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This December will commemorate exactly half a century since Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which comprises ten nations now, nearly every nation in the subregion (with the exception of Papua New Guinea and East Timor), established formal diplomatic ties. Observe that the “issue price” of control is steadily rising at this point in the Big World Game. The subregion is also becoming more significant in Japan’s foreign policy, which is returning to the game as a major player following its defeat in World War II. But let us not forget that the same strategic drive of Imperial Japan to the southwest was the primary cause…

The world has changed radically. The multipolar world order is now a reality, and it is here to stay. And while the Collective West continues to reject this reality, most of the world’s population have long since drawn their conclusions, irrevocably and definitively. In fact, a great deal has changed in the last few years, not so much in that those who were still unaware of the true face of the Western regimes have been disillusioned, but in that the fear that these regimes once have aroused has disappeared. As has their long-held sense of total impunity…

One of the first things you learn when you go outside into the world as a specialist of International Development, especially if you are from the US, is that the proposed changes to be made by the recipients of US “assistance” are “Not for the Good,” and USAID* has little or nothing to do with “Good Change”, as development is defined by the experts (Robert Chambers) and most developmental agencies are Really up to No Good!  The case study of Georgia since the collapse…