(Essential to understanding the geopolitical backstory history that is unfolding before our eyes today with the tenuous situation in Afghanistan with the Taliban and their evolving relationship with the regional hegemon Peoples Republic of China) Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Alfred W. McCoy Two related books by Alfred McCoy: In the Shadows of the American Century: … Continue reading The Geopolitics of US Global Decline: Beijing and Washington Struggle for Dominion over the “World Island”