Photo by Thomas Peter/Getty Images This past weekend, June 29, 2019 Trump and China president, Xi, met again at the G20 in Japan in the midst of a potential further escalating trade war. But the outcome looks eerily similar to that of the prior G20 meeting in Buenos Aires on
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Canadian Dimension: The United States and China: Game of Superpowers
Fifty years ago, in 1968, Richard Milhous Nixon made his second run at the presidency. No one would dispute that he was a greater statesman than political personality. But, he won. He entered office with a plan to enlist China in support of the U.S. grand strategy of containment of
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: North Korea is more rational than you think: An interview with Bruce Cumings
With the Olympic Winter Games right around the corner, tension on the Korean Peninsula is again the focal point of international affairs. After months of increasing provocation between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump — highlighted by missile tests and sabre-rattling on both sides — signs
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: China’s Pivot to World Markets, Washington’s Pivot to World Wars
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China and the United States are moving in polar opposite directions: Beijing is rapidly becoming the center of overseas investments in high tech industries, including robotics, nuclear en…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: A Critique of US “Grand Strategy toward China”
Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture “We will have a very strong (military) presence, very strong continued posture throughout the region to back our commitments to our allies, to protect and work with our partners and to continue ensuring peace and stability in the region, as well as back our
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