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Post #362: Risky Business: Japan Steps Out

(This blog is also available as a podcast at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/86207/67-risky-business-japan-steps-out-h1JT0.mp3) Background to a Changing Strategic Perspective Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida…

14Jan 202315 Jan 2023

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Post #361: Ukraine’s Future: Peace Through War?

Hopes and Realities Ukraine’s President Zelensky had a fairly successful visit to Washington last month, returning home with promises of…

2Jan 20233 Jan 2023

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Post #360 The Threat Business: China or Russia?

Dual Enemies For those in charge of US national security, the central challenge is identifying threats and determining how to…

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Post #341: Co-opted: The UN’s Misguided Mission to Xinjiang

16 Jun 202215 Jun 2022

The audio version of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/62559/49-co-opted-the-uns-failed-mission-in-xinjiang.mp3. A Genocidal Policy The top UN human rights official recently traveled to Xinjiang province in China, hoping to persuade Beijing’s leaders…

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Post #340: The Arsenal, But Not of Democracy

4 Jun 202210 Jun 2022

The audio version of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/61577/48-an-arsenal-but-not-of-democracy.mp3 America is awash with weapons, and the tragic consequences are before us every day. The world is also awash with…

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Post #339: Biden, Taiwan, and Strategic Ambiguity

27 May 202228 May 2022

An audio version of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/60974/47-biden-taiwan-and-strategic-ambiguity.mp3 Defending Taiwan At a stopover in Tokyo during his Asia trip, President Biden was asked whether the US would “defend Taiwan”…

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Post #338:North Korea: Missiles Over Human Security

24 May 202224 May 2022

Omicron Catches Up with North Korea After having proclaimed for over two years that the country was untouched by the coronavirus, North Korea now faces a potential health catastrophe. Its…

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Post #337: It’s “Now or Never” on Climate Change

17 May 20226 Jun 2022

The audio version of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/59656/45-its-now-or-never-on-climate-change.mp3 On Track for Disaster The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group report gives us until 2030 to stop…

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Post #336: Loose Lips Can Sink Peace

9 May 20228 May 2022

During World War II, US sailors were warned: Loose lips sink ships. A similar warning should have gone out to all US officials in recent days—and the President should…

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Post #335: The Coming Old New Order

30 Apr 2022

From Cold War to Cold War A principal lesson of the war in Ukraine is that the Cold War never ended. German reunification, the Soviet Union’s collapse, new entries…

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Post #334: Take the Gloves Off

22 Apr 2022

Many of you have no doubt watched a video of Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow’s forthright response to a far-right colleague’s attempt to paint her as a “groomer” for the…

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Post #333: Crimes of War

13 Apr 202211 Apr 2022

The audio version is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/56499/42-crimes-of-war.mp3 Mass Violence in Our Times In just the past few years, we have witnessed mass violence directed at innocent people in many places: China’s…

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Post #332: Big Oil’s War Bonanza

6 Apr 20224 Apr 2022

The audio of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/55789/41-the-war-a-bonanza-for-big-oil.mp3 In case you haven’t noticed, a major consequence of the Ukraine war is the bonanza it has provided for the oil and…

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Post #331: When Will It End, and How?

30 Mar 202229 Mar 2022

The podcast of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/55380/40-when-will-it-end-and-how.mp3 How will it end? In the wake of Ukraine’s stunning and stubborn resistance to Putin’s invasion, the question whose answer once seemed…

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Post #330: An Engagement Moment for the US and China

20 Mar 202222 Mar 2022

Listen to this blog at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/54894/39-an-engagement-moment-with-china-on-ukraine.mp3 One of the more interesting developments in Putin’s war on Ukraine is the retreat of China from full-fledged support of Russia. When the Russian…

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Post #329: Thinking About the Unthinkable in the Ukraine Crisis

11 Mar 202212 Mar 2022

The audio version is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/54040/38-thinking-about-the-unthinkable-in-the-ukraine-crisis.mp3 We might be inclined to think that the most urgent decisions on Ukraine have been made: decisions on military aid to the Ukraine government,…

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Post #328: Putin’s Nightmare

4 Mar 20224 Mar 2022

Audio version available at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/53431/37-putins-nightmare.mp3. Three Silver Linings In the midst of a crisis with great loss of life and property, it might be unseemly to suggest that there are…

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Post #327: Putin’s War

24 Feb 202225 Feb 2022

Shortly after Joe Biden took office, a distinguished political science professor (whom I won’t name) advised the new administration to engage with Russia in order to stop the Chinese threat.…

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Post #326: Employing Confidence Building Measures in the Ukraine Crisis

18 Feb 2022

The audio of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/52277/35-confidence-building-measures-in-the-ukraine-crisis.mp3. Last week a tiny back-page item in the New York Times reported that the president of Ukraine had come to believe…

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Post #325: China’s Careful Dance Around the Ukraine Crisis

6 Feb 20225 Feb 2022

The podcast of this blog may be heard at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/50923/34-china-russia-relations-and-the-ukraine-crisis.mp3 Reports out of Washington suggest worry over a Russia-China partnership that would facilitate Vladimir Putin’s presumed ambition to absorb Ukraine…

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Post #324 – How to Avoid War Over Ukraine

21 Jan 2022

The threat of a major war hangs over eastern Europe. Four different negotiating forums between Russia and NATO on the Ukraine situation have not gone well. The two sides…

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Post #323 – Destroying Democracy: China in Hong Kong

11 Jan 202211 Jan 2022

An audio version of this blog is available at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/48006/32-destroying-democracy-china-in-hong-kong.mp3 On July 1, 1997 the United Kingdom formally handed Hong Kong over to China under an agreement that was supposed…

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global citizen interviews VIA ZOOM

30 Dec 202130 Jun 2022

Prof. Paul Marantz, who specializes in Soviet and Russian foreign policy at the University of British Columbia, discusses Vladimir Putin's worldview and ambitions, the forces that may embolden and constrain…

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