New Readings for Power in East Asia 2016GIR

Japanese lessons for China
http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/07/japans-lessons-for-china/

The trans-Atlantic trade deal as a response to the shift of power to the East
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/opinion/sunday/want-world-domination-size-matters.html?pagewanted=2&tntemail0=y&_r=0&emc=edit_tnt_20130728&pagewanted=all

The US shift to Asia
http://thediplomat.com/2013/07/23/wheels-up-has-obama-really-pivoted-to-asia/

The hard side of soft power
http://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/07/24/the-hard-side-of-soft-power/ 

Japan
http://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/07/22/abe-the-internationalist/ 

The coming slowdown of the Chinese economy
http://thediplomat.com/2013/07/22/how-much-slowdown-can-beijing-tolerate/

Chinese self containment?
http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2013/07/29/chinas-folly-of-self-containment/ 

US containment of China
http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2013/07/30/us-is-encircling-china-with-fighter-jets-and-stealth-bombers/

China as a maritime power?
http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2013/08/01/alfred-thayer-mahan-with-chinese-characteristics/ 

Should Russia be a focus of this course
http://thediplomat.com/2013/07/25/as-tensions-with-west-rise-moscow-looks-to-asia/

Rsing Chinese military power in perspective
http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2013/08/05/keeping-chinas-second-aircraft-carrier-in-perspective/