Articles by Tom Plate

Can Asia bank on the West?

With the World Bank and IMF set in their ways, Asia will have to rely on itself in the event of another financial crisis
Published on: 1/5/2006
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New Year's Resolutions: East Asia

Tom Plate's optimistic hopes for East Asia's leaders in 2006
Published on: 12/27/2005
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Will 2006 be the year of India?

Deeply interesting, democratic and growing rapidly, India is making its mark on the world stage
Published on: 12/24/2005
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The biggest story of the year

Tom Plate says, yes, it's still China
Published on: 12/19/2005
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The Battle of Hong Kong

In protests at the WTO, the target is as nebulous as the weather
Published on: 12/18/2005
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Not the easiest job in the world

Donald Tsang is more capable and qualified to govern Hong Kong than his critics think
Published on: 12/12/2005
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The King and I: A Royal Critique

King Bhumibol Adulyadej provides Prime Minister Thaksin with much needed advice on humility
Published on: 12/8/2005
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Mr. Koizumi's Neighborhood

Japan's bad diplomacy could do more harm than its plan to re-arm
Published on: 11/29/2005
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Trying to stem controversy

South Korea's scientific breakthrough in stem-cell research provides ethical dilemmas for scientists and for journalists
Published on: 11/27/2005
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It was more like, Hu cares?

Bush did not get the warm and fuzzy 'China Lite' treatment this time
Published on: 11/22/2005
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Saying the wrong thing on someone else's soil

The U.S. president was anything but a model of humility in Asia this week
Published on: 11/20/2005
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Landing on the Mainland

The United States' top Republicans are going to China in the weakest of positions
Published on: 11/14/2005
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The spirit of APEC?

At APEC, the key to peace will be sound diplomacy
Published on: 11/11/2005
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Who's Hu? He's a traveling man

China's president made a whirlwind tour through Central and South America, and stopped in North Korea and Vietnam before coming home to greet the United States
Published on: 11/4/2005
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Happy days are here again?

Ellsberg was indicted for leaking Vietnam War documents, but Libby was indicted for talking to journalists
Published on: 11/1/2005
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The Heart of Darkness

Of George W. Bush's famous 'axis of evil' countries, only one stands as a serious threat
Published on: 10/28/2005
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Banning a diplomacy without communication

Beijing and Seoul should define Koizumi's controversial shrine visits as 'internal' decisions
Published on: 10/24/2005
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China Shock Revisited

Singapore takes its sensible diplomacy to Beijing next week
Published on: 10/21/2005
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How not to influence people

The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Singapore could use a lesson in diplomacy
Published on: 10/14/2005
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A difficult but inspiring vision

The leaders of Asia might want to take full notice of the European disarray and consider what they might do for would-be unity
Published on: 10/10/2005
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An award that's literally dynamite

The Nobel Peace Prize is bring a renewed attention to nuclear disarmament
Published on: 10/8/2005
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Diamond Stars of Baseball Globalization

America's national pastime has a global face
Published on: 10/1/2005
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Two towers of the New World Order

The new 'Global Getting-Along' is not necessarily too good to be true
Published on: 9/27/2005
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China gets some advice from the Bush administration

But publicly telling China what to do, what kind of political system it needs, and whether it will prove an historical force for good or evil seems condescending and patronizing
Published on: 9/22/2005
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The commendable patience of the Chinese

Six Party Talks with North Korea have reached a new plateau
Published on: 9/19/2005
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