Religion and Public Diplomacy
Review by Peter Kovach
Religion and Public Diplomacy by Philip Seib, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN-13: 978-1-137-29111-0, 2013, 236pp., $90.00 (Hardcover List)
World War III? Ask The Economist
by Benjamin L. LandisThe Economist in its “Holiday Double Issue” dated December 21st, 2013-January 3rd, 2014, gave its readers an unexpected and surprising Christmas present: the specter of World War III. Happy New Year to one and all! In its … Read more
U.S. Alliances in Northeast Asia
By Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow, Counsel on Foreign Relations Text: http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/us-alliances-northeast-asia/p32533 Reviewed by Francis P. Sempa, Contributing Editor In recent testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sheila Smith of the counsel on Foreign Relations highlighted the importance of … Read more
Dancing with the Devil
Review by Sol Schindler Dancing With The Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes by Michael Rubin, Encounter Books, ISBN-1-59407-723-X, 2014, 384 pp., $27.99 (Hardcover List). The United States has a long history of dealing with rogue nations. During Thomas … Read more
Meeting the Challenge of Chinese Expansionism on the East Asian Littoral
By Dean Cheng, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/01/the-challenge-of-china-s-expansionism-in-east-asia-and-us-policy-responses Reviewed by John Sylvester A major challenge for any American administration just now is maintaining a wise balance as we cope with a rising China. It is not an expansionist power … Read more
China in the Year of the Horse
Review by Paul Levine China Goes Global: The Partial Power by David Shambaugh. Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN: 978-0-19-986014-2, 409 pp., $29.95 (List), $22.19 (Amazon Hardcover), $16.20 (Paperback), $12.45 (Kindle), $21.95 (Audiobook). In the Year of the Horse, relations between … Read more
China’s Xi Jinping: Hawk or Reformer
By June Teufel Dreyer, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute http://www.fpri.org/print/1900 Reviewed by Ambassador Joe O. Rogers Prof. Dreyer, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, presents a very good synopsis of the efforts that Xi Jinping … Read more
The Case for the Palestinians and a Way Forward
by Ruth Ben-Or
Paranoia: American Foreign Policy Since 1948 and How to Overcome It
by Benjamin L. Landis
A Salutation to Arms: Asia’s Military Buildup, Its Reasons, and Its Implications
Review by John Sylvester
Bret Harte: The Frontier Writer as Consul
American Writers Who Were Diplomats
by William Sommers
The Deadliest Attack Ever
by John Reid
Imperial Designs
Review by Amb. (ret.) Greta Morris
Imperial Designs: War, Humiliation and the Making of History by Deepak Tripathi, Potomac Books, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-1612346243, 208 pp.
American Naval Strategy in a Time of Declining Resources
Review by Francis P. Sempa
US Strategic Alignments and Re-alignments in the Asia Pacific
by Vignesh Ram
Rare Earth Elements and U.S. Foreign Policy
The Critical Ascension of REEs in Global Politics and U.S. National Security
by Steve Dobransky
US Policy for Egypt
by Sam Holliday
The China Fallacy
Review by Stanton Jue
The China Fallacy: How the U.S. Can Benefit From China’s Rise and Avoid Another Cold War by Donald Gross, Bloomsbury, New York & London, 2012, ISBN-13:978-1441147899, paperback 2013, 320 pp.