Einar Tangen: Asia Responds to an Unpredictable America
Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute & Chairman of Asia Narratives. How is Asia adapting to America's strategic unpredictability? While China seeks to lock America into reliable trade agreements and diversify its trade partnerships, other states in East Asia are seeking more predictable alternatives.
One of the better spent hours of my life, thank you! Somebody said, India’s enduring mistake is losing the big picture for small gains, which sounds about right. And yes, the current class of politicians is woeful at very best. If one remembers the lineup in the US-Republican primaries 2016 with pale characters such as Rubio, Jeb Bush and all the ones I have forgotten because of their paleness, then it is no wonder that Trump rose to the top. Take away quote from Einar Tagen: "America is an Empire. We solve our problems by taking things from others."