Francis P Sempa

Francis P Sempa is the author of the books Geopolitics: From the Cold War to the 21st Century and America's Global Role: Essays and Reviews on Geopolitics, National Security and War. His work has appeared in The Diplomat, American Diplomacy, the South China Morning Post, The National Interest, the Claremont Review of Books and other publications. He is a contributing editor to The American Spectator and writes a regular column for Real Clear Defense.

Non-Fiction Reviews | Reviews
“Transpacific Community: America, China, and the Rise and Fall of a Cultural Network” by Richard Jean So
20 September 201622 September 2016
While the communication of ideas across cultures is itself generally a good thing, it inevitably involves the transmission of both good and bad ideas. Richard Jean So, an assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago, in his new book Transpacific Community, describes the development and evolution of a cultural, literary network between certain…
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Non-Fiction Reviews | Reviews
“The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia” by Kurt Campbell
22 July 20162 November 2016
A frequent reader of the American foreign policy journal Foreign Affairs will feel right at home reading Kurt Campbell’s The Pivot. The author was the Obama administration’s principal architect of the US pivot or “rebalance” to Asia, and beyond the abundance of conventional wisdom, offers some important insights into the emergence of what many are…
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