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Edward S. Steinfeld
Edward S. Steinfeld is a political-science professor and the director of the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. He is the author of
Playing Our Game: Why China’s Rise Doesn’t Threaten the West.
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Mao’s Lesson for Trump’s America
Beware of leaders willing to set their own country on fire.
Edward S. Steinfeld
November 22, 2020