THINK TANK SCHEDULE
APRIL, 2003 - MARCH, 2004

DATE TOPIC
March 27, 2004 Kosovo/Serb relations key to stability
(The Financial Times, March 19 2004)
March 20, 2004 Is Korea Ready For Democracy?
(The Korea Times, 03-12-2004)
March 13, 2004 The people come to court
(The Economist, Mar 4th 2004)
March 6-7, 2004 Think Tank 1.5 Day Ski Party in Kandatsu
March 6, 2004 A coup unfolds
(The Economist, Feb 26th 2004)
February 28, 2004 Sensitive souls
(The Economist, Feb 19th 2004)
February 21, 2004 Your place or mine?
(The Economist, Feb 12th 2004)
February 14, 2004 Europe faces up to Islam and the veil
(The Guardian, Wednesday February 4, 2004 )
February 7, 2004 Japanese inventor wins record 189 mln dlrs in patent trial
(AFP, Fri Jan 30)
January 31, 2004 Playing with plutonium
(The Economist, Jan 22nd 2004)
January 24, 2004 Return To Mars
(TIME, Monday, Jan. 19, 2004)
January 10-11, 2004 Think Tank 1.5 Day Ski Party in Iwappara
January 17, 2004 New tracking system to safeguard borders
(The Christian Science Monitor, January 06, 2004)
January 10, 2004 The nanny state
(The Economist, Dec 18th 2003)
January 3, 2004 HOLIDAY
December 27-29, 2003 Think Tank Ski Tour 2003 in Appi
December 20, 2003 The shape of things to come
(The Economist, Dec 11th 2003)
December 13, 2003 Attacks turning to US allies in Iraq
(The Christian Science Monitor, December 01, 2003)
December 7, 2003 BBQ Party
December 6, 2003 The Rise Of India
(Business Week, DECEMBER 8, 2003)
November 29, 2003 State of the union
(The Economist, Nov 20th 2003)
November 22, 2003 Thanks for no memory
(The Economist, Nov 13th 2003)
November 15, 2003 Can Anything Stop Toyota?
(BusinessWeek, NOVEMBER 17, 2003)
November 8, 2003 Locals irate over Ishihara's 'vicious' claim that Koreans chose colonization
(Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 29, 2003)


Verbal terror on neighbor
(The Korea Herald, 2003.10.31)
November 1, 2003 Inside the New SAT Test
(TIME, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003)
October 25, 2003 A hero returns to a land without heroes
(The Christian Science Monitor, October 17, 2003)
October 18, 2003 The natives are restless
(The Economist, Oct 9th 2003)
October 11, 2003 Engine trouble
(The Economist, Oct 2nd 2003)
October 4, 2003 Rich man, poor man
(The Economist, Sep 25th 2003)
September 27, 2003 Equal Time
(TIME Europe, September 22, 2003)
September 20, 2003 Microsoft at the power point
(Economist, Sep 11th 2003)
September 13, 2003 A chance to end faction politics
(The Japan Times, September 5, 2003)
September 6, 2003 N Korea talks fail to ease tension
(BBC NEWS, 29 August, 2003)
August 30, 2003 Black Days in Baghdad
(TIME, Aug. 19, 2003)
August 23, 2003 Thousands die in European heat wave
(World Socialist Web Site, 14 August 2003)
August 16, 2003 Animal Emotions
(NEWSWEEK, July 21, 2003)
August 2, 9, 2003 SUMMER HOLIDAYS
July 26, 2003 Stretched in Iraq, US may return to UN
(The Christian Science Monitor, July 18, 2003)
July 19, 2003 Fear of floating
(The Economist, Jul 10th 2003)
July 12, 2003 The blame game
(The Economist, Jul 3rd 2003)
July 5, 2003 Japan freezes aid payments to Burmese junta
(The Independent, 26 June 2003)
June 28, 2003 Japan denounces whale conservation vote
(The Guardian, Tuesday June 17, 2003)
June 21, 2003

Stacie's Class

Education Reform: Class Size Reduction

More breathing space in the classroom
(The Japan Times: May 8, 2003)

California's Class Size Reduction
(WestEd, a nonprofit research, development, and service agency)

Class Size Reduction and Teacher Financing
(U.S. Department of Education)

Class Size Reduction
(U.S. Department of Education)

June 14, 2003 A big deal
(The Economist, Jun 5th 2003)
June 7, 2003 The head ignores the feet
(The Economist, May 22nd 2003)
May 31, 2003 Suspended because of heavy rain
May 24, 2003 The New Gender Gap
(Business Week, MAY 26, 2003)
May 17, 2003

Stacie's Class

US-North Korean Nuclear Talks

? Multi-National involvement: North Korea
US
South Korea
China
Japan
? Confirmation: Claims of reprocessing used fuel rods
Plutonium weaponry capability
? Economic & Humanitarian Aid: Lifting of Sanctions
Financing

U.S. open to N. Korea talks 'anytime, anywhere'
(CNN.com, April 4, 2002)

U.S.-N.Korea Plan Talks in Beijing-U.S. Officials
(Reuters, Tue April 15, 2003)

Timeline: North Korea nuclear crisis
(BBC NEWS, 2003/04/16)

Reference Links

International Nuclear Watchdog

Japanese/English news source in Japan

Official news service of the DPRK govt (N.Korea)

May 10, 2003 Luxury Housing Project Opening in Tokyo
(The Associated Press, Tuesday, April 22, 2003)
May 3, 2003 HOLIDAY
April 26, 2003 Hard numbers
(The Economist, Apr 17th 2003)
April 19, 2003

Stacie's Class

Bush's Postwar Ambitions for Iraq
(The Washington Institute, February 10, 2003)

Think Tank: UN 'must run post-conflict Iraq'
(Khilafah.com, 23 Jan 2003)

Japan likely to help Iraq refugees, reconstruction
(ReliefWeb, 10 Mar 2003)

Tension builds over postwar plans
(The Christian Science Monitor, April 07, 2003)

April 12, 2003 Living in a Hot Zone
(TIME Asia, April 7, 2003)
April 5, 2003 What's The Place Of Race?
(U.S. News, 3/31/03)