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Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introductory Musings
Addendum 23 January 2015
1. The Return of the Near-Native
The Inequality Debate
Collective Self-Defence: A Revitalized Oposition?
Press Reaction
14 September 2014
22 September 2014
27 September 2014 The China Dog That Didn’t Bark
Economic Performance: EP1 and EP2
Economic Conditions of both EP1 and EP2
Social Conditions for EP1
Print Money, not Bonds
Social Conditions for EP2
Inequality: The Mechanisms
The Heart of the Matter
3. OPMF, Central Bank Conservatism and Financial Economics
Sacrosanct Targets
Problems with OPMF
Abenomics
The arguments for OPMF
Medicine Turning into Poison?
Be Bold. Try it!
4. Japan and China: Collision Course
Senkaku: Recent History
The First Scuffles
Enter Mischief
Nationalization to Thwart Ishihara
Sheer Implausibility
First Exacerbating Factor: History
Second Exacerbating Factor: Totalitarian Solidarity
The Official Records
Third Exacerbating Factor: Strengthening of Strategic Military Alliance Against China
China’s Diplomatic Stance
5. Japan and North Korea
What Actualy Happened
The Secret Negotiations
Promise Broken
North Korea’s Sporadic Attempts at Resolution
Recent Stirrings
6. A New Beginning?
Entrenched Stalemate
Breaking the Log-Jam
The Ending of the Cold War
The Putin Era
The Counter-Bloc
What are the United States’ Goals in the Region?
Mad and the Medvedev Interlude
Good Fences Make Good Neighbours: The Problem of Buffer States
Ukraine
Crimea
Round Number 3
States and Nation-States
Conclusion
8. Friends, Allies and Enemies
9. Human Progress…?
Changing Perceptions: Aggression
Games Theory
Towards World Government?
The United Nations
The Evolution of the UN
Index
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