Book Review – Anna Karenina
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
What I learned from this book: Never trust Leo Tolstoy.
Posted: October 22nd, 2009 under book reviews - No Comments.
Karzai’s decision
Afghanistan’s Electoral Complaints Commission has confirmed what we’ve all known for a long time now: Karzai didn’t get a clean 50%.
So, what now?
Posted: October 19th, 2009 under commentary, foreign policy analysis - No Comments.
Charles Krauthammer on Obama’s foreign policy: Amateurish! Does that make Bush a Pro?
The Washington Post’s go-to naysayer Charles Krauthammer took a giant rhetorical dump on President Obama’s foreign policy thus far. Let’s see what he hates:
Posted: October 16th, 2009 under commentary, foreign policy analysis - 4 Comments.
Interview on Media Monarchy
Did about an hour-long interview with James Pilato over at Media Monarchy.
Posted: October 16th, 2009 under commentary, foreign policy analysis, internetery - No Comments.
[AICT] Net friends: Follow Chairman Hu and continue the struggle
Another Chinese translation- a not-so subtle appeal to China’s online patriotic sensibilities. The last part of the translation got very rocky!
Posted: October 9th, 2009 under chinese translation - No Comments.
The inevitable decline of the US dollar as global reserve currency
New article up at the GPM: US dollar: Condition terminal
That the US dollar will eventually be replaced as global reserve currency shouldn’t come as a surprise. As power becomes more equally distributed in international politics, America’s competitors will be less inclined into being forced to finance American debt whenever Washington politicians put on their deficit boots (and prob a cowboy hat). That being said, it’s a process that will play out over the course of several decades.
Posted: October 9th, 2009 under commentary, foreign policy analysis - No Comments.
Adventures in Chinese translation: Tibet auntie recalls asking Hu Jintao to dance: She was nervous!
Here’s an article from Xinhua that I translated. I am by no means a Chinese translation pro-star, so don’t go citing this in your dissertations or anything. And BTW, I tend to gravitate towards the feel-good, love-your-country articles because there’s a certain camp quality to them- nay, a ‘Growing Pains’ feel to them. In fact, the lyrics: ‘Show me that smile againnnnnnn’ were looping through my head when translating this.
Posted: October 6th, 2009 under chinese translation, satire writing - humor - No Comments.
The demise of the dollar
keeping with the hegemonic decline theme, here’s another example of America’s declining economic clout. Check it out at The Independent
Posted: October 6th, 2009 under internetery - No Comments.
China V India – let the best navy win
New article over at GPM on the naval arms race that’s unfolding between China and India.
Posted: October 5th, 2009 under foreign policy analysis - No Comments.
Twilight of Pax Americana – LA Times opinion piece
Twilight of Pax Americana – A very interesting article by Christopher Layne and Benjamin Schwarz appeared in yesterday’s LA times.
The theme of America’s hegemonic decline will come to be omnipresent in the media as obvious signs of America’s declining relative power start to appear. However, we should be a little realistic about what this decline will entail.
Posted: September 30th, 2009 under commentary, foreign policy analysis, internetery - No Comments.