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Articles Written by: JOSHUA KURLANTZICK
ARRIVING IN CHINA last week as part of his multi-country Asia trip, President Barack Obama echoed many of the same themes as George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush before him. He saluted China’s ancient and dynamic culture, touted the ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
Boston Globe,
20 Nov 2009
it has achieved with Vietnam. America did not win the war there, but over time it has won the peace. As unlikely as it seems today, the same outcome is possible in Afghanistan.
IN A ceremony last week honoring a unit of Vietnam veterans for their ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
Contra Costa Times,
30 Oct 2009
IF you watch HBO’s police drama “The Wire,” you might think that Baltimore is filled with drug dealers and crime ringleaders. But in truth, the city has attracted a different breed of misfits: artists. Lured by cheap rents and warehouse spaces, artists ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
The New York Times,
1 Oct 2009
THIS PAST WINTER, in a makeshift courthouse on the dusty outskirts of Phnom Penh, the nation of Cambodia began a long-awaited step toward reckoning with its horrifying past. With the help of the United Nations, the country is putting on trial senior ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
Boston Globe,
8 Aug 2009
On innumerable trips to Singapore over the past decade, I always made sure to stop by the Old Tanglin Officers' Mess, the city-state's version of the State Department. There, amid a street of gleaming colonial-style buildings and perfectly trimmed ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
The New Republic,
22 Jul 2009
Over the past two weeks, deadly clashes in the Xinjiang province of western China have hit the headlines, highlighting the deep tension between the Uighurs - the Muslim, ethnic Turkic people native to the province - and the ethnic Chinese inhabitants ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
Boston Globe,
18 Jul 2009
Taking office in January, Barack Obama promised a radically different vision of foreign policy from that of his predecessor. But on perhaps the most critical issue, the new king looks a lot like the old one. In Pakistan, President Obama has retained ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
The New York Times,
11 Jul 2009
ONCE the preserve of eighth-grade field trips and history re-enactors, Williamsburg, Va., with its restored Colonial District, has become in recent years a much more rounded and upscale experience. Local chefs raised on both grits and Asian ginger have ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
The New York Times,
4 Jun 2009
BEYOND the shores of Lake Malawi, known for boutique eco-resorts and well-heeled international tourists, there’s another Malawi a whole country, if a tiny one, of chaotic and lively urban centers, green hills, tea plantations, high mountains and game ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
The New York Times,
8 May 2009
CROSSING the Potomac River, I drive through seemingly endless suburban sprawl one prefab home after the next until I begin to despair. But finally, I stumble onto my destination: Balls Bluff Battlefield Regional Park.
The park commemorates a nearly ...
From JOSHUA KURLANTZICK,
The New York Times,
6 Feb 2009
