Is Ukraine causing the PRC to recalculate its plans for a Taiwan invasion?
Grant Newsham is the president of KCPAC (Korean Conservative Political Action Conference) and a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. – particularly focusing on Asia/Pacific security, political and economic matters. He is a retired US Marine Colonel and served as reserve head of intelligence for Marine Forces Pacific, and was the US Marine Attaché, US Embassy Tokyo on two occasions.
Mr. Newsham lived in Tokyo for over twenty years and worked in executive roles at a Western investment bank and a major American high-tech firm. He is also a former US Foreign Service Officer – with work covering a number of regions – including East and South Asia, and specializing in insurgency, counterinsurgency, and commercial matters.
Mr. Newsham is also an attorney with experience in international trade, public international law, and criminal law.
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The PRC: Asia's 'apartheid' South Africa" Asia
Welcome to Asia, East by North. I’m Grant Newsham. Each week, Asia, East by North introduces a topic of current affairs interest in the Asia-Pacific region – particularly focusing on east and northeast Asia, and we offer our own perspectives and analysis – ideally offering subjects and ways of looking at them that you’ve not thought of. This week’s topic: The People’s Republic of China and South Africa.
I’m always hearing that the Chinese Communists have discovered a new way of running a country that no one else has – at least in recorded history. And we’re also told that the CCP ‘system’ of governance is uniquely suited for ‘China’ and ‘Chinese people.’
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Japanese ‘pacifism’
Welcome to Asia, East by North. I’m Grant Newsham. Each week, Asia, East by North introduces a topic of current affairs interest in the Asia-Pacific region – particularly focusing on east and northeast Asia, and we offer our own perspectives and analysis – ideally offering subjects and ways of looking at them that you’ve not thought of. This week’s topic: Japanese ‘pacifism’.
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Bringing Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Welcome to Asia, East by North. I’m Grant Newsham. Each week, Asia, East by North introduces a topic of current affairs interest in the Asia-Pacific region – particularly focusing on east and northeast Asia, and we offer our own perspectives and analysis – ideally offering subjects and ways of looking at them that you’ve not thought of. This week’s topic: Bringing Peace to the Korean Peninsula.
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Tesla in China: On borrowed time?
Welcome to Asia, East by North. I’m Grant Newsham. Each week, Asia, East by North introduces a topic of current affairs interest in the Asia-Pacific region – particularly focusing on east and northeast Asia, and we offer our own perspectives and analysis – ideally offering subjects and ways of looking at them that you’ve not thought of. This week’s topic: Tesla Motors and the China market.
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Afghanistan's Global Effects? <Asia, East by North>
Welcome to Asia, East by North. I’m Grant Newsham. Each week, Asia, East by North introduces a topic of current affairs interest in the Asia-Pacific region – particularly focusing on east and northeast Asia, and we offer our own perspectives and analysis – ideally presenting subjects and ways of looking at them that you’ve not thought of. This week’s topic: Afghanistan and its worldwide ripple effects.
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