2005年9月5日　毎日新聞　掲載 総選挙の争点は郵政、年金など内政に絞られた感が強いが、本来、政権選択のはず。であれば、外交・安保問題を避けて通れない。 まして戦後60年の今年、「小泉外交」で日米関係は史上最良、逆に日中関係は国交正常化以来最悪といわれる。...

【代々木】 2005年秋号（9月1日発刊）掲載 ■　明治の男 小村寿太郎には虚像と実像がある。戦後人口に膾灸した虚像は日本の戦後平和主義が生んだものである。すなわち戦争継続を要求する世論に敢然と抗して、ポーツマス条約を結び、日露の平和を達成したという虚像である。...

George Kennan, a former U.S. diplomat who died recently at the age of 101, achieved fame with a 1947 contribution to Foreign Affairs...

by on 2005年8月 7日 郵政改革法案の成立を支持する 解散に追い込めば国益損うだけ （2005年8月7日付産経新聞日刊【正論】掲載） <<もっと重要な問題がある>> 真っ先にお断りしなければならないのは、私は郵政問題のことは何にも分からない。色々な人に説明をしても...

Anti-Japanese behavior by Chinese soccer fans during the Asian Cup tournament in August stirred strong resentment among the Japanese...

In a statement carried by the People’s Daily on May 31, a Chinese spokesman criticized a Taiwan businessman by name, saying Beijing does...

エコノミック･レビュー2005年7月【巻頭言】 富士通総研の顧問にお招き頂いて、錚々たるエコノミスト達の末席で、唯一人のポリティカル・アニマルとして、諸般の論議に参加させて頂いている。 その間常に私の脳裏を離れないのは、政治と経済の接点はどこにあるのだろうか、という設問であ...

by 岡崎久彦 on 2005年6月 5日 Ever since the crackdown on the democratic movement in the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident, China has undergone a...

Assessing the international situation has been my life’s work. I served in the Foreign Ministry and Defense Agency for 40 years. Based on...

April 11th, 2005 In an open letter run by newspapers, Taiwanese industrialist Hsu Wen-lung has expressed support for Beijing’s...

by 岡崎久彦 on 2005年2月 6日 I would like to make a proposal that I am well aware will incur, at least for the present, strong and negative...

December 26th, 2004 Richard Armitage is leaving his post in the U.S. administration as deputy secretary of state. It is not yet known...

by 岡崎久彦 on 2004年12月 5日 In an August 2003 article, I said budget appropriations for Japanese missile defense should be increased but that...

October 17th, 2004 Strategic dialogues have been taking place between Japan and the United States for some time now over Washington’s...

August 1st, 2004 There has been almost no reaction from abroad to the outcome of the latest House of Councillors election. This is only...

July 6th 2004 The government decided recently to keep Self-Defense Force troops stationed in Iraq as participants in the multinational...

June 6th, 2004 From April through mid-May, the situation in postwar Iraq sank to a new low. During this period, the United States was...

May 18th, 2004 The situation in Iraq deteriorated in April to its lowest point since the war started in March 2003. U.S. forces took the...

April 5th, 2004 The outcome of Taiwan’s presidential election may turn out to have been a watershed of historic significance in the...

March 16th, 2004 I still do not understand why the Japanese and U.S. governments are intervening in Taiwanese affairs — especially since...