Thomas Berger

Japan’s Tough Choices As North Korean Missiles Fly

September 18, 2017

WBUR Thomas Berger With North Korean missiles zooming overhead, how does Japan prepare, defend and respond? Japan’s tough challenges, military and diplomatic… View full article

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Easing A Flashpoint for War in the East China Sea

August 8, 2017

Defense One quoting Thomas Berger, Pardee School of Global Studies/ College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences “A war between the United States and China, should one occur, is less likely to start like World War II, with a belligerent invading other sovereign nations, and more likely like World War I, when a regional incident involving […]

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Statues, Monuments Connected to Slavery Are Removed

May 5, 2017

Voice of America Thomas Berger, Pardee School of Global Studies/ College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences “U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with the Washington Examiner this week, wondered, “Why was there a Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?” Expert quote: “For a long time, he said […]

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South Korea bristles at Japan’s honors for the dead on WWII anniversary

August 16, 2016

Christian Science Monitor Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences Relations between Japan and South Korea simmered Monday on the 71st anniversary of the end of World War II… Expert quote: “Abe finds ways of signaling to his domestic audience … and nobody has any doubts where he stands.”  View full article

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U.S. says imagery appears to show China missile

February 26, 2016

The Comment Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies Although not one of the six governments with territorial claims in the South China Sea, the USA says it has a national interest in the region’s stability and freedom of navigation and overflight in and above what are some of the […]

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China foreign minister downplays missile deployment reports

February 17, 2016

Associated Press Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday sought to downplay reports that China had positioned anti-aircraft missiles on a disputed South China Sea island, accusing the media of hyping the issue and saying more attention should be paid to what he called […]

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‘Mein Kampf’ on sale in Germany

January 9, 2016

BBC World News Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies View video of expert Thomas Berger

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Expert’s View on South China Sea

December 1, 2015

NHK World News Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies View video of expert Thomas Berger

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Austria struggles to come to grips with Nazi past

November 5, 2015

ABC Online: Australian Broadcasting Company Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies Austria’s relationship with the Nazis was complex. Adolf Hitler was Austrian, yet Austria was also the first country invaded by the Germans in 1938. So was Austria complicit in the crimes of Nazi Germany or a victim of […]

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Japan’s Improbable Military Resurgence

October 30, 2015

Huffington Post Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences, Pardee School of Global Studies In 2004, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a case for Japan to restore its military capabilities, writing in his book, Determination to Protect This Country, that “if Japanese don’t shed blood, we cannot have an equal relationship with America.”… Expert […]

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