Diplomacy and Empire (Part II)
by Chas W. Freeman The moral argument put forward by both left and right-wing proponents of aggressive American unilateralism is that, as a nation with these unexampled elements of power and uniquely...
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by Chas W. Freeman The last half of the 20th century was, as Henry Luce had hoped, in many ways an American century. We became the preeminent society on the planet not by force of arms — but by the...
View ArticleChina in the Times to Come
by Chas W. Freeman China had a couple of bad centuries, but it is back, and it is on the way to the center of global affairs. As China restores itself to wealth and power, its leaders display a...
View ArticleChina in the Times to Come (Part II)
by Chas W. Freeman China is an extraordinarily diverse country, including not just Han Chinese and numerous minority cultures. It also has Hong Kong — the freest market economy on the planet. China in...
View ArticleChina in the Times to Come (Part III)
by Chas W. Freeman Assertions that China has yet to make a choice in this regard are, quite frankly, more an embarrassing commentary on the dated outlook and political myopia of the U.S. officials who...
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China: The 2025 Scenario (Part IV)
by Chas W. Freeman If China can continue its progress toward a reasonably well-off society, it is not far-fetched to consider the possibilities that, by 2025: China in the Times to Come by Chas W....
View ArticleU.S. Foreign Policy and the Arab World (Part I)
by Chas W. Freeman The United States’ relationship with Arabs and Islam has grown from a minor concern 60 years ago to become, by stages leading to 9/11, a national obsession. U.S. Foreign Policy and...
View ArticleU.S. Foreign Policy and the Arab World (Part II)
by Chas W. Freeman In addition to the United States’ dependence on energy supplied by the Middle East, several other factors remain at stake in U.S.-Arab relations. Chief among these is the United...
View ArticleU.S. Foreign Policy and the Arab World (Part III)
by Chas W. Freeman The ignorance of most Americans, even educated Americans, about Islam and the Arab world has made a large contribution to the United States’ myriad strategic failures with both Arabs...
View ArticleDiplomacy in the Age of Terror (Part I)
by Chas W. Freeman Al Qaeda’s leaders understand that this is a war of wits, not brawn. They will not be maneuvered onto a conventional battlefield. They are determined to select the ground on which...
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Diplomacy in the Age of Terror (Part II)
by Chas W. Freeman First, we must make a serious effort to understand our enemies, rather than simply caricature and malign them. Instead of examining them and their doctrine, we have reasoned from...
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How to Restore U.S. Diplomacy
by Chas W. Freeman Diplomacy is the most difficult of the political arts. It requires empathy, which is especially hard for democracies — given their natural fixation on the views of their own...
View ArticleFrom Mao to Now: A Reevaluation
by Chas W. Freeman Mao had a force and energy which none but men of equally great spiritual conviction could withstand. His animal appetites, we now know, matched his intellectual vigor. Mao was an...
View ArticleChina’s Real Three Challenges to the United States
by Chas W. Freeman What concerns me most is that in worrying about bilateral challenges from China, we are likely focused on the wrong things. And we are missing at least three of the main challenges...
View ArticleChina and America: Not the G2, But the Big Two
by Chas W. Freeman More than any other single factor, what happens between Beijing and Washington will decide whether the 21st century is tranquil or turbulent. It will determine whether the United...
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Can the United States Balance National Security and Economic Reality?
by Chas W. Freeman Security has become an obsession in the United States. This is both natural after 9/11 and strange. Many years ago, we faced the threat of national annihilation 17 minutes after...
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American Diplomacy and the Rule of Law
by Chas W. Freeman Over the past decade or so, the United States has departed from the rule of law. It is no exaggeration to say that in many ways, this is the greatest menace our freedoms have ever...
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How China Transformed Itself
by Chas W. Freeman China transformed itself by inventing something I call “cadre capitalism” – otherwise known as “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” Cadre capitalism links local political...
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The Chinese Colossus, Really?
by Chas W. Freeman China’s human and natural history as well as its geography make its leaders risk-averse. They are conservative and cautious in their management of their country and its foreign...
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The Coming U.S.-China Clash
by Chas W. Freeman Some might say that America’s problem with China boils down to a well-founded fear of China becoming more like us. Does the world have room for another country that is strong at...
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