Follow on to Netherlands Second: Switzerland Second, Portugal Second, Germany Second, and more.
Trump executive order full text annotated by NPR.
Continue reading “Notes 6 Feb 2017”
Follow on to Netherlands Second: Switzerland Second, Portugal Second, Germany Second, and more.
Trump executive order full text annotated by NPR.
Continue reading “Notes 6 Feb 2017”
America First, Netherlands Second
Critique of Trump policy on China from Foreign Policy “This is how you stumble into a crisis.” Continue reading “Notes 30 Jan 2017”
“Should we worry about China?” “Will this be the century of China?”
Recommended by Courtney and Bob: “The China Mirage: the hidden history of American Disaster in Asia” by James Bradley. (Amazon, NPR Podcast (7min) and transcript.)
I have not read the book but I rate the below-linked YouTube video of a talk by Bradley as terrific!
Bradley is also the author of “Flags of Our Fathers” about (among other things) the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima.
(His talk is an hour long; if you want to save some time, you can watch it at up to 2x speed by pressing the “gear” icon. )
TED Talk, recommended by Bradley “Are China and the US doomed to conflict” by Kevin Rudd former PM of Australia.
Wikipedia article on “The Chinese Century” has lots of interesting links for the homework oriented: