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Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

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Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Professor of History at UC Irvine, is the editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China and the author of Eight Juxtapositions: China Through Imperfect Analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuo.

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  1. Trump Through Chinese Eyes
    Xi Jingping 27 Dec Xinhua News Agency

    Trump Through Chinese Eyes

    Jan 10, 2017 Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom explains what China wants from the US president-elect – and why it is likely to be disappointed.

  2. Hong Kong Versus Goliath
    jo3940c.jpg John Overmyer

    Hong Kong Versus Goliath

    Jul 7, 2013 Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

  3. Is China Strong or Weak?
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    Is China Strong or Weak?

    Sep 22, 2010 Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

  4. China’s Consumer Communism

    China’s Consumer Communism

    Feb 17, 2006 Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

  5. A Century of Chinese Protests

    A Century of Chinese Protests

    Aug 9, 2001 Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

    predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Will the China hawks in Donald Trump’s administration railroad him into a confrontation that transcends tariffs and embraces financial sanctions of the type the US and the European Union imposed on Russia? If they do, China's leaders will have to decide whether to decouple from the dollar-based international monetary system.

    thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.

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