There may be countries [where] there's no gender inequality in schooling, even in higher education, but [where there is] gender inequality in… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The election of Shinzo Abe as the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party and now prime minister will have profound repercussions… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
East Asia confirms the superior capacity of industrial capitalism in raising the material standard of living of large masses of people. — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
This and the small sample size inevitably leads to stereotypes - sweeping family sagas from India, 'lush' colonial romances from South-East Asia.… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
As the CIA tried to find itself, the threat of international terrorism emanating from the Middle East, Africa, North Africa and Central… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
But, before we in America critique East Asia, we must also recognize that we are - unfortunately - taking on some of… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history. — Park Geun-hye Copy Share Image
Rising sea levels will result in tens to hundreds of millions more people flooded each year with a warming of 3 or… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
A recent report by UNEP and Interpol estimated that between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of… — Achim Steiner Copy Share Image
The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
I don't believe we have ever had a Black leader that was so widely accepted among the masses of people, as well… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The fact that the Bush administration, and those in Europe who have followed its 9/11-inspired agenda, somehow believe that the future of… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
In opening China, the English have secured their presence in East Asia. If we don't commit more resources to get into Southeast… — Jules Ferry Copy Share Image
There are many reasons that universities in East Asia have not reached the positions that they had hoped for. After all, we… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations. — Ronan Farrow Copy Share Image
As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
Brunei Darussalam is one of the oldest kingdoms in South East Asia. — Hassanal Bolkiah Copy Share Image
Burma is located between China, India, and South East Asia. So it is quite natural that a country wanting diplomatic relations with… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
With Singapore's partnership, the United States in engaging more deeply across South-east Asia and Asean, which is central to the region's peace… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This visit [to Singapore] is an occasion to mark the 50th anniversary our bilateral relationship with Singapore, which is one of our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Over the past eight years, the United States has worked hard to deepen partnerships across the region and across South-east Asia in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia. — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is not an accident that developing countries - virtually the whole of East Asia, for example - view the role of… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image