Vijay Prashad, The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. A profound contradiction confronts East Asia. The region drives global development, yet US imperialism seeks to transform it into a frontline of the New Cold War. The region’s future depends on ordinary people, not war planners. The Okinawan artist Kinjo Minoru is haunted by the tragedy of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa and the military occupation that has marked the island ever since.…