Chas Freeman

Retired U.S. Diplomat

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Chas Freeman

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Retired U.S. Diplomat. See chasfreeman.net for more.

World Orders: The Global Kaleidoscope in Repeated Motion

China and the World Economy
The return of China to wealth of power was neither unpredictable nor unpredicted. In 1997, in the presence of the then Chinese chargé d’affaires and amidst mounting anti-China sentiment in the United States, I tried to explain how and why this was happening, to put it into historical context, and to explore its implications. My views were derided by m…

About Spheres of Influence
mbassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)

The Strategic Implications of the Attack on Venezuela
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)

On American Diplomacy and the Disorderly Oscillation of World Orders
American Diplomacy Journal August 2021

The Middle East is Once Again West Asia
The prelude to contemporary West Asia as seen in 2023

U.S. China Policy: A Case of Self-Harm
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)

Diplomacy as Strategy
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)

The North Korean Nuclear Crisis
North Korea now has ICBMs that can strike the United States with multiple nuclear warheads. This talk, given in 2018, reviews part of the process by which U.S. policy eventually helped to create this nuclear menace to America, cause Pyongyang to write off any prospect of a “deal” with Washington (or Seoul), and to turn to Russia. Some will see parallel…

China’s Growing Role in the Middle East: Regional Geopolitics and US Policy
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)

Refashioning the East Asian Order
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)

A World Divided
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)