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Richard Halloran
Richard Halloran, a free lance writer in Honolulu, was a military correspondent for The New York Times for ten years. He can be reached at oranhall@hawaii.rr.comSubscribe to Richard Halloran RSS Article Feed.
Recent Articles
- Will Obama Apologize for Hiroshima & Nagasaki? - November 15, 2009
- Within a couple of hours of landing in Japan on Friday, President Barack Obama walked into a political minefield by implicitly promising someday to visit Hiroshima and...
- Hoh Complicates Obama's Decision - November 1, 2009
- As President Obama ponders his options in what has become widely known as "Obama's War" in Afghanistan, the resignation of a middle level civilian official in Kabul has...
- U.S. Still Tops in the Pacific - October 18, 2009
- The retiring commander of US forces in Asia and the Pacific, Admiral Timothy Keating, disputes the contention that American power in this region is declining. Keating,...
- Three Choices in Afghanistan - October 4, 2009
- After churning for months, the debate over what the US and its allies should do in Afghanistan seems to have solidified into three arguments: Get out: That central...
- What is Hatoyama's Foreign Policy? - September 6, 2009
- TOKYO-The outcome of Japan's election a week ago has surely been good for Japanese democracy but its effect on Japan's governance and the nation's foreign and security...
- North Korea's Collapse? - September 1, 2009
- Fresh information seeping out of communist North Korea indicates that political repression and living conditions have become even more harsh than reported earlier. That...
- Kim Dae-Jung RIP - August 24, 2009
- Korea lost a courageous patriot when former President Kim Dae Jung died last week and Asia lost a statesman who nurtured democracy in a region steeped in authoritarian...
- Leaderless - August 17, 2009
- A gathering of Asian and American diplomats, economists, and scholars in Honolulu came to the surprising conclusion that no Asian nation is willing or able to assume...
- Clinton's Trip a Winner For Kim Jong-Il - RealClearWorld - August 10, 2009
- In East Asia where Confucian thought is still influential from Seoul to Singapore, former President Bill Clinton's visit to Pyongyang to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Il...
- Clinton's Trip a Winner for Kim Jong-Il - August 9, 2009
- In East Asia where Confucian thought is still influential from Seoul to Singapore, former President Bill Clinton's visit to Pyongyang to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Il...
- Obama's Inexperienced Ambassador to Japan - July 26, 2009
- The United States and Japan are headed into a time of tribulation due to a paralysis in Japanese politics and President Barack Obama's decision to send an inexperienced...
- Civil Strife in Xinjiang - July 20, 2009
- The civil strife in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China has been a stark reminder that China, despite the economic, military, and diplomatic advances of the last...
- North Korea's July 4 Missile Tests - July 12, 2009
- Publicly, President Obama and senior officials in his administration berated North Korean leader Kim Jong Il last week for firing 11 ballistic missiles eastward into the...
- U.S. Needs to Sort Out Its Foreign Policy Priorities - July 5, 2009
- In the summer of 1983, during the depths of the Cold War, President Ronald Reagan surprised the Pentagon by ordering a show of ground force in Honduras that was intended...
- A Fool's Errand in Afghanistan? - June 28, 2009
- In January 1842, a British column of 4500 soldiers and 16,000 civilians, including women and children of the soldiers' families, sought to leave Afghanistan for British...
- Nuclear Umbrella - June 21, 2009
- In a little noted change in US nuclear policy, President Barack Obama this week threatened to employ nuclear weapons against North Korea in retaliation for a nuclear...
- Status Quo on North Korea - June 8, 2009
- It is a tale "full of sound and fury," Shakespeare would say, "signifying nothing." Confronted by North Korea bent on fielding ballistic missiles capped with nuclear...
- Taiwan Shows the Will to Defend Itself - May 31, 2009
- HONOLULU - The government of President Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan has launched a revolution in military affairs that is intended to: Rally the people of Taiwan to a firm...
- The Dangers of a Nuclear Japan - May 24, 2009
- When the new American ambassador to Japan, John Roos, steps off the airplane in Tokyo, the first thing he might want to do is to reassure the Japanese people in public...
- Still Trying to Make Peace With the Moros - May 17, 2009
- The Armed Forces of the Philippines, assisted by US Special Operations Forces and law enforcement officers, have begun to overcome Islamic insurgents in the "Terrorist...
- China Puzzle - May 10, 2009
- After decades of antagonism toward Taiwan, China seems to have relented a bit to show goodwill toward the self-governing people on the island off China's coast. Beijing...
- Sea Piracy - May 3, 2009
- While piracy rages unabated in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia, attacks on the other side of the Indian Ocean in the Straits of Malacca and the South China...
- Walk Away from North Korean Talks - April 20, 2009
- The North Koreans were up to their colorful antics again this week that, if the issue wasn't so serious, might have been downright amusing. Right after they were...
- North Korea Acts With Impunity - April 12, 2009
- Kim Jong Il went to the launch site on the east coast to watch the liftoff, then had himself reelected by acclamation. At midweek, according to the official Korean...
- A More Candid Report on China's Military - March 29, 2009
- Throughout the report, China is more sharply criticized for "creating uncertainty and increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation." Corruption...
- The Changing U.S. - South Korean Alliance - March 23, 2009
- Sharp and other Americans credited President Lee Myung Bak, who came to office in Seoul a year ago, for making a genuine effort to put new life into the alliance. And...
- China's Harassment of the Chung-Hoon - March 15, 2009
- That warship could outrun, out-maneuver, and outgun the Chinese ships on the scene but arrived after the incident to warn the Chinese not to return. The surveillance...
- Some Refreshing JOE - March 9, 2009
- The Joint Forces Command, with headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, has published an appraisal of what it terms the "Joint Operating Environment" that is intended to...
- America's New Base in Asia - March 2, 2009
- The mission of this garrison and the air base will be less focused on the threat from North Korea, which can be met by South Korea's increasingly strong forces, and more...
- U.S. and China Resume Military Dialogue - February 22, 2009
- Backed symbolically by the 97,000 ton US aircraft carrier John Stennis anchored for a port visit in Hong Kong's harbor, Keating also met informally with senior officers...
- Regional Security a Priority on Clinton's Asia Tour - February 15, 2009
- In Beijing, senior officers in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have been testing US resolve for at least a dozen years. One after another commander of US forces in...
- Where China Stands with Obama - January 25, 2009
- Clinton, who was confirmed as secretary the day after President Obama's inauguration, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "We want a positive and cooperative...
- Blair an Experienced Choice - January 18, 2009
- • Second, he intended to warn the Chinese against miscalculation, the message being: "Don't mess with us." Thus it is not hard to imagine the tall, lean, and...
- The Fatigue of Fighting - January 11, 2009
- And they are tired of writhing faces on TV spewing hatred for America. When those people shout: "Yankee, go home," many Americans would like to reply: "Stop the world,...
- Obama Faces World of Conflict - January 5, 2009
- Moreover, the new president's task will be hard because only 33 percent of the eligible voters in America cast their ballots for him. The rest either didn't vote, or...
- How to Walk Away from North Korea - December 21, 2008
- Cutting through the diplomatic verbiage enveloping what is known as the Six-Party Talks, there's enough fault to go around: • North Korea has had no intention of...
- Setting Priorities in Asia - December 14, 2008
- Today, among the thousands of recommendations being thrust upon President-elect Barack Obama comes one urging him to perform a virtual kowtow to the leaders of China by...
- Ma Tries to Reassure Taiwanese - December 7, 2008
- In office for six months, Mr. Ma's approval ratings have been running under 30 percent. Ratings for Premier Liu Chao-shiuan, the cabinet, and members of the legislature...
- Subtly More Assertive in Asia-Pacific - November 30, 2008
- In his cover letter authorizing the new strategy, Admiral Keating said "it underscores the fundamental importance of sustained and persistent cooperation and...
- How to Stop the Pirates - November 23, 2008
- While piracy near Somalia has soared in number and audacity, that in the South China Sea in Southeast Asia has been on a steady decline, largely due to the concentrated...