Beyond Ishihara Shintaro & Halford Mackinder: William E. Deming – 2012 to 1979

Posted by on Jan 24, 2013 in east west issues, miscellaneous | 0 comments This article was first published in New View magazine, Winter 2012. This is a slightly expanded version of that published article Time has been much on my mind this year, as I turned the round and weighty number of 60 in the Chinese Year of the Dragon, and my first grandchild arrived on Earth. Time has clearly been on the minds of millions of others this year too. The reason of course is the...
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China vs Japan: The Danger of War – 100 years on, it’s the same story

Posted by on Jan 24, 2013 in blog, east west issues | 0 comments    http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21569740-risks-clash-between-china-and-japan-are-risingand-consequences-could-be “CHINA and Japan are sliding towards war……America is obliged to come to Japan’s aid if it is attacked, and being sucked into a conflict with China is almost too unbearable to contemplate. But in the face of repeated Chinese incursions, a Japanese...
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