T. Greer
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Macrohistory, East Asian Strategic Thought, Modern China & SE Asia • Writes for the Scholar’s Stage • ចេះខ្មែរតែ • 也會中文
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Everything we know about China's strategic tradition. Part I: http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-chinese-strategic-tradition.html … Part II: http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2015/05/chinese-strategic-tradition-research.html …pic.twitter.com/euQUobLsPi
9:25 PM - 28 May 2015 · Details21 retweets 47 likes
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On the other hand, I agree with
@Peter_Turchin's second point of critique http://peterturchin.com/blog/2016/04/08/is-human-sacrifice-functional-at-the-society-level/ … dynamics of chiefdoms !=empires -
other options, & as consensus is non-existent here, privileging any 1theory for critique would be controversial & at this point unwarranted
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is not yet the consensus theory the entire field (in this case fieldS) has solidified around. No reason to pick ultrasociality over a dozen
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their paper would expand into a 30-40 page lit review. Unreasonable to nitpick scholars for not engaging with one particular theory, esp it
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2 dozen "theoretical alternatives" offered by over the last two decades to explain this same phenomena. Were they to argue against them all
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I don't think the first point argued by
@Peter_Turchin here http://peterturchin.com/blog/2016/04/08/is-human-sacrifice-functional-at-the-society-level/ … is at all fair. I can list, off the top of my head, over -
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Yes, this. Which is why Seoul agreed to ithttps://twitter.com/chrisgingram/status/718742900817809408 …
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Christopher G Ingram @chrisgingram@Scholars_Stage@AaronFriedberg the THAAD-card is about convincing CHN to play tougher re: NK. Hence showing the card, w/o playing it.1 retweet 0 likes -
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Roman law forbidding the use of pants (mostly for xenophobic reasons) Codex Theodosianus 14.10.2 ...
#tzangapic.twitter.com/zWZKt7N1du
10:12 AM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details77 retweets 44 likes -
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@gonglei89@AaronFriedberg two-facedness. If you refuse to cooperation w/us on NK, Seoul says to Beijing, then we'll cooperate w/U.S.A. -
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@gonglei89@AaronFriedberg Beijing has been two faced for two long, and have decided to impose consequences for what they perceive as -
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@gonglei89@AaronFriedberg Oh I think it is clear that is all about China. THAAD doesn't counter NK. It counters PRC. Seoul feels like -
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We analyzed the names of almost every Chinese restaurant in America. This is what we learned http://buff.ly/1Xm4wou pic.twitter.com/zrize1nI4a
5:34 PM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details9 retweets 13 likes -
"there is a stark imbalance of Asia-focused experts age 25 to 35, across the foreign policy spectrum" http://csis.org/files/publication/Pac1255.pdf …
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"It is as if their souls have gone into hiding" http://thepointmag.com/2015/criticism/when-nothing-is-cool … --English grad school, destroying one lover of literature at a time
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North Korean restaurant workers defect en masse to South Korea http://wpo.st/On5T1
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Next time someone wants to use Global Times as evidence of what the CPC is thinking, remind them of this http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/world/asia/china-global-times-editor-foreign-policy.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-4&action=click&contentCollection=Asia%20Pacific®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article …
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In Cambodia, the Ghosts Prefer Dollars http://nyti.ms/23hIElb -Great piece.
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Best news all week http://shanghaiist.com/2016/04/06/south_china_morning_post_drops_paywall.php … SCMP is taking their paywall down
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Goldman doesn’t see zero or neg rates as “new normal.” Sees plenty of reasons for optimism. http://www.goldmansachs.com/investor-relations/financials/current/annual-reports/2015-annual-report/annual-report-2015.pdf …pic.twitter.com/Bnjd8n5abm
8:14 AM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details19 retweets 16 likes
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