NIRA Review Vol. 8, No. 1 Winter 2001
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Editors Note Toshihiro Sato [ PDF 13KB ] [ Text 4KB ]
- Essays
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Energy Policies for the New Century: A U.S. Perspective on Protecting the Environment and Cooperating Globally
Karla S. Smith [ PDF 37KB ] [ Text 22KB ]
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Governments recognize the link between energy and environment and are struggling with the need to balance energy, economic growth, and national security priorities with environmental and public health demands. More significant, many governments are attempting to do so cooperatively and in an international context, with varying degrees of success.
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Japan's Clean Development Mechanism and the Fight Against Global Warming
Yasutaka Nakai [ PDF 24KB ] [ Text 13KB ]
- As a leading industrial power with some of the world's most advanced technologies, Japan should do more than just pay lip service to the prevention of global warming. The clean development mechanism is a vital element in the struggle to protect the environment against further damage.
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China: Environmental Protection and Global Cooperation
Zhou Fengqi [ PDF 32KB] [ Text 20KB ]
- China's explosive economic growth has created enormous environmental destruction and needs rapid attention. A raft of recent policy initiatives has helped, but much more is needed, especially an increase in the use of clean-coal technologies and the gradual phasing in of natural gas. It must also be recognized that this is a global problem that demands global solutions and careful consideration by the world's developed nations.
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Russia's Energy Policies and Northeast Asia
Boris G. Saneev [ PDF 44KB ] [ Text 14KB ]
- The collapse of the USSR and Russia's current economic problems are forcing a reconsideration of the country's geopolitical strategies. Given the global economic importance of Northeast Asia the time may have come for a realignment toward the east with Russia's vast energy reserves very likely playing a key role.
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Energy Policies for the New Century: A U.S. Perspective on Protecting the Environment and Cooperating Globally
- Roundtable
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Partners in a Changing World: The Australia-Japan Relationship
Peter Grey and Takafusa Shioya [ PDF 46KB ] [ Text 21KB ]
- The Australia-Japan bilateral relationship is based on common interests in trade, culture, and foreign policy. Australia and Japan are continuing to work together in further enhancing development in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Partners in a Changing World: The Australia-Japan Relationship
- Commentary
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The Australia-Japan Economic Relationship From an Australian Perspective
John R. Hewson [ PDF 57KB ] [ Text 17KB ]
- Despite feelings from the Australian side that market access has been uneven, given Australia's greater dependence on trade and foreign investment and the slow pace of economic and social reform in Japan, and despite continued political and vested interest resistance, the process of reform in Japan will most likely accelerate to the benefit of Australia-Japan economic relations.
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The Australia-Japan Economic Relationship From an Australian Perspective
- Special Contribution
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A Northeast Asian Development Bank?
- Discussion about the need for a development bank in Northeast Asia has been around for some time but the rationale for such a project now seems clearer than ever. The bank would complement existing communications, transportation and economic infrastructures and help stimulate the political and economic integration of the region.
Lee-Jay Cho and S. Stanley Katz [ PDF 37KB ] [ Text 25KB ]
- Economic Viewpoint
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Recognizing Japan's Rising Potential Growth
- Conventional discussions of Japanese economic growth potential are mistakenly pessimistic in their assessments. If the true rise in Japanese potential output were recognized, a very different set of policy priorities would be in order, rather than the existing overly tight monetary policy.
Adam S. Posen [ PDF 34KB ] [ Text 22KB ]
- Policy Community
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U.S. Think Tanks and the Intersection of Ideology, Advocacy, and Influence
Andrew Rich [ PDF 42KB ] [ Text 19KB ]
- Conservative think tanks in the U.S. typically have more resources to devote to promotional activities--a style more suited to their organizational preferences than to those of liberal think tanks. These advantages, however, may not necessarily translate into greater policy influence for conservative think tanks than for their liberal counterparts, especially during critical agenda-setting moments in the policy process.
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U.S. Think Tanks and the Intersection of Ideology, Advocacy, and Influence
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