ESSENTIAL READINGS
Readings compiled on global issues by Maine Experts for readers in Maine concerned with worldly affairs.
ESSENTIAL READINGS – IRAN
National Government:
The alternative to regime change: Changing the regime’s behavior | Middle East Institute
Geopolitics:
Strategic Transactionalism: The Iran-Russia Partnership – Middle East Council on Global Affairs
Confrontation With Iran | Global Conflict Tracker
The Perils of Middle East Triumphalism: Iran, Israel, and the Ghosts of History
Foreign Policy:
ESSENTIAL READINGS – CHINA
Current Events:
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.): Hessler, Peter
Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down | Council on Foreign Relations
Peter Hessler on China – by Yascha Mounk – Persuasion
Economics:
China Bet $300B on EVs and Failed… Until Tesla Arrived – Arthur Kroeber
China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know®: Kroeber, Arthur R.
Peter Hessler on China – by Yascha Mounk – Persuasion
US-China Relations:
Sleepwalking Toward War: Will America and China Heed the Warnings of Twentieth-Century Catastrophe?
Know Your Rival, Know Yourself: Rightsizing the China Challenge
The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present: Pomfret, John
China-Taiwan Relations:
The Taiwan Fixation: American Strategy Shouldn’t Hinge on an Unwinnable War
The Risk of War in the Taiwan Strait Is High—and Getting Higher | Foreign Affairs
Chinese Language and Modernization:
The Prisoner Who Revolutionized Chinese Language With a Teacup | WIRED
ESSENTIAL READINGS – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Book Resources:
Unit X | Book by Raj M. Shah, Christopher Kirchhoff | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
Chip War | Book by Chris Miller | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
AI & National Security:
Defense Primer: U.S. Policy on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems | Congress.gov
Artificial General Intelligence’s Five Hard National Security Problems | RAND
AI and Nuclear Command:
AI Regulation and Public Awareness:
The weaponization of artificial intelligence: What the public needs to be aware of
As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’
International Discussions Concerning Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
Autonomous Weapon Systems: No Human-in-the-Loop Required, and Other Myths Dispelled Finalist) by Jing Tsu
ESSENTIAL READINGS – NUCLEAR DOCTRINE
Book Resources:
The Hegemon’s Tool Kit by Rebecca Davis Gibbons | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed (Second Edition) | Political Science
International Law and Ban(s):
Nuclear Weapons Under International Law: An Overview
What is nuclear disarmament? | United Nations
The Nuclear Ban Treaty: How Did We Get Here, What Does it Mean for the United States?
Nuclear Norms and Status:
Status of World Nuclear Forces – Federation of American Scientists
Episode 240: Eroding Nuclear Norms and the Future of Non-Proliferation with Dr. William Potter
House of Cards? Nuclear Norms in an Era of Strategic Competition