Once again, our Asia Editor has brought us an on-the-ground look at the world from a Tokyo-based, post-tsunami perspective. I expect all of our members will find the results of this view to be useful and, to some degree, surprising.

In order to fully appreciate our concept of "Economic Cyberwar," one should start with the idea that the form of war preferred by mercantilist states is not militarist, but economic. Any military conflict is the result of poor planning, and...

What if they gave a war, and nobody came? It's an old joke. But what if the next war were so different from the last that it was over before the victims even knew a war had begun? Even better, what if they never found out who attacked them? Even...