Genre: Science
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World Order
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adminHenry Kissinger has always been a household name in the US, if not the world at large. His role as the former Secretary of State of President Richard Nixon and subsequently, the National Security Advisor of President Gerald Ford in the mid-1970s cemented his role as an icon of US…
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The Nature Of Asian Politics
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adminScholars who dare to take on the entire scope of Asia are few and far between. Often, academics and specialists prefer to specialize in one or two countries or potentially a micro-region like ASEAN. Bruce Gilley, in attempting to emulate the late Lucian Pye, author of “The Power of Asian…
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The Politics Of China
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adminPower comes from the barrel of a gun, Chairman Mao once affirmed. In many way, this was true to the degree that had it not been for the fact that Deng Xiao Ping was the chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army at one stage, and the only civilian…
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Non-Western International Relations Theory
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adminTheory is meant to simplify all the complex realities out there into a patterned and predictable whole. It is also referred to as an “optic.” It is a window through which the world is seen. At Harvard University, if not all the major campuses in the US, theories are also…
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ASEAN, Sovereignty And Intervention In Southeast Asia
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adminSovereignty is highly valued and a prized concept. Politicians and opposition leaders alike vouch for its sanctity only to invoke the importance of breaking it, as and when, certain international issues impinge on the interest of their own constituencies. Thus, a double paradox. On one level, sovereignty is considered an…
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ASEAN and East Asian International Relations: Regional Delusion
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adminASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is comprised of ten member states and often deemed the second most successful regional organizations after the European Union (EU). Although EU is now torn asunder by tensions emerging from Brexit, the accolade is a testament to the success and longevity of ASEAN..…
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.That Used To Be Us
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adminThis is a book about America getting back its bearings, and if one should, balls. Michael Mandelbaum and Thomas Friedman argued in a compelling manner thatwhile America was sleeping on the job China stole ahead. China has the fastest supercomputer in the world, its infrastructure is littered with high speed…
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Strong Borders Secure Nation
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adminChina isn’t necessarily a country, Lucian Pye at MIT once said, it is a “civilization pretending to be a state.” Like all civilizations, it must have had its fair share of violence; not unlike AmericaUnited Kingdomor for that matter, France. But M. Taylor Fravel, who is also at MIT, noticed…
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Liberal Leviathan
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adminFollowing the English School of International Relations pioneered by the late Hedley Bull, indeed, the late Stanley Hoffman at Harvard University, too, G. John Ikenberry argued that rules and regulations are critical to the viability of an international order. Without them, no amount of force could compel the two hundred…
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A Contest For Supremacy
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adminLike “Game of Thrones,” scholars and analysts alike have spoken of the spectre of a Sino-US confrontation. This book falls in this genre but with a twist: it tries to explain why and when China will begin its assault of those with which the US prides itself on in Asia.…