日本の危機?好機?福島(福運の島)

来年で還暦を迎えると、私の日本で過ごした時間は人生の6分の1になる。日本は私にとって非常に身近な存在であり、その国土、社会、文化を思うと感謝の念をおぼえずにはいられない。
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Rhodes, Russia and the “Islamic State”

This article first appeared in New View  magazine Issue 73 Oct. – Dec. 2014 How do I go about making sense of what is happening in world events? When a scientist observes the natural world, he does so having first studied and familiarised himself with a number of fundamentals in his chosen field, and he seeks to understand the phenomena in the light of those fundamentals. If one is...
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Syriana? Part 2

This article was first published in New View magazine #70 Jan. – Mar. 2014 The first part of this article (in New View #69 Oct-Dec2013) outlined some of the economic and geopolitical aspects to the current war in Syria. Since it was written and published, there have been major developments in the region. Following a vote rejecting military action against Syria by the UK Parliament on 29...
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Richard III’s Bones & England’s Future: Lion-Hart-Boar

  This article was first published in New View magazine 2013 Well before it began, it was thought by many that 2012 would be an ‘apocalyptic’ year; those fascinated by the prognostications surrounding the Mayan Calendar expected anything from the destruction of the world to cosmic ascension on a galactic wave of bliss. Others drew attention to the near exact overlap between the...
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Syriana? Part 1

                                                                         This article was first published in New View magazine No.69 Oct – Dec 2013 The movie “Syriana” (director Stephen Gaghan; producer and lead actor George Clooney) came out in Dec. 2005. The complex, realistic, tense and dramatic...
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Caliban’s Dream

This article was first published in New View magazine Issue 65, 2012 Featured Illustration (left) courtesy of Jamie Binnington: http://jammerlea.deviantart.com/art/Hetalia-England-Japan-123894151 All the experiences you had until yesterday And all your knowledge are only a burden The wind will always pass by And leave nothing behind (1) A car journey from Narita airport into downtown Tokyo...
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