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Author Index

The author index links to Shingetsu Newsletters that are written in part or in full by authors other than Executive Director Michael Penn. It does not include the commentary posted at the end of some newsletters. The index below is updated through 2007. More recent newsletters are not yet included. Names are listed alphabetically.

The date of each newsletter can be broadly judged by using the newsletter numbers:

2005 Newsletters: 1 to 150

2006 Newsletters: 151 to 475
2007 Newsletters: 476 to 865

Abdelnasser, Walid M.

840 -- Arab-Japanese Ties Only Becoming Stronger

Abe, Shinzo

428 -- The Maritime Self-Defense Force: Guardians of the Sea

Abuza, Zachary

432 -- Japan Vulnerable to Attacks from Jemaah Islamiya

Akashi, Yasushi

69 -- Africa and Japan: Give a Hand for the Birth of Peace in Africa

Allen, Daniel

533 -- A Vital Place Called Xinjiang

Amin, Haron

268 -- The Sun Rises in Both Afghanistan and Japan

Arima, Tatsuo

289 -- Providing Hope for the Palestinian Economy

Armitage, Richard

740 -- Trusted by All Sides, Japan Can Deepen Its Role in the Middle East

Aso, Taro

135 -- Asian Strategy As I See It: Japan as the ‘Thought-Leader of Asia’

293 -- Central Asia as a Corridor of Peace and Stability

532 -- Middle East Policy As I See It

608 -- Speech at Sharm al-Shaikh

656 -- Remarks at Conference on Illegal Armed Groups [Afghanistan]

Azad, Shirzad

799 -- How Did Japan Lose Iran to China?

Badr, Hisham

586 -- Arabs are Eager for a More Proactive Japanese Role in the Middle East

742 -- Japan Must Make Its Voice Heard in the Middle East

Campbell, Kurt

724 -- Ozawa’s Bravado May Damage Japan for Years

Caryl, Christian

248 -- Japan: A Delicate Balance

Chua, Patrick

24 -- Japan’s Geo-Strategy May Backfire

Clark, Gregory

791 -- A Trumped Up War on Terrorism

Cohen, Eli

742 -- Iran Definitely Aiming to Become a Nuclear Power

Cole, Juan

51 -- Anti-Japanese Demonstrations in Samawa

Curtin, J. Sean

26 -- Interview with Iraqi Ayatollah

176 -- Interview with Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah

186 -- Tehran’s Diplomatic Purge Hits Europe and Japan

199 -- Neo-Conservative Visions of the Middle East, Political Islam, and Japan

392 -- Shimon Peres on Japan’s Economic Role in the Palestinian Territories

397 -- Azadegan Oil Field Negotiations Floundering

Darboe, Ousman

390 -- Japan Gives 3200 Tons of Rice [Gambia]

Darwisheh, Housam

437 -- Japan Must Seek a More Active Role and a Clearer Strategy in West Asia

De Boer, John Carlson

51-- Japan and the Occupation-Reconstruction of Iraq

75 -- Gauging Japan’s Role in the Middle East

Dujarric, Robert

702 -- Linkages between North Korea and Iraq for Japan

755 -- Fukuda’s First Task: Preventing a US-Iran War

780 -- Japan Needs to Keep Its Military Close to Home

Esenbel, Selcuk

639 -- Two Recent Conferences in Istanbul

Fahoum, Keely

Keely Fahoum Page
374 -- ASDF Airlifts in Support of the UN in Iraq to Begin Soon

438 -- Japanese Special Envoy Meets with Syrian Foreign Minister

455 -- Japanese Ambassador Shigenobu Kato Meets with Jordanian Official

484 -- King Abdullah Delivers Speech at Japan Institute of International Affairs

500 -- Increasing Diplomatic Activity between Syria and Japan

515 -- Developing Bilateral Relations between Japan and Syria

546 -- The Prospects for the Upcoming Four-Party Arab-Israeli Talks in Tokyo

589 -- Japan’s Aid and Jordan’s Continued Dependency

632 -- Tokyo Misses the Mark on Lebanon

651 -- Foreign Ministry Reacts to the Latest Assassination in Lebanon

776 -- Japanese Aid to Jordan Serves Important and Varied Roles

830 -- Is Tokyo Cooling on Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora? / Film Festival

Fukushima, Yoshinori

419 -- Ambassador Eli Cohen on Japanese-Jewish Similarities

Furukawa, Katsuhisa

73 -- The Diffusion of Terrorism: Japan Needs to Be Prepared

107 -- Can the ‘Liberal World’ Beat the Terrorists?

Furumoto, Yoso

60 -- We Need Electricity Water and Order! [Samawa]

Gong, Shaopeng

552 -- Why Japan is Now Playing the Middle East Peace Card

Green, Michael J.

372 -- Appeasing Iran is Contrary to the National Interests of Japan

724 -- Ozawa’s Bravado May Damage Japan for Years

Gunn, Geoffrey C.

181 -- Japan-Indonesia Relations: New Opportunities, New Tensions

Hanai, Kiroku

780 -- Let the MSDF Refueling Law Die

Hara, Manabu

489 -- Japan Banks Want a Piece of Islamic Financing

Harari, Ehud

717 -- Japan? No Big Deal [Israel]

Harris, Tobias

779 -- Fukuda Should Mention Iran to President Bush

Higae, Katsuyuki

702 -- Lessons in Ethics from Doing Business in Iraq

Hisane, Masaki

160 -- Japan’s New Energy Strategy

343 -- Japan in Iraq: Goodbye Troops, Hello Aid

345 -- Japan Joins the Energy Race in Central Asia

456 -- Qatar: Japan’s Energy White Knight

Hoshino, Toshiya

230 -- Peace-Building and the Role of Japan in Sudan

Husain, Skakir

454 -- Japan to Challenge China in the Gulf

Iida, Tatsuhito

407 -- Government to Throw More Cash into Failed Dam [Indonesia]

Ikematsu, Hiroshi

442 -- Diplomacy Key to Meeting Resource Challenge

Ikeuchi, Satoshi

72 -- How to Get Along with Different Senses of Values

107 -- Can the ‘Liberal World’ Beat the Terrorists?

819 -- The Middle East is a Hurdle for Japan-US Ties

Inoue, Yoshitake

321 -- Five War Dead among the SDF (Suicides)

Iokibe, Makoto

71 -- Japan’s Diplomacy since September 11: The High Price of US-Japan Proximity

Ishiai, Tsutomu

282 -- Interview with Nabil Fahmy: International Players Need a Full Deck of Cards

Ishigami, Miyoko

454 -- Japan Attaches Importance to Relations with Kuwait

Islam, M. Aynul

641 -- Japanese Trade and Cultural Events in Dhaka

693 -- Muhammad Yunus in Japan / Elections in Bangladesh / Culture and Academia

728 -- Loans and Aid for Transportation Sector in Bangladesh / Solo Art Exhibition

Islam, Syful

369 -- Is the Japan-Bangladesh Group Doing Illegal Business?

413 -- Japan Bangladesh Group Now Brings Guineans

Itabashi, Isao

286 -- How Should We Confront Terrorism? Japan’s Terrorism Policies

Ito, Masami

670 -- A New Home in Canada for the Dogan Family

Ito, Shingo

64 -- Are Missions of Japanese Kamikaze and Suicide Bombers Similar?

Ito, Shintaro

492 -- Statement at the Ceremony at the Al-Shorta Hospital in Sanaa

Iwakuni, Tetsundo

754 -- Japan’s Role in Afghanistan

Johnston, Eric

860 -- Japan Sizes Up Non-Nuclear Iran / Time Ripe for Better Ties

K, Sonya

461 -- Celebrating Japan-Brunei Ties

Kaneda, Katsutoshi

189 -- The London Conference on Afghanistan

Kanno, Yoichi

231 -- Turkey, A Close Friend to Japan

Karabat, Ayse

626 -- Luckily, We are not Neighbors [Turkey]

Katakura, Kunio

104 -- The Situation in Iraq and the SDF Withdrawal Issue

Kato, Akira

584 -- “Little Pakistan” on the Sea of Japan

Katsumata, Hidemichi

347 -- Tensions Rise for Japan’s Mission on the Golan Heights

465 -- Government Must Be Honest about Iraq Mission

701 -- MSDF Mission Key for Japan

Kawakami, Yasunori

404 -- A Report from Samawa

603 -- Local Mosques Central to Lives of Muslims in Japan / Japanese Muslim

Kawato, Akio

604 -- ASEAN Model for Central Asia? / Cannot Enforce Democracy

Keliat, Makmur

6 -- Finding a Balance between Japan and China [Indonesia]

al-Khalidi, Suleiman

776 -- Japan to Build Fertilizer Complex in Jordan

Khonji, Tariq

143 -- Japan Pushes for Trade Accord with GCC States

Khuhro, Zarrar

499 -- The Rising Sun [Pakistan]

Kitaoka, Shinichi

46 -- Statement on Counter-Terrorism-Related Activities

Kodera, Isaku

575 -- Japanese Doctor Builds Hospital in Niger

Koizumi, Junichiro

159 -- Visit to Turkey

313 -- Public Statement on the Withdrawal from Samawa

329 -- Visit to the Middle East