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...Gerald Curtis, an expert on Japanese politics at Columbia University, said this week he would be “surprised” if more than three to five reactors were operating by next year, given the political and technical...
...Gerald Curtis, an expert on Japanese politics at Columbia University, speaks of “total implosion” and “unprecedented weakness” in the opposition camp....
If culture explains behaviour, then no one has to take responsibility, writes Gerald Curtis
...“Young men up to age 30 ought to invest in order to learn,” said Wall Street trader and author Gerald Loeb....
The people are running out of enthusiasm for the new regime, writes Gerald Curtis
...Gerald Scarfe, The Wall’s illustrator, has described Waters (admiringly) as a “megalomaniac”. His self-belief certainly seems immense....
...“Much of the volatility in the corporate bond markets is driven by the spread moves in financials,” said Curtis Arledge, chief investment officer for fixed income at BlackRock....
...Still, Gerald Curtis, professor at Columbia University and a veteran analyst of Japanese politics, gives DPJ leaders high marks for entering government with clear ideas about how they wanted to transform...
...As Gerald Curtis, professor at Columbia University, noted in the 1999 book The Logic of Japanese Politics, the single-seat system meant voters could no longer choose among rival LDP candidates, making a...
...While it is unclear what a weakened Mr Aso can offer in return for Mr Obama’s overtures, Gerald Curtis, a Japan expert at Columbia University, says the Japanese prime minister should seek to make Tuesday...
...Comment: Japan’s politicians lose their way at a bad time Gerald Curtis, Burgess professor of political science at Columbia University, writes: Not only is Japan’s economy contracting at least twice as...
...“How [Mr Fukuda] could believe that he could get Tanami through is flabbergasting,” said Gerald Curtis, Burgess professor of international affairs at Columbia University....
...The LDP’s willingness to abide by the ministry’s rules shows that they are “still trying to play a game in which the bureaucracy decides what to do and the Diet rubber stamps it”, says Gerald Curtis, Burgess...
...Gerald Curtis, a Japan expert at Columbia university, called the pensions fiasco Mr Abe’s “Hurricane Katrina”....
...However, Gerald Curtis, a Japan expert at Columbia University, said Mr Abe’s party was counting on the opposition’s “remarkable ability to self-destruct” at crucial moments....
...Gerald Curtis, a Japan expert at New York’s Columbia University, likens the pensions fiasco to Hurricane Katrina, which battered the popularity of US President George W. Bush....
...In spite of such potential difficulties, the committee can help improve the political atmosphere, says Gerald Curtis, Burgess professor of political science at Columbia University....
...Gerald Curtis, Burgess professor of political science at Columbia University, said Mr Abe had won power at a tricky time....
...Gerald Curtis, a Japan expert at Columbia university, says Mr Abe’s virtual anointment as prime minister means he has never had to spell out his policy convictions....
...Gerald Curtis, Burgess professor of political science at Columbia University, said: “Both sides are groping for a way to get out of this box.”...
...Gerald Curtis, a China expert at New York’s Columbia University, also sees textbooks as potentially explosive. “I don’t think there’s any way around this history issue....
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