The General Public was asked to rank countries in terms of best to worst allies of the US.
Only three countries were considered allies of the US by more than half of the General public.
The top …

Who would have thunk?
I had no idea they even had such competitions. But, by golly, they do. And they have winners, too. And the winners are considered the smartest of the bunch.
Any takers on which …

Russia’s Gazpromm huffed and puffed because it seems that Western European countries want to block it from buying local gas distribution companies.
Gazprom threatened to take their gas elsewhere – think China or India – and …

Last week Russia launched a satellite designed and made in Israel.
The satellite can detect objects about the size of an open magazine. Cool!
The first mission seems to be to gather data (on Alias it is called …

There are four countries that are driving the global growth of stock markets. Three of them are in Asia – China, Russia and India. The fourth is Brazil (it’s not in Asia. But, then you …

There has been a lot of talk about Chinese Piracy and concessions cracking down on the Chinese. 
What I read today reminded me of an old Carpenter’s song that was song by the brother of the bunch, Richard Carpenter.
The …

Doing business anywhere, in Russia, Korea, Japan China or elsewhere depends on good communication among partners and unfortunately among the political leaders as well..boneheaded as they may be.
Dr. Volonstov wrote about how Russia may be …

Dr. Alexander Voronstov recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about relations between North Korea and Russia and that relationship’s in Asia.
Dr. Volontsov pointed out that a key to maintaining public relations with North Korea …

Dr. Alexander Volonstov of the Brookings Institution is Head of the Department for Korean and Mongolian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He also serves as Vice Secretary General for ISKS. …

Dr. Bojiang Yang recently spoke on a panel at UC San Francisco about relations in North East Asia.
Of the five speakers, Dr. Yang was the most difficult to follow. It had much to do with not being …