North Korea and the Pueblo: Gangster regime. North Korea and the Pueblo: Gangster regime. Canada’s Northern Strategy and East Asian Interests in the Arctic. East Asia-Arctic Relations Paper No. 5 Download PDf This paper examines Canadian perceptions of East Asia’s Arctic interests. Whereas some commentaries conceptualize Asian states, particularly China, as potential threats to Canada’s interests in the Arctic, the basis for this alarmist rhetoric (apart from more generalized discourses associated with the “rise of Asia”) is speculative and imprecise.
Using Canada’s Northern Strategy and the Statement on Canada’s Arctic Foreign Policy as filters, this paper suggests where Asia’s Arctic interests may converge or diverge with those of Canada. It also recommends various messages that Canada may wish to emphasize in its interactions with Asian states to safeguard its national interests, promote sustainable development for the benefit of Northerners, and enhance cooperation and constructive dialogue in the circumpolar world. About the Author James Manicom joined CIGI in August 2012. 'A very worrisome sign': North Korea executes uncle of leader Kim Jong Un. Young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's previously powerful uncle has been executed as a traitor, the country's state-run news service said Thursday.
According to KCNA, the uncle, Jang Song Thaek, was guilty of "attempting to overthrow the state by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods with a wild ambition to grab the supreme power of our party and state. " On Monday, the isolated regime announced that Jang had been dismissed from his vaunted official post for a string of criminal acts, including corruption, womanizing and drug-taking. Rodong Sinmun - Yonhap via Reuters "All the crimes committed by the accused were proved in the course of hearing and were admitted by him," KCNA stated on Thursday — in a report that claimed that "people throughout the country broke in to angry shouts" when they heard of Jang's alleged crimes.
The over-the-top report goes on to call Jang "despicable human scum. " Jang was married to Kim's aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, the younger sister of Kim Jong Il. Related: Oxford Analytica - Public purge in Pyongyang puts stability in question. Why East Asia can’t escape the sins of the father. One way to look at the growing military tensions over a few tiny islands in the East China Sea is to see in recent events a straightforward case of power politics. China is rising, Japan is in the economic doldrums and the Korean Peninsula remains divided. It’s only natural that China would try to reassert its historical regional dominance. And it’s just as natural for Japan to feel nervous about the prospect of becoming a kind of vassal state. (The Koreans are more accustomed to this role, vis-à-vis China.) Being subservient to American power, as Japan has been since 1945, was the inevitable consequence of a catastrophic war.
And yet, because East Asian politics remains highly dynastic, a biographical explanation might be just as useful. Kishi was a nationalist with fascist tendencies during the 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Like Kishi, Park was a nationalist. Ms. The case of the current Chinese leader, President Xi Jinping, is perhaps the most complicated of the three. East Asian States, the Arctic Council and International Relations in the Arctic.