by Michael Mandaville | Jan 4, 2022 | Fiction I've Worked On, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
I wrote my “Stealing Thunder” novel series based upon the premise of a surging Chinese military, including the PLAN (People’s Liberation Army Navy). My predictions have come true with increased agitation between China and Japan, the Senkaku island...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 12, 2021 | Trends, Trends-Economic
“Demographics is Destiny” but perhaps quite true in today’s world. It is widely attributed to the father of sociology, August Comte. Ask yourself these questions (before looking at the table!) What are the world’s most populous nations? ...
by michael.m | Mar 10, 2018 | Headlines, Ideas, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich Senkaku Islands. Called the Daiyou Islands in China, the...
by michael.m | Jul 31, 2017 | Ideas
A Chinese naval group is showing its muscle in the faraway but very strategic Baltic Sea. This Sea which brings together Russia, Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany has significant meaning for these countries navies. A Western NATO strategy was to bottle up the...
by michael.m | Feb 26, 2017 | Fiction I've Worked On, Michael's Articles, Stealing Thunder Series
China is asserting itself on the world stage but with a 21st Century strategy. Striving to resurrect its former glory as a power after a century of foreign domination, World War and Mao’s murderous Cultural Revolution, China’s socialist dictators realize that their...
