IISE of the square: the situation in the Middle East to confusion
Month, Shigeru Nakamura of the International Socio-Economic Research Institute director gave a lecture entitled [the situation in the Middle East to confusion].
. Introduction
Here recently, such as the death of Japanese kidnapping and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah by Islamic countries in the Middle East, a variety of events it has occurred. There is also a while approaching also negotiating deadline for Iran's nuclear issue. These events, I would like to mentioned from the point of view of, including the Middle East involved in the experience of the past.
I was Joined in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the year in which the first oil shock occurred. Japan was the period which marked the turning point. And broke out the Gulf War in Washington working age, during the more than six months, is impressive that you have to work crushed the weekends. Overseas work with the exception of Britain and the United States was the only Muslim country. Year, the Soviet Union has been working for about a year and a half to Pakistan immediately after the invasion of Afghanistan.