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Beware the Lame Duck | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. June 1, 2014. Beware the Lame Duck. You voted for us! You are to blame! Social movements are anti-democratic, retort others, because they interfere with the workings of democratic governance. Show your disapproval at the ballot box if you want to be ‘good democrats’. Independence from China from the DPP’s party charter, the DPP has yet to do this (and let’s just say right here that this would p...

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27 | May | 2014 | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. Daily Archives: May 27, 2014. May 27, 2014. Another Taiwan Tragedy: Taiwan, China, and Vietnam. Renunciation of the ROC’s own territorial claims) and perhaps even coming to blows with the Asian behemoth, or joining the PRC and becoming a regional pariah. One can only guess as to the path Taipei might choose, but it may vary with who is in office. 2] To be sure, the ROC’s territorial claims in A...

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22 | March | 2014 | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. Daily Archives: March 22, 2014. March 22, 2014. Sic Semper Tyrannis: Fear or Loathing in Taiwan? Have put in their two cents. I have refrained thus far from doing so publicly. However, a recent translation of a viral essay translated by the folks at Foreign Policy. Magazine finally coaxed a response out of me. If the counterparty to the agreement were a country other than China or a democratize...

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The Risks of Asia-Pacific Multilateralism [Coauthored with John H.S. Aberg] | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. April 22, 2014. US Alliances in East Asia. The Risks of Asia-Pacific Multilateralism [Coauthored with John H.S. Aberg]. And the stir caused by China’s announcement of a new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) last November that overlaps with South Korea’s (and Japan’s) own ADIZs. The U.S. and the Philippines recently reached. In this context, a growing number of leaders. Of the United States...

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01 | June | 2014 | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. Daily Archives: June 1, 2014. June 1, 2014. Beware the Lame Duck. You voted for us! You are to blame! Social movements are anti-democratic, retort others, because they interfere with the workings of democratic governance. Show your disapproval at the ballot box if you want to be ‘good democrats’. Independence from China from the DPP’s party charter, the DPP has yet to do this (and let’s just sa...

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Potential Parallels: Fait Accompli, Ukraine, and East Asia | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. March 9, 2014. US Alliances in East Asia. Potential Parallels: Fait Accompli, Ukraine, and East Asia. I have argued elsewhere. Meanwhile, over the past several days, many analysts and pundits have chimed in on the crisis between Ukraine and Russia, some even asserting that a U.S. non-response signals a lack of U.S. resolve and that the United States must reclaim its leadership r...And this, I t...

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22 | April | 2014 | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. Daily Archives: April 22, 2014. April 22, 2014. US Alliances in East Asia. The Risks of Asia-Pacific Multilateralism [Coauthored with John H.S. Aberg]. And the stir caused by China’s announcement of a new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) last November that overlaps with South Korea’s (and Japan’s) own ADIZs. The U.S. and the Philippines recently reached. Of the United States. American...

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I caught the “China bug” after travelling in Asia after high school. I trace it to meeting an American while teaching English in a gritty little Korean city who showed me some of his Chinese calligraphy. It was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen, and I thought “I want to do that”. Soon after I discovered. Confucius’ Analects at a sweaty dorm in Singapore and I was hooked. A few months later I was majoring in Modern Chinese Studies in the East Asian Studies. Department at University of Leeds. Blog at Wo...

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Review: Learning What from the 521 Massacre? | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. May 27, 2014. Review: Learning What from the 521 Massacre? On May 25,. Published an article titled What We Can Learn From Mass Murderers, which can be accessed here. Although thought-provoking due to its departure from the moral diatribes that tend to dominate the discussions on capital punishment, and thus a welcomed fresh perspective, What We Can Learn is also problematic. Silence of the Lambs.

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“Say[ing] Goodbye”: Reading Between the Lines and Understanding—If Only in an Academic Sense | The East Asia Observer

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The East Asia Observer. Observations and Commentary on East Asian Politics, Relations, Security, and Economics. March 4, 2014. Say[ing] Goodbye : Reading Between the Lines and Understanding If Only in an Academic Sense. Just as the past (numerous) assertions by policy analysts, scholars, and present and former politicians that the United States either should or will eventually be forced to abandon Taiwan, John Mearsheimer’s February 25, 2014 article. In The National Interest. Theoretically speaking, Mear...