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The Adaptable Country outlines straightforward policy reforms to improve adaptability – the capacity to anticipate and manage danger. In a turbulent world, authoritarian rule is a tempting path to security. …

in times of stability.” A seasoned observer of China attributes the country’s endurance over centuries … prescribed by the Washington Consensus. Even communist China seemed to be following a path toward economic and … highly centralized, authoritarian systems like China might work this way. Obviously, Canada is not an … United States, the European Union, India, and China – suffer from declining internal stability. Competition …

The nineteenth century was a time of upheaval for the Algonquin people. Focusing on those living around Lake Timiskaming and Lake Abitibi along the Ontario-Quebec border over a century, this …

Tom Gordon 106 Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods Voices of the Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest …

A witty, layered and compelling novel about a woman with Down Syndrome, exploring textile art, sibling relationships, good intentions gone awry, and friendships. What is intellectual disability? Ask Bruno, who …

carved angel head that didn’t look like a made-in-China ornament. The flesh tones were too delicate. The …

a long-time China follower, he is fluent in Mandarin and combines extensive academic interest in China’s culture and hands-on contemporary political experience with the emergence of China as a challenger … worldwide. Published in March 2022, Rudd’s book was written prior to the surge of COVID cases in China (resulting in the widespread imposition of China’s zero-tolerance lockdowns), the election of Bongbong … Nevertheless, it remains largely relevant today. It is written to inform discussion about Xi Jinping’s China in the run-up to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), scheduled to commence …

Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China Image credit: PublicAffairs BOOK REVIEW "The Avoidable … Catastrophic Con�ict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China" by Kevin Rudd PublicA�airs / March 2022  Reviewed … member in the Australian government. As a long-time China follower, he is �uent in Mandarin and combines extensive … contemporary political experience with the emergence of China as a challenger to the U.S. and liberal democracies … was written prior to the surge of COVID cases in China (resulting in the widespread imposition of China’s …

concerns about the re-emergence of great-power conflict as the usual suspects – the United States, China and Russia – compete for influence. The End of the World is Just the Beginning goes a step further …

con�ict as the usual suspects – the United States, China and Russia – compete for in�uence. The End of the … International Trade Economics Global United States China Russia Great Power Competition Showing 1 reaction …

The geopolitics of energy, which has been largely ignored in recent years, is back in the spotlight with the energy crisis of 2022, described by the International Energy Agency as …

China’s rise is also detailed: between 2005 and 2020, nearly 35 per cent of Chinese direct investment abroad was related …

drafting of the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS), the first time the Pentagon identified a rising China as the organizing focus of U.S. defence policy.At 11 pages, the NDS was also a model of clarity and …

the �rst time the Pentagon identi�ed a rising China as the organizing focus of U.S. defence policy. … advancing both economically and technologically. China is the world’s other superpower with ambitions of … of hegemony over Eurasia and denying China that hegemony must be the driving force of American international … Given the changed geopolitical landscape – a rising China and revanchist Russia – for Colby the overriding … He devotes most of his book to how to prevent China, the new rival and rising power, from establishing …

world’s seeming surprise at the course that China has taken in recent years.In The Invention of China, Bill Hayton sets out to offer an understanding of China and what motivates its leadership, particularly … supports from under the ladder on which it appears to stand.Hayton builds on the idea that modern China is an “invention.” He explores this idea through several meticulously researched and highly readable … Chinese language and of a national territory (among others). He makes a convincing case that modern China, far from reflecting an unbroken history of several thousand years, is in fact a very recent invention …

Invention of China Image credit: Yale University Press BOOK REVIEW "The Invention of China" by Bill Hayton … surprise at the course that China has taken in recent years. In The Invention of China, Bill Hayton sets out … out to o�er an understanding of China and what motivates its leadership, particularly in international … consider how  8/31/24, 6:11 PM The Invention of China - Canadian Global Affairs Institute https://www … to stand. Hayton builds on the idea that modern China is an “invention.” He explores this idea through …

2024 offered a highly controversial start to the energy debate in France. On the front page of the new book by science historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, the following announcement appears in …

coal is far from being an energy of the past. China burns 15 times more coal than England did at its …