The Korea Hawk Who Wasn’t Hawkish Enough
February 2, 2018
Victor Cha is experienced, informed – and no peacenik. None of that mattered for the Trump administration.
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Feb 2, 2018
Victor Cha is experienced, informed – and no peacenik. None of that mattered for the Trump administration.
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Feb 2, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is the butt of many jokes. Its military parades, for one, offer an eclectic mix of the clownish and terrifying. With blocks of goose-stepping soldiers in Soviet-style uniforms, tanks in formation, and a pudgy young dictator looking on, the scene is fitting for a cheesy 1960s propaganda broadcast — or even the next Austin Powers movie.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Nov 10, 2013
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For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple.
The latest evidence? Apple spent billions developing cutting-edge electric vehicle battery technology with Chinese automaker BYD, only to watch its innovations become the cornerstone of BYD’s rise to global electric vehicle dominance. Apple walked away with nothing. China walked away with everything.
This isn’t just another story about corporate research and development gone wrong. It’s a cautionary tale about how even America’s most valuable company has become trapped in China’s web of technological control — and how that web is about to tighten even further.