Maximilian Ernst

How does #China view President Lee Jae-myung? Beijing sees President Lee as opportunity to re-engage #SouthKorea on trade & security, and reduce US influence over Seoul. China supports Lee's ambition to improve relations with #DPRK to maintain stability in the region and mitigate #Russia's influence

Oh, and then there’s “the agency” based not so loosely on: bureau de legends.

Pine Gap!? I also liked special ops lioness. Different genre, but great to be distracted and taken, mentally, to beautiful holiday destinations: White Lotus.

Slow horses

Available as hardback and eBook 11feb25: China's Coercion of States in the Asia-Pacific region.
The book provides in-depth analysis, based on balance of power theory and wedge strategies, to explain why and how China employs coercive measures against regional states
www.routledge.com/Chinas-Coerc...

China's Coercion of States in the Asia-Pacific Region: Balancing and Wedge Strategies in the Context of Sino-American Competition This book explains why China chooses to coerce Asia-Pacific regional states, despite the risk of such actions creating a backlash and complicating its strategic calculus. China’s coercion of neighbori...

In two weeks, my new book will be published. It explains why China employs coercive measures against regional states despite the political backlash that such coercion brings with it. Can be purchased under below link; will ship after February 11: www.routledge.com/Chinas-Coerc...