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Continue readingThe Known Unknown: The Power of Awareness of Ignorance
Donald Rumsfeld, the then US Secretary of Defence had famously said during a 2002 press briefing, "... there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we... Continue reading
Indo-Pacific: How "minus" US can be "plus" SK
In spite of the five decades of engagement that have strengthened China and weakened the relative position of the US, the latter has not given up on the hope of a working relationship with China. In hindsight, every US policy of engagement with Ch... Continue reading
Is the Chinese Blade Dividing Germany?
Three days after Putin invaded Ukraine, Olaf Scholz, the Chancellor of Germany, made a speech to the Bundestag, the German Parliament, calling the circumstances zeitenwende, a watershed moment. He announced policies that amounted to a departure fr... Continue reading
Xivilisation – CCP’s contribution to the English lexicon
The Chinese have been conditioned, since the imperial days, to kowtow when in an inferior position and to be arrogant when in a superior one. This collective psyche has been displayed in China’s geopolitics and its leaders’ utterances... Continue reading
Putin’s Myriad Goals to Nowhere
Starting a war is serious business; conventional wisdom’s 3:1 rule says that the attacker needs three times the strength required for defence. Attacking another country requires an assessment of the opponent’s allies and sustainability... Continue reading
Freedom from speech
It is not usual to weave an editorial web around a single author who does not even have the 'merit' of being ancient. Greg Lukianoff's first book, 'Unlearning liberty: Campus censorship and end of American debate' appeared only in 2012. His latest... Continue reading
On the internet Bill Commission
Staff to your Organization Payroll will get payments on the December twenty-eight. The fresh Internal revenue service told you its decision to deliver the new waiver flow from to your department that have frozen later fee reminders within the Febr... Continue reading