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bernard Rowan
Autocratic age III
There's much foment in America these days. We're grappling with incidents of the autocratic age. Still dealing-and-not-dealing with COVID and emerging vaccine-busting variants, Americans have lost patience with precautions. Guns are everywhere, but we're treated to a further promotion of gun culture by a Supreme Court enthralled with its new variety of jurisprudence. There is now the reality of one mildly progressive but limited gun law.
2022-07-12 16:23
Facing alliance for autocracy
During the 21st century's latest war, histrionic statements abound. Russia's latest invasion of Ukraine doesn't amoun to a “do-or-die” moment for democracy. It's a real wakeup call, but still. Leaders of stable democracies shouldn't entertain this conflict as an end-all moment for the future of stability and peace in our world. The conflict should arrest the democratic tendency to idealism. We now begin a long march to renew the world era of freedom, democracy and civilization. We begin again to face autocracy.
2022-05-17 16:25
Forming bipolarity
Sadly, the evil and tyrannical foolishness of Putin and the Russian leadership has reached a new low with the war in Ukraine. War crimes occur on the backs of conscripts. Civilian targets suffer indiscriminately. Far from “Making Russia Great Again,” Putin has sealed his fate as the 21st century's worst international leader, with damning parallels to Hitler. Nevertheless, Ukraine will not lose this conflict.
2022-04-19 16:21
Efforts toward peace
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking again with Governor Choi Moon-soon of Gangwon Province. Each year, I enjoy taking part in the PyeongChang Peace Forum and learning about the efforts of Gangwon and South Korea for peace. Peace on the peninsula and in the region will form the crucible for continued progress as we head toward the middle of the century. The occasion this time was the start of the 2022 PyeongChang Peace Forum. Governor Choi and his team have concluded another wonderful conference on the theme of peace. The forum highlighted the progress and commitments of South Korea and G...
2022-03-22 16:30
Korea-US relations and Korea's next presidency
Before the next South Korean presidential election, I have framed a series of suggestions for Korea-U.S. policy relations. While the world remains transfixed by COVID-19, with rising attention to the tomfoolery of Putin, friends of Korea would do well to keep their eyes focused.
2022-02-22 17:01
Democracy isn't going away
Recently, the world has faced a rise in autocracy. We are in what I call an “autocratic age.” The ascent of Xi, Bin Salman Al Saud (MBS), Putin and a host of other autocrats is troubling. I say all will form some of history's “flashes in a pan,” eventually, and that's why I'm writing. Don't stop believing that democracy is a world technology for today and the future. It's taking hits these days, as some say, but it's going nowhere! Don't give into the temptation of thinking that democracy is on the ropes.
2022-01-25 16:48
For professors and in memoriam
I'm writing about the professor in Korean culture and to thank my professors. The “kyosunim” is a central Korean institution. The respect for professors is higher in Confucian cultures, including Korea, than elsewhere. Too many Americans think professors occupy the ivory tower. Aligning the learned with the leadership in Asian cultures is closer than in European cultures.
2021-12-28 16:49
Cultivating friendship
One of the things I miss these days about Korea is the opportunity to make friends. I've made a few friends in Korea over the years and admired how this often occurs. As a young man, I was what people typically call shy or reserved - polite is the better word. I did not often seek but waited to “break the ice.” This behavior was at times off-putting to others.
2021-11-30 16:49
Beyond crisis in Korean political culture
These days, I see various forms in which the traditional arts of a culture find new practice and adaptation. In the United States and England, some successful businesspeople, fed up with corporate norms and contexts, go to the countryside. They want a simpler, more bucolic existence. There are videos and TV series about their trials and travails learning to live on a farm or live in the way people did in 18th century England. Some do well and find in this adopted lifestyle greater peace, satisfaction, and happiness. The practice hasn't “caught on.”
2021-11-02 17:05
Relevance of Yoon Dong-ju
Recently, I traveled to Washington, D.C., and delivered an address on the poetry of Yoon Dong-ju (1917-45). The invitation came from members of the Yoon Dong-Ju Literature Society. It was an honor and pleasure to speak about Yoon's collection of poems. The group also gave tribute to the late professor Choi Yearn-Hong, one of the society's founding members and patrons, as well as a Korea Times columnist.
2021-10-05 17:00
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