… in the state of Canada. (Apologies to the bard.) I see in the Globe and Mail that “The federal government is partnering with Huawei to sponsor leading-edge computer and electrical engineering research at Canadian universities, a move critics say threatens this country’s national security and economic interests … [and] … The National Sciences and …
Author Archives: Ted Campbell
Short of war (5)
I think that a new cold war, Cold War 2.0 if you like, “managed,” as former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd explained on the basis of Managed Strategic Competition, is the best and most likely way to avoid a real, deadly hot (shooting) war between China and America supported by the US-led West. I believe …
Short of war (4)
MANAGED STRATEGIC COMPETITION Managed Strategic Competition is, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd opines, in a recent article in Foreign Affairs, the only way to avoid turning Cold War 2.0 into a hot war. “The deeply conflicting nature of U.S. and Chinese strategic objectives and the profoundly competitive nature of the relationship may make conflict, …
Short of War (3)
Former Australian prime minister and noted ‘China watcher’ Kevin Rudd says, in his recent article in Foreign Affairs, that Underlying all of Xi Jinping’s strategic choices lies his belief, “reflected in official Chinese pronouncements and CCP literature, that the United States is experiencing a steady, irreversible structural decline. This belief is now grounded in a …
Welcome to the Year of the Ox
My friends who are born in the year of the Ox are said to be honest and earnest. That seems right to me. They are often low key and seldom seek praise or to be the centre of attention. This often hides their talent, but they’ll gain recognition through their hard work. This year of …
Short of war (2)
Following on from yesterday with former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s suggestion for how to contain China without stating an all-out shooting war, he says that amongst Xi Jinping’s goals are: First, he wants “to remain in power until 2035, by which time he will be 82, the age at which Mao passed away. Xi’s …
Deadly failure
By now, some of my social media followers are getting tired of this photo, but, since the Spring of 2020 it has been the only way one can describe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and, especially, his handling of the COVID-19 global pandemic. His very first instinct was, probably, right: it is a global pandemic and …
Short of war (1)
I have often cited former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s views on China. I, and many others, find him, and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, to be both experts on China and insightful in their analyses of the Sino-American relationship. (Parenthetically, isn’t it sad that no one it their right mind would ever sight …
Doing the right thing
I have often quoted management guru Dr Warren Bennis who said: Right now, in announcing that Canada will procure 1.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX programme, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is, narrowly construed, doing things right. But let’s be very clear: Canada never wanted to use the COVAX programme. The Trudeau regime’s …
Let’s get innovative
This report from Bloomberg News enunciates the real challenge facing President Biden. America is no longer the world’s most innovative nation. That distinction goes to South Korea. In fact, America dropped out of the Top 10, entirely: The top ten are South Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Israel, Finland, the Netherlands and Austria. America, …
