"Emancipating the Mind in the New Era: Bulletin of the Coalition for Peace & Ethics" Vol. 14, No. 1 ('From Globalization to Empire')

Since 2006 the Coalition for Peace and Ethics has been circulating short essays and analysis related to its research, teaching and technical assistance projects.  These essays have been circulated through the CPE Bulletin, soem of which have been made generally available from time to time. 

For 2019, CPE has agreed to make the Bulletin and all of its essays available for download on line. . These have sometimes been made generally available.  To that end it has agreed to the publication of its journal, Emancipating the Mind: Bulletin of the Coalition for Peace and Ethics, to be published by Little Sir Press. 

Prior issues of Emancipating the Mind (volumes 1-13) will be made available online over the next several months.  For this first distribution, CPE agreed to the the publication of its Volume 14, no. 1, issued June 2019. This issue is dedicated to the work of the CPE's Working Group on Empire.  The essays present work of the Coalition for Peace and Ethics Working Group on Empire.  The focus is on the development of new theories of empire that may be emerging within the political theories of the United States and China.  This issue focuses on the development of notions of empire applied to the strategies and discursive tropes of the US and China in the context of their trade negotiations that became quite dynamic after May 2019 when negotiations reached an impasse. The members of the CPE Working Group on Empire are Larry Catá Backer and Flora Sapio.

Links to the essays and the Front Matter follow.   

Front Matter: V14Issue1_V4_Front Matter

CPE-Working Group on Empire, “Foreword: In the Shadow of Empires—Latin American Perceptions of Development and International Law;” pages 1-6. Prelude_In the Shadow of EmpiresOK

Flora Sapio, “Summary Description of the BRI Report, 共建“一带一路”倡议进展、贡献与展望 [The Belt and Road Initiative Progress, Contributions and Prospects] (April 2019);” pages 7-10. Article1_SapioOK

Larry Catá Backer, “A Critical Gloss on ‘China is watching Western democracy Eat Itself’;” pages 11-18. Article2_BackerOK

CPE-Working Group on Empire, “U.S.-China Trade Talks, Encircling the United States, and the Belt and Road Initiative—Looking to a Critical Gloss on Xi Jinping’s Speeches to the BRI Conference;” pages 9-22. Article3_WGE_EncirclingAmericaOK

CPE-Working Group on Empire, “A Brief Introduction to Xi Jinping’s Speech 齐心开创共建“一带一路”美好未来 [Working Together to Deliver a Brighter Future For Belt and Road Cooperation]—U.S.-China Trade Talks, Encircling the US, and the BRI;” pages 23-32. Article.4A_WGE_XI_BRI_SPEECHOK

Larry Catá Backer, “A Critical Gloss on Xi Jinping, 齐心开创共建“一带一路”美好未来 [Working Together to Deliver a Brighter Future For Belt and Road Cooperation] In the Shadow of the U.S.-China Trade Talks;” pages 33-46. Article4B_WGE Critical Read Xi Speech BRIOK

CPE-Working Group on Empire, “A Critical Reading of China’s State Council White Paper 关于中美经贸磋商的中方立场 [China’s Position on the China-US Economic and Trade Consultations];” pages 47-118.Article5_CRITICAL_READING_WHITE_PAPEROK

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: A Critical Reading of China’s State Council White Paper 关于中美经贸磋商的中方立场 [China’s Position on the China-US Economic and Trade Consultations]

Part 3: A Broader Reading of China’s State Council White Paper 关于中美经贸磋商的中方立场 [China’s Position on the China-US Economic and Trade Consultations]

Part 4: The U.S. Trade Representative Response to the Chinese State Council White Paper

Part 5: Development of the People’s Republic of China and The Russian Federation Joint Statement of the New Era Comprehensive Strategic Collaboration Partnership [中华人民共和国和俄罗斯联邦关于发展 新时代全面战略协作伙伴关系的联合声明]

Flora Sapio, Trans., “Translation: 《美国陷阱》揭露了一个骇人听闻的霸凌主义案例 [Jiang Shigong, “The ‘American Trap’ Exposes a Shocking Case of Hegemonism”];” pages 119-130. Article6_Sapio_Translation_Jiang_Shigong_ArtOK

Flora Sapio, “An Engagement With 《美国陷阱》揭露了一个骇人听闻的霸凌主义案例 [The ‘American Trap’ Exposes a Shocking Case of Hegemonism];” pages 131-138. Article7_Sapio_Jiang ShigongOK

Larry Catá Backer, “A Thoughtful Exposition of the Chinese Position in the Current Conversation Between China and the US.:《美国陷阱》揭露了一个骇人听闻的霸凌主义案例 [The ‘American Trap’ Exposes a Shocking Case of Hegemonism];” pages 139-148. Article8_Backer Jiang_ShigongOK