Kenneth AndresReflection Paper: Michael Shaara’s ‘The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War’Michael Shaara’s novel, The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War, is an arguably successful attempt at making war feel as visceral as…Aug 19, 2023Aug 19, 2023
Kenneth AndresMy AMD RMA ExperienceRecently, I’ve had the misfortune of having to RMA my AMD Ryzen 3950X CPU after it suddenly died without as much as a warning. I was simply…Nov 8, 20212Nov 8, 20212
Kenneth AndresThe Five Characteristics Shared by All Late Industrializers in East AsiaIn my studies of various East Asian countries, I have identified five characteristics shared by all late industrializers. These are…May 24, 2020May 24, 2020
Kenneth AndresWhich is more dangerous to global security, nuclear weapons, biological weapons or chemical…In terms of which type of weapons of mass destruction is more dangerous to global security, I would say that by orders of magnitude, the…Mar 22, 2020Mar 22, 2020
Kenneth AndresHow should we decide, between the limits-to-growth position, and the promethean view, which to…The debate between limits-to-growth discourse and the promethean discourse has multiple facets. To identify them, one has to first…Mar 2, 2020Mar 2, 2020
Kenneth AndresDoes the security of the state always translate into the security of its citizens?If this question is framed around the realist perspective of state-centric security, then the security of the state, its survival in an…Feb 25, 2020Feb 25, 2020
Kenneth AndresWhat is the difference between ‘international’ and ‘global’ security?The difference between ‘international’ and ‘global’ security rests on the way these two words are defined. The online version of the…Nov 16, 2019Nov 16, 2019
Kenneth AndresHas the Arab Uprising Failed?Considering the various outcomes of the Arab Spring, with Tunisia being the only one which has succeeded, Libya and Syria in a civil war…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
Kenneth AndresChina’s Economic Miracle and the Convergence Between Neoliberalism and the Developmental State…Understanding China’s post-1980s economic development is very important since it provides the best example of the convergence between…Oct 6, 2019Oct 6, 2019
Kenneth AndresA Nuclear Middle East?The whole discussion on nuclear weapons has always been dominated by its capacity to inflict fear on people. It is no wonder, therefore…Sep 9, 2019Sep 9, 2019
