Tag Archives: China

Somaliland Update: Anti-Piracy Efforts, Tax Codes, Important Meetings, War Crimes, SSC Surveillance

Posted on April 3, 2011 by nathanalbright

Today is a relatively busy Somaliland update entry, as it has been a busy week for Somaliland, with international interest in its coast guard efforts against piracy, changes to the Somaliland tax code, anticipation of an important meeting with the … Continue reading →

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Somaliland Update: Friends In High Places and A Pakistani Two-Step

Posted on March 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

The news I tend to get about Somaliland tends to come in waves, and the news I got last night was no different.  There were two separate, and intriguing updates.  The first is an eloquent letter from a supporter of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Headlines In History: The 1900’s

Posted on March 3, 2011 by nathanalbright

Headlines In History:  The 1900’s, by James Miller, Bonnie Szumski, and Scott Barbour, editors This volume is definitely a disappointing end to an excellent series.  Instead of the excellence reached by most other volumes of this series [1] [2] [3] … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Headlines In History: The 1800’s

Posted on February 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

Headlines In History:  The 1800’s, by James Miller, Bonnie Szumski, and Scott Barbour (editors) Fortunately, this book , the penultimate volume in its series, is on a par with the excellence of the volume on the 1600’s [1] and other … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Headlines In History: The 1600’s

Posted on February 15, 2011 by nathanalbright

Compared to the rest of the illustrious Headlines In History [1] [2] [3], this book sits somewhere in the middle.  This book keeps up at least some focus on cross-cultural comparison, but not nearly to the high standard known in … Continue reading →

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Time Well Wasted: An Introduction

Posted on January 28, 2011 by nathanalbright

[Note:  Among the many completed and unpublished manuscripts I have in my collection of writings in a collection of essays from my Norwich University experience.  The following entry is the short essay I wrote to introduce that series of essays, … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews: Headlines In History: The 1100’s, 1200’s, 1300’s, 1400’s, and 1700’s

Posted on January 25, 2011 by nathanalbright

Headlines In History:  The 1100’s, The 1200’s, The 1300’s, The 1400’s, and The 1700’s, by Bonnie Szmuski and Scott Barbour (editors) The 1100’s: This enjoyable book, part of a series (that is on my list of books to read in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Warfare In The Eighteenth Century

Posted on January 20, 2011 by nathanalbright

Warfare In The Eighteenth Century, by Jeremy Black This book has a few very simple, and very obvious, purposes, and achieves them with excellent prose and a very broad knowledge of history in the 1700’s.  The author appears to have … Continue reading →

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Somaliland, China, Oil, and Legitimacy: A Potential Minefield of Issues

Posted on December 21, 2010 by nathanalbright

In today’s news about Somaliland, here is an update about the coming official visit of Somaliland’s president to China and the reasons for China’s friendliness.  Though I have already discussed the extreme friendliness of China towards Somaliland [1] and the … Continue reading →

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Somaliland Update: Somaliland President Prepares For Official Visit To China

Posted on December 9, 2010 by nathanalbright

Reporters at the Somaliland Globe have reported that Somaliland’s president, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo is preparing early next year to pay “the largest ever official visit” made yet by a Somaliland delegation to China, at the invitation of their government [1].  … Continue reading →

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