Shintaro Ishihara, the former governor of Tokyo, recently unveiled a new political party which, he says, will help build a “stronger and tougher Japan. This is the same Shintaro Ishihara who recently provoked an increasingly bitter row with China over control of a string of islands in the East China Sea. As Mr Ishihara and other leading Japanese politicians strike a more strident foreign policy tone and a more aggressive attitude toward China, they should consider the recent history of a quite different country in a quite different region.
前东京都知事石原慎太郎(Shintaro Ishihara)最近组建新政党,他说该党的宗旨是建立起“更强大、更强硬的日本。正是这位石原慎太郎今年引发了日中围绕东海一个群岛控制权的日趋激烈的争执。在石原慎太郎和日本其他重量级政客奉行更加尖锐的外交政策,对中国采取更加咄咄逼人的态度之际,他们应当考虑近年另一个地区另一个国家的遭遇。
When Mikheil Saakashvili rode Georgia’s Rose Revolution to power in 2004, the international community lauded the small nation’s transition to democracy. Mr Saakashvili quickly reached out to Washington and the Bush administration, eager to build a new strategic friendship in the region, reached back. But US officials worried aloud that Mr Saakashvili, convinced that US support offered him a shield, might stumble into conflict with Russia, Georgia’s hostile neighbour to the north. Four years later, exactly what happened.
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