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Notes From all Over (14/09/14): China’s Economy, Samurai, and Adam Tooze’s Take on Europe

14 September, 2014Bactria, Climate, Cognition, Demographics, Entangling Alliances, Europa Regina, Geopolitics, History, Japan, Monied Interests, Notes From All Over, The Legislature, The Middle Kingdom, Wealth

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. TOP BILLING “What Does a “Good” Adjustment Look Like?“ Michael Pettis, China’s Financial Markets (1 September 2014). This essay is long but excellent. It is also the best thing I have read about the Chinese economy in months. Two quotes to give readers the flavor of […]

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What Edward Luttwak Doesn’t Know About Ancient China (Or a Short History of Han-Xiongnu Relations), pt. 1

04 September, 2014Dogs of War, Entangling Alliances, History, Narrative, Steppe and Sown, Strategy, The Middle Kingdom

A Mongolian stamp depicting Maodun, founder of the Xiongnu Empire.Image source. A few weeks ago a friend passed along one of the least correct essays I have ever had the misfortune to read. It was written by Edward Luttwak, secret agent author of classic titles in the field of strategic studies like Coup D’état: […]

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It is Time to Talk Honestly About the U.S.-Japanese Alliance

10 August, 2014Entangling Alliances, Japan, Military Affairs, The Middle Kingdom

Image source: “The New Cold War: China vs. Japan,” The Diplomat (25 January 2014) Peter Lee, who writes columns for Asia Times Online, International Policy Digest, and Counterpunch, is one of the more astute observers of East Asian affairs I have the pleasure to read. He is also a staunch contrarian whose columns are almost always […]

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Hard Truths and Hidden Gems at Shangri-La

11 June, 2014Diplomacy, Entangling Alliances, Japan, Media, Military Affairs, Narrative, The Middle Kingdom

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers the keynote address at the 2014 Shangri-La Dialogue Image Source This weekend I finally had the chance to sit down and read the collected transcripts of the 2014 Shangri-La Dialogue. This year’s round of the Dialogue has garnered much more media attention than usual. The coverage has focused on the […]

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A Few Comments on China, Vietnam and the HYSY981 Crisis

22 May, 2014Bargaining and Balancing, Diplomacy, Dogs of War, Entangling Alliances, Geopolitics, Southeast Asia, The Middle Kingdom

A Chinese coast guard ship fires a water cannon at a Vietnamese vessel.Image Credit: AP News (16 May 2014) Over the last two weeks remarkable things have happened in the South China Sea. I assume that the readers of The Stage have read the relevant news reports; I will not copy them here. At the […]

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Notes From All Over (15/03/2014): Poles, Plutocrats, and Population Genetics

15 March, 2014Demographics, Entangling Alliances, Geopolitics, History, Military Affairs, Notes From All Over, Oligarchy, Political Theory, Southeast Asia, The Middle Kingdom

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit.I have been much busier these last few weeks than expected. I did not have time to compile one of these lists back in February, so a few of these readings were published all the way back in January. TOP BILLING “The Play is the Thing […]

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The United States Doesn’t Know What to Do With the East China Sea

06 February, 2014Diplomacy, Entangling Alliances, Japan, Southeast Asia, The Middle Kingdom

The famous “nine-dash line” that marks China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea Source: “Q&A: South China Sea Disputes.” BBC News. 15 May 2013. Earlier this afternoon The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held a hearing devoted entitled “America’s Future in Asia: From Rebalancing to Managing Sovereignty Disputes.” […]

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Jai Hind

10 November, 2010Bargaining and Balancing, Bharat, Diplomacy, Entangling Alliances, The Presidency

“Jai Hind!” So said the President of the United States this week in an address to a joint session of the Rajya Sahba and Lok Sahba. It is about time. I have criticized the Obama Administration in the past for episodes of diplomatic ineptitude and cultural insensitivity. President Obama’s stay in India does not qualify […]

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Turkey As Seen on September 12th

13 September, 2010Bargaining and Balancing, Electoral Intrigues, Entangling Alliances, Near East

Consider: On May 31st a flotilla of ships organized by the Turkish Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief tried to run the Israeli blockade of the Gaza strip. As expected, the Israelis used military force to stop the flotilla from ever reaching the shore. Nine Turks died before the day was over. […]

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Chinese Troops Move Into Pakistan, Western Media Hardly Bats An Eye

29 August, 2010Entangling Alliances, Media, Pakistan, The Middle Kingdom

Earlier this weekend The New York Times reported that Pakistan has allowed some 11,000 Chinese troops into Gilgit-Baltistan, a strategically significant part of the contested Kashmir region. Steve Hynd (of NewsHoggers) beat me to posting on the news. As his thoughts on the situation mirror my own, I direct my readers to his post: China […]

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Category Archives: Entangling Alliances

Notes From all Over (14/09/14): China’s Economy, Samurai, and Adam Tooze’s Take on Europe

What Edward Luttwak Doesn’t Know About Ancient China (Or a Short History of Han-Xiongnu Relations), pt. 1

It is Time to Talk Honestly About the U.S.-Japanese Alliance

Hard Truths and Hidden Gems at Shangri-La

A Few Comments on China, Vietnam and the HYSY981 Crisis

Notes From All Over (15/03/2014): Poles, Plutocrats, and Population Genetics

The United States Doesn’t Know What to Do With the East China Sea

Jai Hind

Turkey As Seen on September 12th

Chinese Troops Move Into Pakistan, Western Media Hardly Bats An Eye

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