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Foreign Politics of the USA

The world's policeman or splendid isolation – the role of the US on the world stage has historically shifted between extremes. With each new administration it might take yet another turn. Learn from these summaries what strategies experts prescribe for todays's geopolitical challenges or how they view the current dealings between the US and their partners or adversaries.

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9 Book

The United States vs. China

The Quest for Global Economic Leadership
C. Fred Bergsten
Polity Press, 2022
8 Article

China Deserves Donald Trump

It took a human wrecking ball to get China’s attention.
Thomas L. Friedman
The New York Times, 2019
7 Article
Northern Finance Institute
China Finance 40 Forum, 2018
8 Article
Ning Nanshan
ZH Island WeChat Wemedia Account , 2018
7 Article

ZTE: When Disaster Strikes

What US sanctions could mean for the Chinese telecom giant
Rao Wenyi and Zhang Yiyu
Jiemian, 2018
7 Article
Caixin Editorial Team
Caijing Magazine, 2018
9 Book

That Used to Be Us

How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
Michael Mandelbaum and Thomas L. Friedman
FSG, 2011
7 Article

The US Is Shearing Our Sheep Wool

How the New Tax-Cut Bill in the US Is Going to Affect China
Xu Quansheng
Sina News, 2017
7 Article
Ruan Siyu
Time Weekly, 2017
9 Book

Treacherous Alliance

The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the U.S.
Trita Parsi
Yale UP, 2007
9 Book

Cobra II

The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Pantheon Books, 2006