Norwegian man arrested for Oslo bombing and Utøya shootings

One of the first reactions to the terrible incident in Norway I came across was by a Facebook friend and acquitance of my wife’s. Without any shred of evidence, he blamed “the bastard sons of Muhammad” for the attacks,which were supposedly revenge for the Danish cartoons reprinted in Norway in 2006. The man is a [...]

A British cheerleader for Chinese nationalism: Martin Jacques on “Japan’s resurgent nationalism”

Kenn Nakata Steffensen Prescript This was originally written and never published on the day after Martin Jacques’ article appeared in The Guardian. Now that his book When China rules the world (London: Allen Lane, 2009) is out, I felt it was time to air my doubts about his analysis of East Asian international relations. I [...]