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International Relations of Asia
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adminThis is the second edition of the “International Relations of Asia.” Much has happened since its first edition in 2008, such as the Global Financial Crisis, and the change of different political leaders in between 2008-2014. But like all academic books with a stellar cast of academics, the strength lies…
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Constructing a Chinese School of International Relations: Ongoing Debates and Sociological Realities
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adminConstructing a Chinese School of International Relations: Ongoing Debates and Sociological Realities,” constitutes one of the many first salvos from China’s academia and political arena. Over the last decade, China has described its ascent as a “peaceful rise,” only to quickly change it to a “peaceful development,” and “Chinese soft…
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Strategic Reassurance aAnd Resolve – US-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century
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adminWhen two of the best minds on defense issues pair up to write a book on China and the United States, the policy makers should sit up and listen. Why? Michael E. O’ Hanlon and James Steinberg are not mere academics. They have worked with President Bill Clinton as well.…
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Debating China – The US-China Relationship in Ten Conversations
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adminDespite assertions in the early chapters of the book that current Sino-US relations are maturely “handled by some sixty formal dialogues,” the truth of the matter is, even the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SEC) alone, which was originally fostered by former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, with the backing of President George…
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Chinese Politics In The Xi Jinping Era
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adminCheng Li (his proper Mandarin enunciation is Li Cheng), is a leading Sinologist with a twist. He has been based in Brookings Institution, Washington DC over the last two decades. His niche is leadership dynamics in China, with a focus on how they execute their decisions at the very top,…
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The “Conspiracy” Of Free Trade
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adminFree trade is a generalization that is often confounded by its own reality. Governments, formed from different regime types, and ideological fervor, can only remain in power if they respond to the interest of the masses. No one government can afford to ignore the interest of the people completely; and…
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China’s Crony Capitalism
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adminMinxin Pei is one of the rare species in the field of Sinology: he actually has the temerity to take on the beast that is China! As a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace, in the United States, Minxin Pei has been saying for a number of…
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China And East Asia After The Wall Street Crisis
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admin“China and East Asia: After the Wall Street Crisis,” begins on the premise that the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was in principle an American financial crisis. The sub-prime mortgage debacle was actually of America’s own making. To a degree it impacted the rest of the world, including China. Beijing…
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Chinese Business in Malaysia: Accumulation, Accommodation and Ascendance
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adminExceptional political economists, the likes of which can zero in on corruption and insidious political practices, are hard to come by. Even if they exist, many have to write under a different name to avoid the possibility of a libelous lawsuit. The irony with Edmund Terence Gomez, certainly something Malaysian…
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Diplomacy
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adminDespite the capitalization of the word “diplomacy,” Henry Kissinger’s book is a masterpiece on diplomacy in Europe, not the rest of the world. The book, however, is sufficiently important, to become required reading in Harvard University. It was part of Historical Studies A-12 in the Core Curriculum at Harvard University,…