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Autocrats see opportunity in disaster
« on: May 04, 2020, 01:23:30 PM »
ALL THE world’s attention is on covid-19. Perhaps it was a coincidence that China chose this moment to tighten its control around disputed reefs in the South China Sea, arrest the most prominent democrats in Hong Kong and tear a hole in Hong Kong’s Basic Law

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/04/23/autocrats-see-opportunity-in-disaster
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Re: Autocrats see opportunity in disaster
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2020, 06:12:34 PM »
Did you see the HR McMaster essay in the (I think) current version of the Atlantic? Looking...

This is worth a read
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/05/mcmaster-china-strategy/609088/

Some analysis here
https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/is-h-r-mcmaster-the-new-mr-x/
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