Yoshihide Suga, but the prime minister’s own gambits hastened his departure. ● Taro Kono is set to enter the race as the favorite, and Kishida may now be joined by Ishiba and other candidates. ● The LDP’s prospects for the general election will now improve, as will the likelihood of another stimulus package The dominos all fell quickly at the end. Perhaps the chief factor in Yoshihide Suga’s decision to step down from his positions as party president and prime minister was the ongoing silence of two of the kingmakers, his boss of eight years and former PM Shinzo Abe, and his current deputy PM and Finance Minister Taro Aso. Their lack of public support created the space for doubts to fester in Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) circles about whether the factionally-unaligned premier would secure the votes to repeat his unlikely victory of 12 months ago. Suga also hastened his own departure with two consequential gambits this week – first floating the idea of a snap September election that resulted in blowback from jittery party colleagues, then presenting several prominent names with a back-me-or-I’ll-sack-myself ultimatum with his plan to reshuffle top posts only weeks before the party vote. Environment Minister Junichiro Koizumi and others ultimately seem to have concluded that Suga’s offers of promotion were akin to being given front-row deck chairs on the Titanic. The leadership race opens The incumbent’s withdrawal leaves the field open in the party leadership race. -
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Hilton Portland Downtown Portland, Oregon March 19-23, 2019
Society for Applied Anthropology • 79th Annual Meeting Hilton Portland Downtown Portland, Oregon March 19-23, 2019 Contents Hilton Portland Downtown Map .................................................................................................... ii Welcome from the Program Chair ................................................................................................ iii SfAA 2019 Program Committee .................................................................................................... iv Officers of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Board of Directors, and Editors ............... iv Special Thanks and Co-Sponsors ...................................................................................................v Past Presidents and Annual Meeting Sites .................................................................................. viii General Information How to Use This Program .................................................................................................1 A Note About Abstracts .....................................................................................................1 Registration .......................................................................................................................1 Book Exhibit .....................................................................................................................1 Plenary Sessions ................................................................................................................1 Social Events -
Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman, Aziz Ansari and More on the Lost Comic
‘He was basically the funniest person I ever met’ Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman, Aziz Ansari and more on the lost comic genius of Harris Wittels By Hadley Freeman Monday 17.04.17 12A Quiz Fingersh Pit your wits against the breakout stars of this year’s University Challenge, and Bobby Seagull , with Eric Monkman 20 questions set by the brainy duo. No conferring The Fields Medal has in secutive order. This spells out the 5 1 recent times been awarded name of which London borough? to its fi rst woman, Maryam Mirzakhani in 2014, and was What links these former infamously rejected by Russian 7 prime minsters: the British Grigori Perelman in 2006. Which Spencer Perceval, the Lebanese academic discipline is this prize Rafi c Hariri and the Indian awarded for? Indira Gandhi? Whose art exhibition at Tate Narnia author CS Lewis, 2 Britain this year has become 8 Brave New World author the fastest selling show in the Aldous Huxley and former US gallery’s history? president John F Kennedy all died on 22 November. Which year The fi rst national park desig- was this? 3 nated in the UK was the Peak District in 1951. Announced as a Which north European national park in 2009 and formed 9 country’s fl ag is the oldest in 2010, which is the latest existing fl ag in the world? It is English addition to this list? 15 supposed to have fallen out of the heavens during a battle in the University Challenge inspired 13th century. 4 the novel Starter for Ten. -
TELEVISION NOMINEES DRAMA SERIES Breaking Bad, Written By
TELEVISION NOMINEES DRAMA SERIES Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC The Good Wife, Written by Meredith Averill, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Jacqueline Hoyt, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, J.C. Nolan, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julie Wolfe; CBS Homeland, Written by Henry Bromell, William E. Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Barbara Hall, Patrick Harbinson, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm, Charlotte Stoudt, James Yoshimura; Showtime House Of Cards, Written by Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam R. Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon; Netflix Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray; AMC COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, Matt Hubbard, Colleen McGuinness, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Nina Pedrad, Josh Siegal, Tracey Wigfield; NBC Modern Family, Written by Paul Corrigan, Bianca Douglas, Megan Ganz, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Emily Spivey, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC Parks And Recreation, Written by Megan Amram, Donick Cary, Greg Daniels, Nate DiMeo, Emma Fletcher, Rachna -
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project PETER K. MURPHY Interviewed by: William D. Morgan Initial interview date: April 4, 1994 Copyright 1998 ADST TABLE OF CONTENTS Background Born and raised in Boston Boston College Passport Office, New York Paris, France 1962-1965 Consular Office - functions FSI - Spanish Language Student Cordova, Argentina 1965-1967 Environment and security Consul assassination attempt FSI - Italian Language Student 1967 Milan, Italy - Consular Office 1967-1971 Commercial problems Venice drug problems Paris, France - Consular Office 1971-1975 Chinese relations Visa problems Vietnamese refugees Nice, France 1975-1977 Personnel problems Environment Cost in representation Sixth Fleet visits Princess Grace and Prince Rainier Shah of Iran 1 Genoa, Italy 1981-1984 The Vatican, Rome, Italy - DCM 1984-1988 Organization and functions of mission Relations with embassy Vatican relations with other various countries Background (history) of U.S. relations with the Holy See Vatican and the Government of Italy Lebanon hostages The Pope Ambassador Wilson's flying visit to Libya Bonn, Germany - Consul General 1989-1990 Supervisory functions over Consulates Dept. of State - Dir. of Gulf War Task Force 1990 In charge of Consular Affairs Ms. Tamposi Operations of Task Force Retirement - Mission to Bucharest, Romania Adoption issue National Passports and Visas Center - Portsmouth, New Hampshire Private Business – Boston INTERVIEW Q: Mr. Peter K. Murphy, of Massachusetts, is a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer (Minister Counselor) whose career encompasses three assignments in France, three in Italy, Argentina, Germany, the Holy See as well as in the United States. Mr. Murphy retired from the United States Foreign Service in 1991 and is now employed with a private firm - Stanley Associates, Inc. -
Weekly Phoenix Herald. (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory
234 ZOOM VERSION - Death-Bed- . Old Thirteenth Legislative Assembly The Kos- Ex:Vicb PRiEBiDSNT Colfax drop aiirabeaa's a corpse, the beholders remarked Indians. TUTTLE'S "Except one single trace of suN HERALD. ped suddenly dead on the 13th inst. that The hog, studied from an artistic THE Slowly declined tlie day, and the fering, one sees with emotion, th Dr. Levi E. George, of Tucson, The following is the list of mem in Legislative point of view, is a dismal failure; COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. in Mankt, Minnesota. shadows of niffht crept over the most noble calm and the sweetest reports some old people living bers of the Thirteenth Steal Washer a party but viewed is the light of a long-fe- lt land the last night of his eaithly smile upon that fact, which seems northern Arizona. He and Assembly, which convenes today: Enealnn Except Sunday DilaTimasj-e- of found a tribe known as the Wakoyas COUNCIL. want, he looms up a if Publlthed Ever but if the shades enwrapped in a living sleep and oc Lawjegu. OlrJegfc. Beg TAKES THE LEAD. Phei.an, the dynami ter who was - in small and lastiug success. death wore upon tli- body, the star cupied with an agreeable dream." on the GOloradw river a Ainsworth. F K Joint Council' 1. will do an ordinary wash- in Fossa's office, in New The origin of this bird is lost in It stabbed the meteoric valley shut in by high ranges and man, Northern LA-BO- Jao.ary IS. light of the intellect So closes the most wonderful District.