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<title><![CDATA[Richard Halloran - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14909.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Richard Halloran]]></description><category domain="14909">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[War of Words with North Korea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/24/war_of_words_with_north_korea_105703.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was a tale, said Shakespeare four hundred years ago, "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
If the playwright were alive today, he might write something like that about the opening salvo of the United States and South Korea in a war of words with North Korea over the sinking in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Navy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/16/chinas_navy_105608.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as China has taken a great leap forward to acquire a modern deep-water navy, a tone of skepticism has crept into US intelligence and scholarly assessments, some asserting that it will be a decade before the Chinese can seriously challenge the US Navy.
The skeptics are quick to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Obama's Nuclear Review Falls Short]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/04/11/how_obamas_nuclear_review_falls_short_105134.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, American political leaders, strategic thinkers, and military officers have argued, sometimes vehemently, over guidelines for using them.  In one such discussion, a prominent "nuclear theologian" stopped to say: "Of course,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Indonesia Snub Will Have Far Reaching Effects]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/21/obamas_indonesia_snub_will_have_far_reaching_effects.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has made a serious mistake in postponing-twice-his state visit to Indonesia, with the president, his political advisors, and the pundits of Washington seemingly unaware of the far-reaching effects of the snub to Indonesian national pride.
Spokesmen for President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Arrogance]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/21/arrogance_104501.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For several years, the Chinese have repeatedly accused the United States of "arrogance."  Now some Americans have taken to asserting the same about China.
There's a difference, however.  Chinese allegations are publicly orchestrated through spokesmen for the government, the Communist...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Collision]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/14/collision_100286.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States and South Korea are headed toward a collision in a dispute over whether American or South Korean officers should command their combined forces if war breaks out on the Korean peninsula. The US says it should be Koreans; the Koreans agree-but argue "not yet."
Moreover,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Keating Goes to Taiwan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/24/keating_goes_to_taiwan_100021.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just after Admiral Timothy Keating retired from the US Navy as head of the Pacific Command, the largest of America's combatant forces, he climbed into a civilian airplane and flew to Taiwan, the self-governing island that he had been forbidden to visit while on active duty.
The admiral...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hanamichi]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/17/hanamichi_99932.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Japanese have a ritual called "hana-michi," which literally means "path of flowers" and in practice means to allow a defeated adversary to make a graceful exit.
The term comes from the kabuki theatre. A trounced opponent, whether in a sword fight or social conflict, is permitted to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Realignment in the Pacific]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/10/realignment_in_the_pacific_99839.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sometime in 2012, or shortly thereafter, an American sergeant major in Seoul will haul down the flag of the four-star general who commands US forces in South Korea. It will then be transferred to Fort Shafter in Hawaii where that general or his replacement will assume command of all US...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Japan Equality]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/13/japan_equality_99539.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever since he took office in mid-September, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan has repeatedly asserted that he will pursue "equality" in Tokyo's diplomatic and security relations with the United States.
Beyond contending he would "actively make proposals" on the Japan-US alliance,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Taliban a Patient Enemy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/05/taliban_a_patient_enemy_99432.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Somewhere in the mountain fastness of Afghanistan or in the remote wilds of northwestern Pakistan, leaders of the Taliban insurgents and al Qaida terrorists have been poring over President Obama's speech on the Afghan war and the statements of his advisers this week to determine their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Doctrine?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/29/obama_doctrine_99327.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 1969, President Richard Nixon ended a journey to Asia on the island of Guam to proclaim what later would be called the Nixon or Guam Doctrine. It decreed that henceforth Asian nations would be responsible for their own frontline defense while the US would assist if...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Obama Apologize for Hiroshima &amp; Nagasaki?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/15/will_obama_apologize_for_hiroshima__nagazaki_99166.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Within a couple of hours of landing in Japan on Friday, President Barack Obama walked into a political minefield by implicitly promising someday to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the targets of American atomic bombs in 1945.
After meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Mr. Obama was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hoh Complicates Obama's Decision]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/01/hoh_complicates_obamas_decision_98961.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Obama ponders his options in what has become widely known as "Obama's War" in Afghanistan, the resignation of a middle level civilian official in Kabul has complicated the president's choices while a poll of Afghan's lends a glimmer of optimism.
Matthew Hoh, a 36-year old...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Still Tops in the Pacific]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/18/us_still_tops_in_the_pacific_98762.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The retiring commander of US forces in Asia and the Pacific, Admiral Timothy Keating, disputes the contention that American power in this region is declining.
Keating, scheduled to relinquish command to Admiral Robert Willard on Monday, said: "The notion that the US military is in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Choices in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/04/three_choices_in_afghanistan_98576.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After churning for months, the debate over what the US and its allies should do in Afghanistan seems to have solidified into three arguments:

 Get out:  That central Asian country was a graveyard for the British in the 19th Century, for the Russians in the 20th Century, and is not worth...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What is Hatoyama's Foreign Policy?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/06/what_is_hatoyamas_foreign_policy_98185.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[TOKYO-The outcome of Japan's election a week ago has surely been good for Japanese democracy but its effect on Japan's governance and the nation's foreign and security policy is wide open to question.
Democracy in Japan had roots planted during the Meiji period (1868-1912) and flourished...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[North Korea's Collapse?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/01/north_koreas_collapse_98107.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fresh information seeping out of communist North Korea indicates that political repression and living conditions have become even more harsh than reported earlier. That has intensified speculation that the regime of Kim Jong Il, the dictatorial ruler who has himself been ill, is on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kim Dae-Jung RIP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/24/kim_dae_juung_rip_98008.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Korea lost a courageous patriot when former President Kim Dae Jung died last week and Asia lost a statesman who nurtured democracy in a region steeped in authoritarian rule.
In a half century of public life, Kim was captured by the invading North Korean army during the Korean War and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leaderless]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/17/leaderless_97933.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A gathering of Asian and American diplomats, economists, and scholars in Honolulu came to the surprising conclusion that no Asian nation is willing or able to assume leadership in Asia despite the economic and political progress of recent decades.
The Asians and American "Asia hands"...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Trip a Winner For Kim Jong-Il]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/08/10/clintons_trip_a_winner_for_kim_jong-il_97038.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In East Asia where Confucian thought is still influential from Seoul to Singapore, former President Bill Clinton's visit to Pyongyang to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Il was immediately seen as a triumph for the North Korean leader who had maneuvered the American into being a supplicant...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Trip a Winner for Kim Jong-Il]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/09/clintons_trip_a_winner_for_kim_jong-il_97825.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In East Asia where Confucian thought is still influential from Seoul to Singapore, former President Bill Clinton's visit to Pyongyang to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Il was immediately seen as a triumph for the North Korean leader who had maneuvered the American into being a supplicant...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Inexperienced Ambassador to Japan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/26/obamas_inexperienced_ambassador_to_japan_97619.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States and Japan are headed into a time of tribulation due to a paralysis in Japanese politics and President Barack Obama's decision to send an inexperienced and uninformed ambassador to Tokyo.
Japan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on August 30 in which the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Civil Strife in Xinjiang]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/20/civil_strife_in_xinjiang_97548.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The civil strife in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China has been a stark reminder that China, despite the economic, military, and diplomatic advances of the last three decades, is still a fragile empire that could break apart as it has periodically in the past.
Fighting between...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[North Korea's July 4 Missile Tests]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/12/north_koreas_july_4_missile_tests_97411.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Publicly, President Obama and senior officials in his administration berated North Korean leader Kim Jong Il last week for firing 11 ballistic missiles eastward into the Sea of Japan, four short range missiles on July 2 and seven medium range missiles on July 4.  It was the biggest North...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Needs to Sort Out Its Foreign Policy Priorities]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/05/stretched_97293.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 1983, during the depths of the Cold War, President Ronald Reagan surprised the Pentagon by ordering a show of ground force in Honduras that was intended to deter leftists in Nicaragua and Cuba.  The Joint Chiefs of Staff had to scurry to execute the president's order,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Fool's Errand in Afghanistan?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/28/a_fools_errand_in_afghanistan_97206.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In January 1842, a British column of 4500 soldiers and 16,000 civilians, including women and children of the soldiers' families, sought to leave Afghanistan for British India through snowy mountain passes where they were repeatedly ambushed by Afghan guerrillas. In the end, only one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nuclear Umbrella]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/21/nuclear_umbrella_97104.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a little noted change in US nuclear policy, President Barack Obama this week threatened to employ nuclear weapons against North Korea in retaliation for a nuclear attack on South Korea.
Rarely, if ever, has the US disclosed when or under what circumstances or in which country it would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Status Quo on North Korea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/08/status_quo_on_north_korea_96891.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is a tale "full of sound and fury," Shakespeare would say, "signifying nothing."
Confronted by North Korea bent on fielding ballistic missiles capped with nuclear warheads, the administration of President Barack Obama, like the administrations of President George Bush and Bill Clinton...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Taiwan Shows the Will to Defend Itself]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/31/taiwan_shows_the_will_to_defend_itself_96754.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Richard Halloran</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU - The government of President Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan has launched a revolution in military affairs that is intended to:

Rally the people of Taiwan to a firm defense of their island nation;
give Taiwan's armed forces their marching orders for fundamental reforms;
deter mainland...]]></description>
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