explains in
Where Great Powers Meet, the United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power, which is intensifying across Southeast Asia. The United States and China constantly vie for position and influence across this enormously significant region and the outcome of this contest will do much to determine the future of the entire Indo-Pacific regional order. Specifically, Dr. Shambaugh explores whether the region is becoming a new Chinese sphere of influence or whether the ASEAN states will be able to successfully hedge and maintain a multinational balance of power. Just as importantly, to the extent that there is a global power transition occurring from the US to China, the fate of Southeast Asia will be a good indicator of how it may play out elsewhere.
Jewish Ledger
WORLD NEWS 2020 – The Year in Review
JANUARY
• An estimate 25,000 people converge on Manhattan’s Foley Square and make their way to Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza, chanting “No Hate, No Fear,” where they hear from community leaders and organizations urging Jewish pride and unity in the face of escalating antisemitism. The march is in response to the steep rise in incidents of violence against Jews in New York City.
• James Harris, chair of the education committee of the Montclair, N.J. branch of the NAACP, slams Chassidic Jews at the town’s community forum, saying that he went to Jersey City “and I see these folks in long black suits and curly lots.”
After a man experiencing homelessness passed away at a homeless encampment on campus earlier this month, locals have gathered donations to help fund his burial.