Hillary is Gone; Will the Pivot Live On? It’s called No off ramps, only dead ends in the South China Sea. This service is not intended for persons residing in the EU.

Well, don’t run somebody like Hillary Clinton, a lackluster campaigner with more 1% baggage than the Louis Vuitton stock room. Recommend it to your friends! Awkward facts surrounding Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's awkward estrangement from the United States seem to produce some awkward reporting. In it Long appears self-aware, stable, emotionally controlled, analytical, and morally and politically engaged. I read the tea leaves over at Asia Times in a piece on Ashraf Ghani’s public lovefest with Nadendra Modi at the “Heart of Asia” conference. If I’m right, things aren’t looking too good. Please! Singaporean curator and scholar Peter Lee explores the history of four Southeast Asian empires that ... The most... My latest Newsbud video looks at signals from Secretary of Defense Mattis' trip to Asia and what it means for the South China Sea, East China Sea, and North Korea flashpoints. I’m reading Sterling Seagrave’s epic account of the Philippines under Marcos,The Marcos Dynasty, and just happen to be at the part where Edward Lansdale and the CIA are painstakingly molding Ramon Magsaysay into the magnificent vessel that will contain American aspirations in the Philippines. Travelling from Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia to Indonesia, Peter explores ancient ruins, epic legends and vibrant traditions to chart the rise and fall of four distinct empires, and how their legacy still shapes cultures and identities in the region today. 500 years ago, Thailand’s Ayutthaya was one of the world’s largest and most cosmopolitan cities. And read my article about the TPP and NAFTA! There, he attended New York University from 1982 to 1984, studying film.He later returned to Hong Kong.. Film career.

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My most recent Newsbud video keyed off the CCTV New Year’s Gala to... I’m doing some video and text work for Sibel Edmond’s Newsbud. Pakistan and China were there, but got precious little “heart”. Long story short, I think Trump has the white racist bloc sewn up and he doesn’t need to dogwhistle it.... As relatively muted reactions to the Philippines v. China arbitral tribunal award come in from ASEAN and EU, it appears likely that the PRC at the highest level traded an undertaking to finally abandon the nine-dash-line in return for international forbearance on declaration of China as an international outlaw for ignoring the ruling. It's now publicly accepted that the CIA, factions in the CIA, whatever, object to Trump and are making life difficult for him.

And it should be watched to the very end. Presenter at CNA. My proposed title, Uncle Sam Plays the Great Game in Arunachal Pradesh,didn't make... I’ve written a couple pieces of the smoking hot issue in Pivotland, Philippine president Duterte’s swerve toward a pro-PRC foreign policy, and what the U.S. and pro-American sector of the Manila elite are going to do about it. Host Peter Lee journeys through Cambodia to learn how life in Angkor still revolves around the ebb and flow of the floodwaters that come with the yearly monsoons, and how the ancient Khmer overcame the environmental challenge and became masters of … If by fascist, you mean “adherent of a movement determined to seize state power with the help of violence committed by a disciplined and armed auxiliary, if necessary, to reorder society to achieve extra-constitutional, self-defined racial or ethnic objectives embodied by a charismatic leader”, that is. His manifesto doesn’t... Now that the UNCLOS SCS ruling has come down, it’s time to deal with What’s Next?

Travelling from Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia to Indonesia, Peter explores ancient ruins, epic legends and vibrant traditions to chart the rise and fall of four distinct empires, and how their legacy still shapes cultures and identities in the region today.

Peter Lee. In case you haven’t seen Baton Rouge shooter Gavin Long’s alleged manifesto, I’ve included it at the end of this post. The world’s easier for America to manage if it’s broken into smaller, weaker, and more vulnerable and manageable pieces. This service is not intended for persons residing in the EU.

Peter visits the Angkor Empire's crowning glory---Angkor Wat---the world's largest religious monument to see how it was built, and how intricate carvings detailing life a thousand years ago are linked with a modern Cambodian tradition.