Russia Braces as NATOs Desperation Grows, China is Back after Centuries of Suffering, Chas Freeman

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. is a senior fellow at Brown University s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, a former U. S. Assistant Secretary of Defense, ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm), acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and Chargé d affaires at both Bangkok and Beijing. He began his diplomatic career in India but specialized in Chinese affairs. (He was the principal American interpreter during President Nixon s visit to Beijing in 1972. ) Ambassador Freeman is a much soughtafter public speaker (see and the author of several wellreceived books on statecraft and diplomacy. His most recent book, America s Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East was published in May 2016. Interesting Times: China, America, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige, appeared in March 2013. Americas Misadventures in the Middle East came out in 2010, as